Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it’s tough to invest in India: Fix the bottlenecks
2 years, 11 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Why it’s tough to invest in India: Fix the bottlenecks

Deccan Chronicle  

Global business leaders attending the virtual meeting of the Davos-based World Economic Forum on January 17 must have heard Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping with curiosity, if not with rapt attention. Mr Modi is keen about attracting foreign investments to India, something that he has been assiduously canvassing in Davos ever since he became Prime Minister, and he has done the job diligently. Speaking of the tussle between economic growth and ecological preservation, he said: “We should never grow the economy at the cost of resource depletion and environmental degradation, which is like draining a pond to get fish; nor should we sacrifice growth to protect the environment, which is like climbing a tree to catch fish.” There is little doubt that Mr Xi is imitating Mao and Deng Xiaoping and hopes to get into the canon with his homilies! Though Mr Modi has declared India as the “pharmacy of the world”, it is evident that even while India dominates the generic drugs and vaccine market in the developing economies, it is not yet the leader in terms of research and development.

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PM Modi is likely to find comfort in Trump's return and shared worldview. Here's why
1 month, 1 week ago

PM Modi is likely to find comfort in Trump's return and shared worldview. Here's why

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Donald Trump's return to the White House has made many countries anxious and recalculating where they stand with the US, but India appears to be welcoming the change that may embolden nationalist leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A second Trump presidency is likely to play out in New Delhi's favour, experts say, especially as Modi seeks to …

In 100 days of Modi 3.0, PM pushes the boundaries of helming a coalition
3 months ago

In 100 days of Modi 3.0, PM pushes the boundaries of helming a coalition

The Hindu  

In the life of a government elected for five years, how significant is a 100-day anniversary? In the case of the Modi 3.0 government, it is as good a time as any to take a look at how Prime Minister Narendra Modi, helming a coalition government without his own party enjoying a majority, has negotiated the growing pains, and what …

INDIA Alliance Rattles Modi Government: Rahul Gandhi, Mahua Moitra Lead Fierce Parliamentary Debates
5 months, 3 weeks ago

INDIA Alliance Rattles Modi Government: Rahul Gandhi, Mahua Moitra Lead Fierce Parliamentary Debates

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 03, 2024 13:57 IST - 5 MINS READ The opening session of parliament, which concluded on July 3, saw a resurgent Opposition for the first time in over a decade. While Prime Minister Modi’s first two terms enjoyed a relatively free run in Parliament due to a weak and subdued Opposition, political observers believe this is no …

Parliament Session Live: PM Modi expected to address Motion of Thanks debate tomorrow evening
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Parliament Session Live: PM Modi expected to address Motion of Thanks debate tomorrow evening

Firstpost  

BJP National president JP Nadda, in series of tweets, asks for Rahul Gandhi's apology, says he has a knack for agitated flawed logic On Rahul Gandhi’s ‘violent-Hindu’ speech in Lok Sabha, BJP National president JP Nadda posted a series of tweets mentioned below: “First day, worst show! His speech today has shown that neither has he understood the mandate of …

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Humbling moment’: What will Modi 3.0 look like for India?

Al Jazeera  

As Modi prepares to be sworn in with a reduced mandate, analysts and critics say allies he depends on could serve as a check on his government. New Delhi, India – Vishal Paliwal, a 57-year-old worker of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, spent Tuesday afternoon sleeping at home as India counted over 640 million votes cast in its …

Modi’s Demeanour Reveals His Mounting Disquiet
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi’s Demeanour Reveals His Mounting Disquiet

The Quint  

As for Congress, its bank accounts were frozen at the start of the campaign, and party leader Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter was raided last month in an abortive search for illicit booty. The BJP sailed through the last general election in 2019, winning every parliamentary seat in six states, all but one seat in three states, and all but two seats …

‘There can be no comparison between PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi’: Amit Shah
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘There can be no comparison between PM Modi and Rahul Gandhi’: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that there can never be a comparison between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has been serving the nation for the last 23 years without taking a single leave, while Rahul Gandhi goes on a vacation at the onset of every summer. Union home minister Amit Shah While addressing Shakti Kendra Pramukh Sammelan …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bharat vs India: Don't create new fault lines
1 year, 3 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bharat vs India: Don't create new fault lines

Deccan Chronicle  

Turkiye is the old/new name for Turkey that Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had adopted for his country. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent out invitations in the name of Bharat, Ms Murmu as President of Bharat and Mr Modi as Prime Minister of Bharat, instead of the customary President of India and Prime Minister of India …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Are the gloves off for the Battle of 2024? Not yet…
1 year, 4 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Are the gloves off for the Battle of 2024? Not yet…

