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Topic: Independence day

PM Modi to invite India’s Olympic contingent to Red Fort on Independence Day

Official sources said PM Modi will also invite the 228-strong contingent, which includes over 120 athletes, to his residence.

Everyone should hoist Tricolour on I-Day, says Himachal CM after banned Sikh outfit threat call

Jai Ram Thakur also said the security of CM, BJP chief & state governor in Himachal Pradesh has been beefed up, adding that they are ready to 'sacrifice their lives for the Tricolour'.

10-year-old boy accidentally hangs himself in UP while re-enacting Bhagat Singh’s execution

The boy was rehearsing for a play along with other children which was to be staged on Independence Day, police said Saturday.

PM Narendra Modi urges citizens to share inputs for his Independence Day speech

Modi asked people to provide their inputs on 'MyGov’, a citizen engagement platform and said that their thoughts will reverberate from the ramparts of Red Fort through his speech.

Independence Day must be people’s movement, organise events in villages: PM Modi to BJP MPs

PM Modi asked the MPs to form teams of two in each Assembly segment to seek ideas from people on how they envisage India when it completes 100 years of independence in 2047.

Covid surge hits Delhi govt’s plan for ‘Deshbhakti’ events to mark 75 years of Independence

Year-long events proposed to mark 75 years of India's Independence have been suspended for an indefinite period due to latest spike in Covid cases, Delhi govt officials said.

PM Modi requests MPs to celebrate ‘Amrit Mahotsav’ to mark 75 years of India’s independence

Addressing the BJP's parliamentary party meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the festival will be held at 75 locations across the country for 75 weeks.

75th Independence Day should reflect India’s freedom movement, achievements since then — Modi

A 259-member high-level committee, headed by PM Modi has been formed to oversee preparations for the occasion. The members include CJI Bobde, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi among others.

Modi to launch ‘Azadi Ka Amrut’ event on Dandi anniversary in grand run-up to 75th I-Day

Govt’s planned 25-day celebrations will include exhibitions on freedom fighters including Gandhi, Patel and Netaji. First PM Nehru missing in list of names.

Modi govt plans ‘India@75’ booklet, will list projects to be completed this year

The Modi government is also looking to dedicate projects to the country on or around 15 August 2022, when the country celebrates 75 years of Independence.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.