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TopicNari Shakti Puraskar

Topic: Nari Shakti Puraskar

Kashmiri entrepreneur who told Modi internet ban ruined her business now hopes for better

Arifa Jan was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar last week at an event in Delhi where she met PM Modi. Armed with an award, she now hopes for a new future.

Delhi’s top judge breaks an unwritten rule, accepts award from Modi govt

Delhi HC acting CJ Gita Mittal is a recipient of this year’s Nari Shakti Puraskar; she is perhaps the first sitting judge to accept a government award.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.