Deccan Chronicle  

It is going to be a mean half-year and more to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and the people by and large are generally not interested in it, nor are they invested in it. If the Opposition is keen to nail the Narendra Modi government, it has to conduct a focused and forceful election campaign, and speak directly to the …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opposition needs a credible face to counter Modi in 2024
1 year, 5 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Opposition needs a credible face to counter Modi in 2024

Deccan Chronicle  

It would be useful to remember that Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal ’s old warhorse Nitish Kumar had taken the initiative to arrange for the meeting of the major Opposition parties opposed to the BJP and its leader Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Kejriwal is not yet the big leader in the Opposition ranks that he would like to …

In Rajasthan, PM Modi Lambasts Congress for Misleading Poor, Takes Jibe Over its 'Guarantee Habit’
1 year, 6 months ago

In Rajasthan, PM Modi Lambasts Congress for Misleading Poor, Takes Jibe Over its 'Guarantee Habit’

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack against the Congress during the mega rally in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district on Wednesday and said that the UPA government operated under a “remote control” rule. Congress only knows how to speak lies, and they continue to do the same.” The Prime Minister also accused Congress of “betraying” armed forces in the name …

BJP Seeking Votes in PM Modi's Name in Karnataka, Cong Going 'Vocal for Local': Jairam Ramesh
1 year, 7 months ago

BJP Seeking Votes in PM Modi's Name in Karnataka, Cong Going 'Vocal for Local': Jairam Ramesh

News 18  

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that while the BJP was seeking votes in the Karnataka Assembly polls in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress had adopted the PM’s “vocal for local” slogan and was raising issues of the people of the state. In an interview with PTI, Ramesh said Karnataka, after four years of …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Karnataka poses challenge to BJP's Hindutva strategy
1 year, 8 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Karnataka poses challenge to BJP's Hindutva strategy

Deccan Chronicle  

The Narendra Modi-Amit Shah domination of the BJP seems to have taken a beating in the run-up to the Karnataka Assembly elections next month, with the inner party turbulence revealing that the Hindutva party cannot enjoy the meek obedience that it is used to in the Hindi-speaking states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh, and of course in Gujarat. …

DC Edit | Why this spectre of foreign hand'?
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Why this spectre of foreign hand'?

Deccan Chronicle  

Does Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that his political enemies are giving out bounties to malign him and that the “foreign hand” and its local collaborators are out to get him by hook or by crook somehow bring back memories of an Indira Gandhi smelling an international conspiracy at every step? The image of Mr Modi that his party, the …

Political storm leaves Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad voters dejected: ‘What was the need to attack him like this’
1 year, 8 months ago

Political storm leaves Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad voters dejected: ‘What was the need to attack him like this’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Naming the fugitive diamond tycoon Nirav Modi, banned Indian …

PM Modi, Shah as Stars & a Dash of Infra, Culture. Will BJP’s K’taka Script Be a Hit? - News18
1 year, 9 months ago

PM Modi, Shah as Stars & a Dash of Infra, Culture. Will BJP’s K’taka Script Be a Hit? - News18

News 18  

From visits within days of each other, election yatras from opponents’ strongholds, unveiling statues of Lingayat and Vokkaliga icons, to using deeply rooted southern cultural icons, historical figures and movies, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP’s election strategist and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have their target set and locked — to strengthen the BJP’s Hindutva message in …

PM Modi's veiled swipe at Rahul Gandhi: 'Unfortunate, some people in London…'
1 year, 9 months ago

PM Modi's veiled swipe at Rahul Gandhi: 'Unfortunate, some people in London…'

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a veiled swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi without naming him as he said some people in London questioned India's democracy -- the same land where there is a statue of Guru Basaveshwara. I was fortunate enough to be invited to London to unveil the statute of Bhagwan Basaveshwara," PM Modi said as …

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph
1 year, 9 months ago

India First | Rahul Gandhi’s frustrations at Cambridge and Narendra Modi’s triumph

Firstpost  

Rahul Gandhi’s address at the Cambridge University reflected his desperation and frustrations at not being able to do much to oust the Modi government Two contrasting events were witnessed from a political spectrum. One was the victory rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the party’s spectacular victory in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, and the second was Congress leader Rahul …

PM Modi hits back at \'abuse\' by Opposition: \'Trust of the people is my shield\'
1 year, 10 months ago

PM Modi hits back at \'abuse\' by Opposition: \'Trust of the people is my shield\'

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: “Trust in Modi was not created by a television or newspaper blitz, trust in Modi was created by his sacrifices and by his dedication for the welfare of the nation and its people”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi about himself, in the third person, during his reply in Parliament on Wednesday on the motion of thanks to the …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid economic lull
1 year, 10 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid economic lull

