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TopicPrime Minister Narendra Modi

Topic: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

8 suicides in 3 months: A Surat diamond industry problem nobody is willing to acknowledge

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

India’s Rafale fighter jets to take part in Bastille Day parade in France, Modi chief guest

Bastille Day, celebrated on 14 July, is the national day of France. The day commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789.

US to ease visas for skilled Indians to live, work in Washington as PM Modi visits

A few Indians and other foreigners on H-1B visas will be able to renew those visas, without having to travel abroad, part of a pilot program that could be expanded in coming yrs.

‘Are we a part of India?’ — playwright Ratan Thiyam questions ‘Modi’s silence’ on Manipur violence

In an exclusive conversation with ThePrint, Thiyam talks about ongoing clashes in his home state & why he withdrew from 'peace committee' set up by Union govt to resolve Manipur conflict.

Modi to meet Musk as billionaire hunts Tesla factory in India, steers new path for Twitter

The PM will meet Elon Musk during his landmark state visit to the US; after a deadlock with the Indian government, Musk is finally looking to manufacture and sell electric vehicles in India.

No widespread criticism of India’s stance on Russia, Modi tells Wall Street Journal

PM Modi, currently on his visit to the US, told WSJ in an interview that India's position and priority on peace is well known and understood in the world.

PM Modi says US trip is an opportunity to enrich depth, diversity of partnership

Modi is set to visit New York for International Yoga Day on 21 June and further discuss shared global challenges in his meeting with US president Joe Biden.

Yoga, swacchata, Bapu, but very little Nehru — decoding 99 episodes of Modi’s Mann ki Baat

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio show Mann ki Baat has been lauded as a ground-breaking mass outreach programme and criticised as a "monthly monologue"...

Delhi Police file FIRs over posters seeking Modi ouster, arrest man ‘delivering posters to AAP office’

Police file 100+ FIRs over political posters on walls & poles, including many against PM, and arrest 6. AAP slams move, tweets image saying ‘Modi hatao, desh bachao'.

‘Defamatory remarks on Nehru family’ — Congress calls for privilege proceedings against Modi in RS

KC Venugopal serves notice citing PM's comments on 9 February, when he asked why none of the Gandhis had kept Nehru as their surname. Tone of remark was derogatory, Congress claims.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

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?