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TopicPrime Minister Narendra Modi

Topic: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi’s Mauritius visit is key to countering China. And safeguarding western Indian Ocean

Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam has shown remarkable diplomatic deftness in balancing India and China. The invite to Modi shows India’s importance to his vision for Mauritius.

From rule of bureaucracy to rule of democracy: lessons from America

As the Trump administration reboots the American govt with the smart and savvy use of technology, the question is: can Modi pull off a Trump-like streamlining of Indian bureaucracy?

Modi’s praise for Sufism has made both his critics and supporters uneasy

PM Modi described the Jahan-e-Khusrau annual Sufi music festival, which honoured Amir Khusrau, as carrying the “fragrance of the soil of Hindustan”.

Modi-Trump bonhomie changes nothing for India. Get real, Hindutva fans

Trump is determinedly isolationist. He is not interested in being friends with foreign countries. He only wants to show Americans how he has whipped foreign governments into line.

Kumbh is a highly personal journey. BJP shouldn’t have made it a political one

The last thing that the Kumbh is about is celebrities, luxury tents, exclusive access to the Sangam, or the quest for political supremacy.

Watch CutTheClutter: The power of Qatar & why Modi went to the airport to welcome the Amir himself

In episode 1609 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at Qatar's House of Thani, the country's extensive gas fields & role in geopolitical diplomacy.

No level-playing field between BJP and Opposition. Democracies don’t function like this

India's Opposition is being asked to perform the herculean task of not only taking on a resourceful and ruthless BJP but also fending off a battery of institutions that serve only one side.

Modi heads to France to co-chair AI summit; Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman to be in attendance

Modi will attend a dinner Monday as part of the AI summit, where industry leaders will meet with a number of global political figures, including US Vice-President J.D. Vance.

Modi gives students and parents tips on exams, leadership & more during Pariksha Pe Charcha

This year's event saw a departure from its traditional town hall format & was held at Sunder Nursery in Delhi with 36 students from various states & UTs.

Can we be a real alternative to China? Modi’s 2014 promise of Indian greatness is in tatters

There was a time when Indians dreamt of being world leaders in technology. Now, the Chinese are so far ahead that they don’t even regard us as competition. It’s between them and the US.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.