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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicPrime Minister Narendra Modi

Topic: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Saudi Arabia & India ‘upgrade’ ties with eight agreements at leaders’ summit

Comprehensive Energy Pact — one of 8 signed at India-Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council — covers renewable energy & investments in petroleum reserves, among other things.

Saudi Arabian PM and Crown Prince to meet PM Modi at Hyderabad House on Monday

Prior to his meeting with PM Modi, the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince will receive a ceremonial reception at Rastrapati Bhawan in New Delhi at 10 am.

‘I earnestly hope,’ Sonia writes to PM, wants 9 points debated in Parliament special session

Barely weeks after the Monsoon Session wrapped up, the government called a special session in September, and has kept the agenda close to its chest.

President Xi stresses on improving India-China relations during bilateral meeting with PM Modi: Chinese Foreign Ministry 

Modi highlighted India's concerns at the unresolved issues along the LAC in Ladakh with the two leaders agreeing to direct their relevant officials to intensify de-escalation.

Adani to HCL, Sri Lanka riding high on Indian capital. Modi’s new regional order is working

Modi realises that the political problems in neighbouring countries have to be smoothened out if profit-making has to be taken to its logical conclusion.

‘Rid India of corruption, dynasty & appeasement politics’ — PM launches 2024 campaign from Red Fort

In his 77th Independence Day speech, Modi pitched for a  ‘strong, stable & full-majority government’ and promised to make India one of the top three economies.    

‘Poverty of imagination’: Modi blasts Congress, INDIA bloc as govt defeats no-confidence motion

In his over 2-hour-long speech, Modi virtually set the tone for BJP's campaign for the 2024 LS polls. Motion was defeated by voice vote soon after opposition MPs exited from Lok Sabha.

Modi assures Manipur of ‘peace & justice’; no-trust vote defeated as Oppn walks out of House

The PM was replying to a no-confidence motion brought by the Opposition in order to draw the government into a thorough debate on the ongoing violence in Manipur, and elicit a response from Modi.

Foxconn, chip giants head to Gujarat for meet as govt seeks investment in India’s chip industry

India wants to establish itself as a semiconductor hub and the high demand for chips means the local market will be worth $80 billion by 2028, almost 4 times its $23 billion size now.

Opposition parties discussed no-trust vote against Centre over Manipur, say ANI sources

Decision taken by all floor leaders in a meeting held in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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?