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    Modi, Rajnath and Smriti Irani among heavyweights as BJP names 195 candidates for parliamentary polls

    02 Mar 2024

    The list, featuring 34 sitting ministers and 2 former Chief Ministers, including 28 female nominees, 47 youth candidates, 57 nominees from OBC, reinforces the party's social engineering strategy to strike the right chord with the voters, across all strata.

    Indians vote in the first phase of the world's largest election as Modi seeks a third term

    19 Apr 2024

    Surveys suggest Modi's BJP will easily win a majority even though voters have serious concerns about unemployment, inflation. People began queuing up at polling stations hours before they were allowed in at 7am in the first 21 states to hold votes...

    Deepfakes of Bollywood stars spark worries of AI meddling in India election

    22 Apr 2024

    In a 30-second video that shows Aamir Khan and another 41-second clip of Ranveer Singh, the two Bollywood actors purportedly say Modi failed to keep campaign promises and failed to address critical economic issues during his two terms as prime minister.

    India virus cases hit 24m mark; govt working on war footing: PM

    14 May 2021

    Modi sounded the alarm over the rapid spread of COVID-19 through India's vast countryside on Friday, as 4,000 people died from the virus for the third straight day and total infections crossed 24 million.

    Indian PM Modi's party takes electoral hit amid virus surge

    02 May 2021

    Modi’s party looks set to retain power in the northeastern Assam state for a second term, but failed to pick up any significant gains there or make inroads in two southern states, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

    India and Russia strike trade, arms deals during Putin visit

    06 Dec 2021

    Putin travelled to India with Russia's defence and foreign ministers in a visit that saw the two countries reinforce their ties with a military and technical cooperation pact until 2031 and a pledge to boost annual trade to $30 billion by 2025. Both the leaders also discussed the situation in Afghanistan.

    Thousands rally in Asia for International Women's Day

    08 Mar 2020

    Despite growing fears over the worsening epidemic, marches went ahead in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines while women rallied in ultra-conservative Pakistan demanding "freedom".

    Indian PM Modi announces nationwide lockdown for 21 days, starting tonight

    24 Mar 2020

    Modi says saving lives is priority as of now and requests citizens to stay put wherever they are.

    Walls, mud packs and monkeys removed for Trump in India

    24 Feb 2020

    A local NGO and the state forest department have also been roped in to keep birds and bands of monkeys out of Air Force One's way on the runway at Ahmedabad airport.
    "In the past 10 days, we have caught 45-odd monkeys," Raag Patel from the Nature Conservation Foundation said.

    Modi appeals for total shutdown of India on Sunday over coronavirus

    19 Mar 2020

    Indian PM says in an address to the nation that the curfew on Sunday from 7:00am to 9:00pm would test the giant country's ability to take tough measures against what he called a growing "crisis."

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