GDP estimates a matter of shame for Modi government, says Chidambaram

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the GDP estimates should be a matter of “surprise and shame” to the government that was seeing ‘green shoots’ on several days during the first quarter and did nothing to cushion the fall by taking suitable fiscal and welfare measures. “But we know that the Modi government has no shame and will not acknowledge its mistakes. All these had been anticipated,” Chidambaram said, addressing a joint virtual press conference with party colleague Supriya Shrinate after the provisional estimates of…

Modi To Lay Foundation Stone Of Ayodhya Temple On Disputed Land Of Babri Masjid

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Ayodhya temple on August 5 next month on the disputed land of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. It may be recalled that the Supreme Court of India, while ruling in the case of the historic Babri Masjid martyred on November 9, 1992, on the disputed land of the mosque to build a Ram temple and provide Muslims with separate land as an alternative to the construction of the mosque. According to a report…

US ‘loves’ India, Donald Trump tweets back at ‘friend’ Narendra Modi

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ President Donald Trump thanked “my friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his greetings on the 244th anniversary of the American Independence Day. I congratulate @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and the people of the USA on the 244th Independence Day of the USA. As the world's largest democracies, we cherish freedom and human enterprise that this day celebrates. @WhiteHouse — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 4, 2020 Modi had earlier tweeted, “ I congratulate @POTUS, @realDonaldTrump and the people of the USA on the 244th Independence Day of the USA. As…

‘Expansionism era over, your fire and fury seen’: PM to soldiers in Ladakh

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an unannounced visit to a forward post in Ladakh this morning days after a violent border clash with China, told troops that the age of expansionism is over and underlined that the country’s enemies have seen the “fire and fury” of its armed forces. In an address to troops, Modi paid tributes to those 20 Indian soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley clashes, and said tales of the bravery and valour of the armed forces are echoing in every part of the country. An unspecified number…

PM Modi hits delete on his Weibo account after banning it in India. It isn’t easy

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has deleted his posts on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like account after India decided to ban 59 mobile applications linked to China. New Delhi had initially tried to delete PM Modi’s account but it turned out that the Chinese social media platform had a “complex procedure” for VIP accounts, people familiar with the development said. The government has initiated the process for deletion of the account. “For reasons best known to the Chinese, there was great delay in granting this basic permission,” a government functionary said. As…

Army top brass reviews LAC situation amid tensions with China

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The army’s top brass on Monday made a detailed assessment of the ground situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese forces have significantly beefed up their deployments in the extended region on both sides of the contested border, two senior officers said on the condition of anonymity. The developments along the LAC and the army’s operational readiness to handle any situation were discussed in detail at the army commanders’ conference, chaired by army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane, the first officer…

‘No one can take an inch’: PM Modi spotlights India’s military capabilities

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Chinese troops were neither able to enter the country nor take over any post, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told an all party meeting on Friday evening, assuring the country and political parties that the armed forces were capable of action in more than one theatre. PM Modi had convened the all party meeting after a border stand-off with Chinese troops at four locations in eastern Ladakh escalated at one point in Galwan region on Monday night. PM Modi, who had started the meeting with rich tributes to the 20 soldiers…

US ‘closely monitoring’ India-China border situation

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ The United States has said it is “closely monitoring” the India-China border situation and an American media report suggested China may have suffered severe losses in the eastern Ladakh clashes and put the number of its fatalities at 35 citing an intelligence assessment. US News, the media publication, went on to suggest that the Chinese are taking the deaths as a humiliation and might be reluctant, therefore, to announce or confirm them for fear of emboldening other adversaries. In the reported assessment of US intelligence it was…

‘No compromise on borders’: PM Modi spells out India’s stance on row with China

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ India wants peace but is capable of giving a befitting reply if provoked, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, his first remarks on the border clash between soldiers of the Indian and Chinese army in eastern Ladakh on Monday evening. PM Modi’s sharply-worded statement was aimed not just at reassuring the country that the government was taking steps to protect India’s sovereignty but was also designed to deliver a stern message to Beijing. India has always promoted peace among nations, PM Modi said on Wednesday afternoon.…

India kicks off op to fly back citizens, 363 evacuees from UAE land in Kerala

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Thirty nine pregnant women were among the 363 people who returned to India from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday night via two Air India Express flights that formed the first leg of a massive repatriation programme involving 12 countries and 15,000 passengers. The first flight of the ‘Mission ‘Vande Bharat’ carrying 181 people from Abu Dhabi landed in Kochi around 10pm on Thursday. The second flight with 182 passengers from Dubai landed in Kozhikkode roughly 20 minutes later. As the passengers – many of them aged, disabled or…