Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it is crucial to instill resilience in children to help them cope with pressures and asserted that parents and teachers should collectively address challenges faced by students. Interacting with students, parents and teachers during his annual Pariksha Pe Charcha programme, the prime minister advised parents against treating their...
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva slammed Arvind Kejriwal by labelling him the “maha thug” in the Opposition alliance. Sachdeva pointed to Kejriwal’s “flip-flop” on alliance strategies, claiming that the Delhi CM aims to politically thug Congress in the name of an alliance. Sachdeva said the alliance of Opposition parties, “known as the thug gathbandhan”, is...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the government was modernising laws keeping in view the present context and in line with the best practices. Addressing the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Supreme Court here, he said that with the enactment of three new criminal justice laws, India’s legal, policing and investigative systems have entered...
India, France have agreed to intensify cooperation in the Southwest Indian Ocean, building on the joint surveillance missions carried out from the French island territory of La Reunion in 2020 and 2022. The two countries also welcomed the extension of those interactions in India’s maritime neighbourhood. These interactions may contribute positively to the securitization of...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Thursday that his government took the country out of the darkness staring at youngsters 10-12 years back, as he told young voters that their votes will decide India’s future direction and approach. In a virtual address to young voters organised by the youth wing of the ruling BJP, he...
Shoring up cooperation in areas of defence and security, trade, climate change, clean energy and mobility of students and professionals is set to be the focus of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron in Jaipur on Thursday. Macron, who will grace the Republic Day celebrations at the Kartavya Path, will...
A far-reaching plan to channel Europe-Asia trade through the Middle East is at risk of stalling before it even gets started. The Israel-Hamas war has halted progress on what’s known as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor – a project touted last year by Washington and key allies that envisages building new rail links across the...
The government’s decision to confer former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur with the Bharat Ratna is a testament to the socialist leader’s enduring efforts as a champion for the marginalised and a stalwart of equality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. Thakur was born in 1924 in one of the most backward sections of...
Dubbed Jan Nayak by many in the state, Karpoori Thakur served as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a short while — from December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979. Former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur was conferred the nation’s highest honour, Bharat Ratna, posthumously by the President of...