Asserting that India is home to among the biggest start-up eco-systems in the world and witnessing transformation in a wide range of sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it was a great time to innovate in the country. The Prime Minister’s remarks came when he was addressing students at the Royal University of Bhutan where he arrived on Saturday on a two-day visit aimed at holding talks with Bhutanese leaders to further deepen bilateral ties between the two countries. Elaborating on his remark, Modi said: “Today, India is witnessing historic transformations in a wide range of sectors. India…
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Diagnosed with cancer as a six-year-old, Nidhi Baipotu, now nine, is a proud medallist in multiple sports. Lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat radio address, she is one of 10 child cancer survivors who represented India in the 2019 World Children’s Winners Games in July, and whose lives are an inspiring testimony to the spirit of resilience in human beings and their determination to beat the odds. The children, many of them underprivileged, come from various corners of the country. What threads them together are their long and tough personal battles against cancer. Nidhi’s mother,…
With a lot of enthusiasm and cheer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a grand welcome when he landed in Bhutan. Discussing on various issues, PM Modi and Bhutan’s PM Lotay Tshering signed 10 MoUs to strengthen and expand the bilateral partnership across several sectors. “Traditional Chipdrel procession and welcome ceremony at the Tashichhodzong Palace for PM @narendramodi before the audience with His Majesty the King of Bhutan. The ceremony symbolises the purification of path along which the guests are led,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. “We had a comprehensive meeting, where we deliberated on the relations…
Kapil Mishra, a former minister of the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) and AAP women’s wing chief Richa Pandey joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today. The national president of BJP Shyam Jaju and Unit president Manoj Tiwari welcomed the two new leaders at the party’s office. “I welcome Kapil Mishra and Richa Pandey into the BJP and hope they will serve Delhi by following the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and philosophy of Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Syama Prasad Mookerjee,” Mr Tiwari said after welcoming them. Earlier, when Kapil Mishra was with the Aam Aadmi Party, the Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram…
Ladakh celebrated its first Independence Day on Thursday with a lot of zeal and cheer after it a Union Territory after the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Banners bearing slogans like “UT of Ladakh celebrates its 1st Independence Day” were hanging along roads of this picturesque town. BJP MP Namgya, whose famous speech in the Lok Sabha became the talk of the nation after the abolition of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, had led the Independence Day celebration with fervour by dancing and playing the drums along with locals in the traditional Ladakhi style. https://twitter.com/MPLadakh/status/1162026245799854082?s=20 With a…
On the 73rd Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort announced that our forces are the pride of the nation and thus a new post of Chief of Defence Staff, who would be above the three service chiefs, namely Chief of the Army, Chief of the Naval Staff and Chief of the Air Staff will be created. “Our forces are India’s pride. To further sharpen coordination between the forces, I want to announce a major decision from the Red Fort. India will have a Chief of Defence Staff- CDS. This is going to make the forces…
In a very heartwarming gesture, three youths from Sikh community helped 32 Kashmiri girls to reach their homes in Kashmir. A software engineer from Delhi, Harminder Singh Ahluwalia, after scrapping of Article 370 from the valley, did a live stream on facebook. In the live stream, he promised to help Kashmiris who need help. Later, two more Sikh men joined the mission. Almost a group of 32 Kashmiri girls who came to pursue a nursing course in Pune were stranded and were clueless about returning to their homes in Kashmir, due to the lockdown after the scrapping of Article 370.…
In a sensational turn of events, the Supreme Court responded to a petition by a social activist Tehseen Poonawala who sought an urgent lift of Section 144 in the Jammu and Kashmir valley and release of their leaders who were placed under house arrest, saying that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is “sensitive” and one must rely on the government. The petitioner also said that the complete lockdown violates right to life and freedom. The higher court also explained that to put things back into normalcy, the government should be given sufficient time as change doesn’t take place overnight.…
India’s international wrestling star Babita Phogat and her father Mahavir Phogatt have tread the road away from wrestling. They have joined Bhartiya Janata Party. With the assembly elections round the corner in Haryana, the stalwarts of wrestling came into limelight with their standing in support to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, where he got into controversy with his remarks on Kashmiri girls. According to reports, the father-daughter duo joined the BJP party in ceremony held on Monday in the presence of Union Minister Kiren Rijuju. The wrestler had backed the Chief Minister in her tweet, saying there was “nothing…
Monsoon fury has taken the death toll to 72 people in Kerala alone and many displaced in flood-hit Kerala. BJP Chief Amit Shah made a visit to the flood affected areas through the aerial survey. The Kochi airport had been shut for the last two days as the airport was flooded with water. In spite of 1.66 lakh people been evacuated to safe places, many people have been trapped in landslides in places like Wayanad and Mallapuram. Many states in India, mostly Karnataka, Kerala and Maharastra have been ravaged by floods. Wayamad is the worst affected by floods in Kerala.…