Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised the people for India’s exports crossing $750 billion. He said this is the spirit that will make India self-reliant (aatmanirbhar) in the times to come. “Compliments to the people of India for this feat. This is the spirit which will make India Aatmanirbhar in the times to come,”...
ranking in World Happiness Index 2023 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has dismissed the World Happiness Index 2023, which ranked India among the least happy countries. Interacting with students during BJYM Yuva Samvada at the RV Dental College in Bengaluru, Jaishankar cited an example of his friend from Singapore who once said Indians looked happier...
Conspiracy, Asks Minister Anurag Thakur Why no eminent lawyer of the Congress came to the aid of Rahul Gandhi when he was convicted in a defamation case leading to his disqualification from Parliament, Union Minister Anurag Thakur asked on Tuesday and wondered if it was deliberate and part of a conspiracy within the party. Mr...
The nascent bonding of the opposition over the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from parliament, came under an all-out attack today from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called it a “coming together of the corrupt on one stage”. In one of his strongest speeches outside of election campaigns, PM Modi targeted the entire opposition amid 14...
Under pressure from massive protests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday paused his plan to overhaul Israel’s judiciary. However, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist who has pushed for quick passage of the package, said he would respect the delay but showed few signs of compromise.“The reform will pass,” he tweeted, adding: “No one will scare us.”...
Top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, former chief of the Congress party, was disqualified from parliament on Friday, a day after his conviction in a defamation case for a remark seen as an insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Lok Sabha Secretariat also declared his constituency in Kerala’s Wayanad vacant. The Election Commission can now...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid foundation stones and inaugurated 28 development projects worth over Rs 1,780 crore in his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi. During a programme at the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University ground, Modi laid the foundation stones in presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel. He laid the...
Migrants caught crossing anywhere along the 3,145 mile (5,060km) border can now be sent back. Large numbers of unsanctioned crossings have been recorded via Roxham Road at the US-Canada border. The new accord closes a loophole that allowed migrants to claim asylum at such unofficial ports of entry. The announcement came as President Joe Biden...
A senior National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) official said that this stretch will provide Delhi-Kolkata and Mumbai-Kolkata connectivity via Jamshedpur, significantly reducing travel time between the destinations. The project will also drive commercial development in the Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, he stated. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for nine...