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Friday, January 23, 2026
TopicModi speech

Topic: Modi speech

World doesn’t need another China. Modi’s Swadeshi call shows why India holds the key

India has the scale, talent, and civilisational ethos to become a trusted hub for manufacturing, technology, and services. We must deepen domestic capabilities to seize this opportunity.

In Op Sindoor year, ‘strength’ features prominently in Modi’s I-Day speech, focus on ‘farmers’

ThePrint conducted a word cloud analysis of Modi’s Independence Day speeches from 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Here’s what we found.

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How Modi set the mood for TV news, op-eds—Pahalgam to Operation Sindoor

We seesawed from grief and battle cries of “war” to welcome relief as the PM went from vowing vengeance in Madhubani to calm, composed, steely strength in his address to the nation.

How to break the news & what’s worse, measles or RFK?

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Modi didn’t speak down to Indians. He spoke with them

It was a moment of national redefinition, signalling India’s transition from reactive victimhood to strategic assertiveness.

Fact Check: Modi did not praise ballot papers over EVMs, video of 2016 speech is cropped

In the original video, available on the Modi's official YouTube channel, the PM praises India's use of EVMs while criticising countries like the US that still rely on ballot papers.

It’s time for India to lead from the front and have more voices in the multilateral fora

Despite its significant contributions to social innovation and development, India’s representation in global social impact fora remains disproportionately modest, compared to peers.

India must ‘capitalise on its labour force’ & how resident doctors face ‘constant threat of violence’

Global media also explores why India’s monetary policies need restructuring & why the consumer price index must be updated.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

RBI to focus on pace of Rupee’s drop, strategists say

The RBI has spent $45 billion since October to defend the currency, according to estimates by Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.