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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.

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

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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.

The gifts for Putin: Saffron from Kashmir, marble chess set from Agra, silver tea set from Bengal

Vidhi Bhutra -
The gifts, representing different facades of Indian diversity, were presented to the Russian President ahead of the banquet at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

How Trump is testing India’s US-Russia balancing act

Bloomberg News -
A state visit to India by Russian President Vladimir Putin comes at a particularly delicate moment. The two countries hope to strengthen what they call a ‘special and privileged strategic partnership’.

Sukhoi Su-57 on agenda of India-Russia defence talks during Putin’s visit

ANI -
According to Russian state media, 10 intergovernmental documents and more than 15 agreements and memorandums are being prepared for signing.

From a hospice in Jerusalem to ‘central pillar’ of development, revisiting India-Palestine age-old ties

Debdutta Chakraborty -
In his message, PM Modi says it is important that the Palestinians are able to lead a normal life. Terrorism must be condemned & development prioritised, he asserts.

Putin’s India visit tests New Delhi’s US–Russia balancing act

Bloomberg News -
For India, the Russian President’s visit comes as sanctions and US pressure have curbed an energy trade that has been expedient for its economy.

PM Modi meets Bengal BJP MPs in Parliament, says SIR a ‘purification’ exercise

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Meanwhile, Mamata called SIR a 'politically-driven exercise'. Last week, TMC MPs met chief election commissioner linking deaths of at least 39 people including 4 BLOs in Bengal to SIR.

Nashik’s municipal corporation plans to raise Rs 2 billion with second round of selling bonds

Bloomberg News -
Nashik joins a small group of local governments that have tapped India’s nascent municipal bond market. Officials have promoted the market as a key piece of PM Modi’s plan to improve urban infrastructure.

India’s quiet deregulation on quality control is a relief to its friends

Bloomberg Opinion -
Politicians should remember that nobody in the country was blaming them for the availability of the occasional sub-standard product.

Putin to embark on state visit to India from 4-5 December

ANI -
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit and hold talks with PM Modi, according to an official statement by the Ministry of External Affairs Friday.
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