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TopicPM Narendra Modi

Topic: PM Narendra Modi

EC asks health ministry to remove Modi’s image from Covid certificates in poll-bound states

EC move comes after a Trinamool complaint saying PM's photo on such certificates was a 'misuse' of official machinery ahead of polls. EC had asked for a report from Chief Electoral Officer of Bengal.

Suheldev museum, tourist circuit, medical college — BJP’s Rajbhar ‘project’ to woo UP community

PM Modi virtually laid the foundation stone for museum and tourist circuit in honour of Maharaja Suheldev this week. Rajbhars claim they’re descended from him.

Modi shouldn’t echo Xi’s policies because India isn’t China on so many levels

Market economies seeking private investment don’t function well without autonomous institutions, checks on executive excess, and freedom to express opinion without fear.

India’s challenge is to avoid two-front war, but can Modi put politics aside for strategy?

India must break out of strategic triangulation with China & Pakistan. Before that, it must decide if it’ll let domestic electoral interests limit its strategic options.

Modi not academic, likes simple & logical thinking, internal Amazon document said — Reuters

News agency claimed Amazon had a ‘secret strategy to dodge India’s regulators’, but e-commerce giant calls it ‘unsubstantiated, incomplete, and/or factually incorrect’ info.

PM Modi hands over indigenous Arjun tank to Army in Tamil Nadu

The home-made Arjun Main Battle Tank is 'infused' with 71 new features and will ensure effortless mobility in all terrains, besides precise target engagement during day and night.

This is a new Modi. He’s betting on growth and taking big risks on the economy

There’s no mistaking Modi’s new willingness to stake his position, though some of what he proposes could be as contentious as farm laws, and as hard to implement.

Economic ideology is the new binary in Indian politics as Modi swerves Right & Rahul Left

Along with farm laws, Modi govt has passed labour reforms & promised to privatise major companies. This has led to an economic Right-Left divide, and that’s a good thing.

‘1 District, 1 Product’ export scheme, farm reforms on govt, NITI blueprint to push growth

PM Modi will chair NITI Aayog’s Governing Council meet on 20 February. His govt’s new blueprint for growth & development will be discussed.

‘Babu samjho ishare’ — Modi’s critique of IAS evokes shock but many also call for introspection

Doffing his hat to private sector Wednesday for its contribution to India’s growth, Modi questioned the ‘power centre we have created by handing over everything to babus’.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?