Deccan Chronicle  

It is a curiously different Union Budget statement that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Ms Sitharaman made it clear that this year’s Budget is the second part of last year’s exercise, delineating the goals of “Amrit Kaal”, the 25-year period running from 2022, the 75th year of India’s Independence, till the 100th in 2047. …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt has it easy in Parl session as Opp. miss their mark
2 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt has it easy in Parl session as Opp. miss their mark

Deccan Chronicle  

In the curtailed Winter Session of Parliament, what was seen was yet another clash between the government and the Opposition, which did not convey any substantial meaning even as important legislative work got done like the passing of the supplementary demands for grants of the finance ministry. What the Opposition failed to point out was that the people suffered enormously …

Gujarat as a model: The Hindu Editorial on why BJP should shift to more empathetic governance
2 years ago

Gujarat as a model: The Hindu Editorial on why BJP should shift to more empathetic governance

The Hindu  

Bhupendra Patel, who on Monday took oath as Gujarat Chief Minister for a second term, is the third person to succeed Narendra Modi in the State. Mr. Patel enjoys the complete confidence of Mr. Modi, whose popularity won the day for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent Assembly elections. Gujarat continues to attract investment, with the proactive help of …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Gujarat, Modi’s home base, remains a testing ground
2 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Gujarat, Modi’s home base, remains a testing ground

Deccan Chronicle  

The relentless campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah for the coming Gujarat Assembly polls either reveals the seriousness with which these two leaders take the challenge of every election, or it shows even after all these years in power -- over a quarter-century -- they are still not confident about the support of Gujarat’s …

KCR daydreaming about ousting Modi: Kishan
2 years, 3 months ago

KCR daydreaming about ousting Modi: Kishan

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Union tourism minister G. Kishan Reddy said that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s entry into national politics by floating Bharat Rashtra Samiti was the biggest joke of the decade. Family-run parties and corrupt forces like AIMIM are trying to oust Narendra Modi from Prime Minister’s post, which is an impossible task, he said. As of now, electricity employees are …

Modi rules like the British; divides Indians, loots wealth: Rahul
2 years, 3 months ago

Modi rules like the British; divides Indians, loots wealth: Rahul

Deccan Chronicle  

Kanyakumari: Surpassing the expectations of the most ardent of his followers and belying disparaging criticism from rivals, Rahul Gandhi launched his life’s biggest political activity — a walk from Kanyakumari to Kashmir that will stretch non-stop for 200-odd days, to try to change the opinion of a majority of Indians about their biggest current political icon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. …

Ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi
2 years, 3 months ago

Ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is weakening the country by spreading hate and fear and that can only help Pakistan and China, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed on Sunday as he set the tone for his upcoming Bharat Jodo Yatra that will be launched on September 7. ‘Modi is taking India backwards’ Targeting the Prime Minister, the former Congress chief …

Anand K. Sahay | After Bihar move, is PM’s sense of unease growing?
2 years, 3 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | After Bihar move, is PM’s sense of unease growing?

Deccan Chronicle  

In spite of the all-too-visible Opposition disunity, it is evident that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not find himself in a comfort zone. Given the sudden changes in the political scenario triggered by Bihar, which carry the possibility of extensive changes in the balance of social forces ranged against the establishment, it wasn’t surprising to see Mr Modi seeking to …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of triumphalism…
2 years, 4 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India@75 mood: Uneasy sense of triumphalism…

Deccan Chronicle  

So, what’s the mood? It is a tricky issue indeed because the mood could change quite quickly, and one could look slightly foolish to have stuck one’s head out and say: “This is the mood”. Or shall we say: “How’s the josh?” If we go by the speeches of politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt’s surprise moves: The lack of transparency visible
2 years, 6 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt’s surprise moves: The lack of transparency visible

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to believe in the surprise element in all of his policy announcements. The Prime Minister thinks that surprise moves will keep his government on its feet, and the unpreparedness of the government is not a matter of concern at all. In January 2018, when Nirmala Sitharaman was the defence minister, an emergency purchase order for …

Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can’t be an option: Why Modi must leash ‘fringe’ bhakts
2 years, 6 months ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Silence can’t be an option: Why Modi must leash ‘fringe’ bhakts

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of the BJP’s most popular leader with high approval ratings from the RSS, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to stay silent, for a week, on the deliberately provocative and obviously incendiary remarks about Prophet Mohammad by a party national spokesperson on television is a signal. The world and India is astounded by the apparently sincere avowals of the Narendra …

PM Modi talks like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but does not act like him: Shashi Tharoor
2 years, 9 months ago

PM Modi talks like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but does not act like him: Shashi Tharoor

India TV News  

Highlights Tharoor said PM Modi, at times, displayed certain traits of Atal Vajpayee by saying right things But PM Modi has not translated Vajpayee's words into actions, added Tharoor He said Modi might serve India better by implementing what he has said publicly Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at times, displayed certain traits …

Opposition must try to understand why Modi gets voters’ support – India TV
2 years, 9 months ago

Opposition must try to understand why Modi gets voters’ support – India TV

India TV News  

Soon after BJP scored spectacular wins in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now in his home state Gujarat, which is due to go to assembly polls later this year. A day after addressing his jubilant party workers in Delhi, Modi took out a road show in Ahmedabad, and addressed meetings of party leaders, MPs, …

As India marks 75 years since independence, how is Australia's 'dear friend' Narendra Modi reshaping the country?
2 years, 10 months ago

As India marks 75 years since independence, how is Australia's 'dear friend' Narendra Modi reshaping the country?

