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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicNamami Gange

Topic: Namami Gange

BJP finds a new way to ‘sell’ Modi — via shopping on NaMo App

BJP hopes NaMo App — with merchandise such as pens, notebooks etc embossed with 'NaMo Again' messages — will help bolster Modi's image ahead of 2019.

Gadkari’s clean Ganga promise by 2020 far-fetched? A fact-check on progress of vital schemes

Underutilisation of funds has been the biggest drawback that could further delay Modi’s flagship 'Namami Gange' programme.

Ganga cleaning agency to spend Rs 3 crore to build its social media image

National Mission for Clean Ganga that has drawn flak for poor performance will hire digital agency to publicise its achievements.

River Ganga to be completely clean by March 2020: Union minister Nitin Gadkari

He also said that most of the projects under the Namami Gange Mission worth Rs 22,238 crore are at advanced stages of completion.

Mukesh Ambani calls investing Rs 10,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh his patriotic duty

Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani pledged Rs 10,000 crore investment through Reliance Jio to Uttar Pradesh, as well as help for the Namami Gange programme.

Fact check: Arun Jaitley claims in Budget that Ganga cleanup has picked up speed. It hasn’t

ThePrint's visits to Kanpur and Varanasi showed that the Ganga is far from being cleaned, and projects under Namami Gange have been progressing sluggishly.

More than 3 years after Modi’s clean Ganga promise, Varanasi is still drinking its sewage

Almost 4 years since PM’s promise, corpses and puja leftovers still pollute the river, while data shows that the holy city might be drinking its own sewage.

How industrial waste, govt apathy are killing the Ganga in Kanpur

CPCB says Kanpur is home to the ‘most polluted stretch’ of the Ganga; most of the tanneries release untreated waste into the river, flouting green norms.

Promise check: Why has Modi govt been unable to clean ‘even a single drop’ of Ganga?

Only 8.52% of total budget has been released in 3 years by Modi govt to clean Ganga; inter-ministerial tussle, lack of cooperation from states major hurdles.

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Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.