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Topic: PM Modi

Narendra Modi is India’s 14th prime minister and has been in power since May 2014. He is the first prime minister to have been born after Independence. Modi is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has served as Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014. His Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, though, is in Uttar Pradesh, and Modi has represented this seat since 2014.

Narendra Modi joined the RSS, the BJP’s ideological parent, in the 1970s and joined the BJP in 1987. The following year he was chosen as the party’s general secretary for Gujarat. Modi took oath as Gujarat CM in 2001, after replacing Keshubhai Patel, who was held responsible for the government’s poor response to the Bhuj earthquake. Modi contested his first-ever election in 2002, shortly after which the Gujarat riots fueled controversy over his leadership. The Supreme Court in 2022 gave a clean chit to Modi and 63 others in a plea exploring a larger conspiracy behind the riots.

Anger management, quality sleep & learning Hindi—what Modi shared when hosting NDA MPs for dinner

Neelam Pandey -
The MPs reached the official PM residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in buses for the dinner. Modi also recommended Benjamin Franklin's biography during the event.

9 killed as bus overturns on Andra’s Chinturu-Bhadrachalam Ghat road

ANI -
Responding to the accident, PM Modi expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and prayed for the injured. He also announced an ex gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from the PMNRF.

Days after Putin’s India visit, Modi & Trump discuss bilateral ties, international developments

Reuters -
In a post on X after his telephonic conversation with Trump, Modi said India and the US ‘will continue to work together for global peace, stability and prosperity’.

‘So much hate for Nehru that you’d embrace Jinnah?’—Jairam attacks BJP amid Vande Mataram debate in RS

Apoorva Mandhani -
Speaking in Rajya Sabha, the Congress leader calls the Vande Mataram debate part of a project to defame Nehru. Vande Mataram is sung at every Congress session, he says.

Modi may host special dinner for NDA MPs on 11 Dec to streamline strategy for Winter Session

ANI -
The discussions may also include preparatory strategies for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Assam.

‘PM trying to write BJP into Vande Mataram, freedom movement history’—Congress’ blistering attack in LS

Sourav Roy Barman -
Rejecting PM's allegation that Congress capitulated to Muslim League on Vande Mataram, Oppn says BJP's political ancestors were absent from the freedom struggle where the song was chanted.

From Bankim’s private musings to a war cry—the many lives of Vande Mataram

+TFP Sanya Dhingra -
Idolatry is anti-science, was the private belief of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, who wrote the song whose idolatry became one of the most divisive issues during India’s national movement.

Goa CM Sawant briefs Modi on nightclub fire, vows support to those affected

ANI -
In a post on X, Sawant wrote that he had apprised the PM of the situation and that the Goa government is 'extending all assistance to the affected families.'

PM Modi expresses gratitude to armed forces on Armed Forces Flag Day

PTI -
In a post on X, the PM wrote, "On Armed Forces Flag Day, we express our deepest gratitude to the brave men and women who protect our nation with unwavering courage."

Indian reforms were earlier ‘reactionary’, now they are guided by national goals, says PM Modi

ANI -
At the HT Leadership Summit 2025, PM says that the Northeast, villages, tier two and tier three cities all hold immense potential that could not be utilised in earlier decades.
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IndiGo chaos forces DGCA to look inward—spotlight is back on the regulator

Bismee Taskin -
The crisis also puts DGCA’s vacancies in the eye of the storm. Naidu told the Rajya Sabha in July this year that 190 out of 410 DGCA vacancies would be filled this year.

Bangladesh polls and return of BNP’s Tarique Rahman—why Jamaat-e-Islami holds the key to both

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Economy

South rising, west slipping: India’s export map is being redrawn, shows RBI data

Udit Bubna -
Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.

Defence

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Vaibhav Pant -
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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