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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.

What Surjit Bhalla got wrong about our study on spatial inequality in India

Vivek Dehejia -
Three richest states in India are three times as rich as three poorest, which is why we can't ignore spatial inequality.

Modi to visit Kerala to survey flood damage but more heavy rain predicted for 3-4 days

Rohini Swamy -
Kerala CMO issues alert asking those sending distress messages to put a date and time stamp on requests for better deployment of resources.

At the last I-Day speech of term, PM Modi speaks of India’s rise under BJP govt

PTI -
Saying 'India is now seen as a land of reform, perform and transform', he highlights how the view of the country has changed in international eyes. 

Here’s why Arun Jaitley didn’t shake hands with PM Narendra Modi

Rahiba R. Parveen -
The union minister, recovering after a kidney transplant, is following the ‘Namaste’ line of treatment that requires strict precautions.

JD(S) scripting obituary by allying with Cong in Karnataka & disengaging with BJP for 2019

Seshadri Chari -
The JD(S) made no campaign promise, had no governance agenda. It has only one goal – of grabbing power and reviving the party.

In ‘Olympics for writers and journalists’, government seeks revision of ‘Leftist’ history

Pragya Kaushika -
As part of the initiative, intellectuals have been told to post on social media and publish booklets and articles to present the “correct” perspective of history and Indian culture

India misses the deadline for issuing tenders to procure submarines & naval helicopters

N.C. Bipindra -
The development is a setback to PM Modi’s $250-billion military modernisation plan to arm India's defense forces with state-of-the-art military hardware at a time when threats from neighbours China and Pakistan are rising.

In between lakeside lunches, Modi should tell Xi that India wants peace on the border

Seshadri Chari -
India has objected to CPEC passing through POK. China will have to reciprocate our stand on ‘One China’ policy and terminate CPEC project.

Modi-Xi talks aimed at avoiding Doklam-like situation in the future

K J M Varma -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have decided to issue “strategic guidance” to their militaries to strengthen communications and to build trust and understanding.

Modi’s visit helps India & Sweden bury the Bofors ghost & focus on defence, security ties

Divya Narayanan -
Besides defence, the two countries have also decided to strengthen cooperation in security, with an emphasis on cyber security.
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Defence

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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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