ABC  

Canberra and New Delhi's relationship is flourishing, with a shared wariness of Beijing's aggression prompting closer cooperation on security. Key points: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is becoming an increasingly controversial figure The Indian government has championed Hindu causes, while focusing on policies that uplift the poor However, Mr Modi has been criticised for alleged human rights violations and restricting …

The Chinese challenge uncovers India’s fragilities
2 years, 11 months ago

The Chinese challenge uncovers India’s fragilities

The Hindu  

Like Banquo’s ghost, the 1962 Sino-India war hangs like a shadow over the current state of bilateral ties between India and China. China’s diplomatic moves Nearly 20 months after the border crisis began in Ladakh, China has pressed on with aggressive diplomatic and military gestures against India. Now revealed The Chinese challenge has laid bare globally India’s political, economic and …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Modi-Yogi shock & awe campaign work in UP polls?
3 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will Modi-Yogi shock & awe campaign work in UP polls?

Deccan Chronicle  

There is a feverish inauguration spree in Uttar Pradesh in the run-up to the Assembly elections early next year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated nine medical colleges in the districts of Siddharthnagar, Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Jaunpur, all in Purvanchal, the eastern part of the state, on October 25. And in the same week, the …

KC Singh | As external threats on rise, Modi needs peace at home
3 years, 4 months ago

KC Singh | As external threats on rise, Modi needs peace at home

Deccan Chronicle  

On July 28, America’s secretary of state Antony J. Blinken held formal discussions with India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Mr Blinken conceded that the US was drawn to India by the “steadfast commitment of its people to democracy, to pluralism, to human rights, to fundamental freedoms”. Surely the visiting minister would have been briefed by his embassy and seen …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As farmers lose ground, government will take tough line
3 years, 10 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As farmers lose ground, government will take tough line

Deccan Chronicle  

The Republic Day “tractor parade” mayhem at two points in Delhi on Tuesday is an episode in the two-month-long standoff between the Narendra Modi government and the Punjab farmers that is neither too big nor too serious. The more curious part in this showdown is that of the Delhi police and that of the Union home ministry, with home minister …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress drifts as real issues are left ignored
4 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Congress drifts as real issues are left ignored

Deccan Chronicle  

The faction-ridden, intrigues-infested Congress Party, even in its decrepit state, remains more interesting for political observer than the regimented Bharatiya Janata Party, with the monotonous hectoring of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the few chosen leaders who are licensed to speak. The meeting convened by party president Sonia Gandhi, which included Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the 23 …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will our farmers force arrogant govt to yield?
4 years ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will our farmers force arrogant govt to yield?

Deccan Chronicle  

The march of the Punjab farmers to New Delhi, accompanied by their counterparts from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and other parts of northern India, despite all the attempts by the BJP-ruled Haryana government, and the refusal of the leaders of the farmers’ unions to abide by the conditions laid down by Union home minister Amit Shah to move to a specified …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s mood is sombre: Is Modi government out of sync?
4 years, 4 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s mood is sombre: Is Modi government out of sync?

Deccan Chronicle  

As the years pass on, Independence Day will be more of a day of gaiety than one of solemnity that it had been in earlier years. All that we can say of the response of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to the unfolding of these stressful and sometimes traumatic turn of events is that they tried to cope with it …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Puja at Ayodhya: Modi’s bid to seal BJP’s future?
4 years, 4 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Puja at Ayodhya: Modi’s bid to seal BJP’s future?

Deccan Chronicle  

It will be futile to bewail the violation of secularism with Prime Minister Narendra Modi participating in the “bhoomi pujan” of the Ram Mandir a little after Wednesday noon. The BJP and Mr Modi would like to believe that it will, and they have taken all the pains to prove that the temple was now happening because the party had …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of Modi’s Galwan, COVID silence
4 years, 5 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of Modi’s Galwan, COVID silence

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sixth televised address to the nation on June 30 -- the other five were on March 19 and 24, April 3 and 14, and May 12 -- was conspicuously silent on the three most burning issues facing the country: Covid-19, the economic crisis triggered by Covid-19 and the stand-off with China in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley. …

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