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Bharatiya Janata Party—chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi—on Thursday night met at the party headquarters in the national capital to take a call on the first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. BJP president JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were among those who attended the meeting.

Bill Gates captioned the video shared on social media platform Instagram.A post shared by Bill Gates (@thisisbillgates) With a roadside tea stall located near the old VCA stadium in the Sadar area of Nagpur, Dolly Chaiwala earned internet fame with his unique approach to tea-making. While his real name remains unknown, Dolly Chaiwala's videos are viral on the internet, accumulating lakhs of views. The tea seller is known to upload various videos while making tea in a his own style, attracting a lot of eyeballs online.

Anant Ambani, a son of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, has an important economic significance. The wedding celebrations will begin on March 1 in Jamnagar, Gujarat, while the couple will tie the knot on July 12. Anant has grown up in Jamnagar so the venue has significance for the Ambani family. But Anant has also said that he was inspired to choose Jamnagar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Wed in India' call. «It's a matter of pride and happiness when our PM said that one should get married in India,» he said.

tea vendor, Dolly Chaiwala, serving tea to Bill Gates went viral. But surprisingly, Dolly admits he didn't initially recognize the tech giant! Gates, while visiting India, stopped by Dolly's tea stall in Nagpur, known for its unique style. He even shared the video on Instagram, where it took the internet by storm. «Excited to be back in India, home to incredible innovators working on new ways to save and improve lives—and even make a cup of tea,» Gates wrote on Instagram alongside the video. He added, «Looking forward to many Chai Pe Charcha.»

₹24,420 crore for phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertilizers, adding three new grades to aid farmers and enhance the productivity of oilseeds and pulses. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Department of Fertilizers' proposal to set nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) rates for the 2024-25 kharif sowing season, which runs from April to September, according to an official statement. “Despite rising prices of fertilizers in the global market, we have decided to keep the prices the same as the last season," said minister Anurag Thakur at a press briefing after the Cabinet meeting.

Sanjay Raut takes a jibe at the BJP government while talking about Central Vista in New Delhi. “One should see the condition of Central Vista in New Delhi" in a mocking tone Raut told media persons and further added that “The new parliament is like a five-star jail where you can't work." In May 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's new ₹971 crore parliament building in Delhi, accommodating 888 members in the Lok Sabha and 300 in the Rajya Sabha.

This time around, the election has gained prominence in light of India’s rising importance in geopolitics, its leading position in emerging markets, and the government’s aspiration to make India the world’s third largest economy from the current fifth position.

prime minister called MGR an “incomparable leader" besides referring to Jayalalithaa’s governance as the hallmark of dedicated service to the people of the state Some analysts said the comments were PM Modi's appeal to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) vote bank while others said that it was his indirect reach-out to AIADMK, the opposition party in Tamil Nadu that was a BJP ally until September last year. On Wednesday, PM Modi called the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leaders ‘blind’, over a state minister’s ad for a new Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spaceport featuring an image of a rocket with the Chinese flag symbol.

Speaking at an event on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “I want to take the government out of the lives of people. Especially, I don’t approve of government interference in the lives of the middle-class. What is the need of the government everyday and at every step? We should create such a society where government interference is minimal." For the poor, the Indian state would offer support to fulfil basic needs, but for the rest, he said he would end unnecessary intervention as part of his governance agenda over the next five years.

NEW DELHI : The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Tuesday revealed the first four astronauts selected for India’s human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan. The astronauts are test pilots with the Indian Air Force, and will be a part of the country’s first ever manned space mission that is scheduled for take-off by the end of next year. The astronauts—Group Captains Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan and Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Subhanshu Shukla—were offered designatory astronaut-wing badges by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Isro’s headquarters.

VOC Port at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu will become India's first green hydrogen hub as it will develop an ecosystem of green ports and also emerge as a transshipment hub when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches numerous initiatives on February 28, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday. Also, Chennai would become the gateway to the Eastern Maritime Corridor to Vladivostok, Russia, and further increase the bilateral trade between the two countries, he said. «Tomorrow PM Modi will lay the foundation stone, inaugurate, and dedicate to the nation 36 transformative projects worth over Rs 17,000 crore. This is a step towards Viksit Bharat @2047,» Sonowal told reporters here. About 30 projects under his Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways worth Rs 10,324 crore would be inaugurated, foundation laid or dedicated by the prime minister, he said. Of these, six projects worth Rs 7,587 crore are only in the two ports in Tamil Nadu.

Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said there is an urgent need to give a boost to small businesses in the textile sector to help them realise their true potential. Speaking at Bharat Tex-2024 in Delhi, Goyal talked about helping SMEs in the textile sector by providing them with modern machines and other allied infrastructure. He said that the textile sector would not just be benefited through any one government scheme but by their convergence. “No one government scheme would help the textile industry, but a convergence of all schemes in a streamlined manner could help in this regard.” The minister called for intelligently using the budget for handloom and handicraft, and making the budgetary spending transparent. He also said that industry and government officials should work together to help artisans earn more. “Let’s take our industry to other countries where we know the market.”

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on Tuesday. During his visit, he will inaugurate three projects aimed at providing world-class technical facilities for the space sector. These projects have been developed at a combined cost of approximately ₹1800 crore.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi setting a target of 370 Lok Sabha seats for the party in the upcoming elections, BJP is aligning party resources to meet the target. Earlier, the party had set up call centres in 300 districts across the country for the election campaign. Now, it has decided to set up call centres in 370 Lok Sabha seats. Sources told ET that around 360 call centres have already been set up and the remaining 10 centres would be set up by this week. At present, there are 19,000 party workers reaching out to more than 40 lakh people on a daily basis. With the new centres adding up, there would be around 21,000 workers with a target to cross 50 lakh calls per day.

Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan. The move aimed to advance people-to-people exchanges with India, including an increase in young visitors. Under the programme, students, graduate students, and alumni of universities in India were allowed to submit a certificate of student status or graduation as alternative documents confirming financial capability for a single-entry visa for short-term tourism purposes.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday said the northeastern state is going to be the gateway not only to Southeast Asian nations but to many other countries by using Chittagong Port in Bangladesh. Dhaka has already allowed India to use its Chittagong Port through South Tripura's Sabroom sub-division and Maitri setu is set to be inaugurated for people's movement between two sides of the international border anytime, he said. «Maitri setu built on Feni River has already been inaugurated and people's movement through the bridge will start any time. Once the bridge is made operational, the state will have direct access to Chittagong Port in Bangladesh. It will open new possibilities in business and trade through Chittagong Port», Saha said at the laying of the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Agartala railway station. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 554 stations and inaugurated various projects across the country virtually.

Adani New Industries Ltd. is in talks to raise up to $3 billion for capital expenditure, according to people familiar with the matter, as the unit of India’s ports-to-power conglomerate aims to become a major player in the country’s green hydrogen push. The company is discussing the planned transaction with a group of foreign lenders and is likely to raise the money via offshore loans in two or three tranches over the next 12 months, with the process starting in June, the people said, asking not to be identified because the details are private. The loan’s tenor could range from three to five years, with the pricing likely linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, they said. Lenders discussing the credit facility with the company include DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, ING Bank NV, MUFG Bank and Standard Chartered Bank Plc.

chips race, now has to evaluate $21 billion of semiconductor proposals and divvy up taxpayer support between foreign chipmakers, local champions or some combination of the two. Israel’s Tower Semiconductor Ltd. is proposing a $9 billion plant, while India’s Tata Group has put forward an $8 billion chip fabrication unit, people familiar matter said. Both projects would be in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, the people said, declining to be named as the matter is not public. Semiconductors have grown into a key geopolitical battleground, with the US, Japan and China investing heavily in developing domestic capabilities. Modi’s push to turn India into a global manufacturing hub also includes luring international chipmakers to the country — a bid to catch up in the sector to save money on expensive imports and enhance a growing smartphone assembly industry.

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted captains of India’s textiles industry to tap the export potential for their products in Africa and the European Union. This draws significance at a time when India is positioning itself as a global textiles sourcing destination by focusing on quality and sustainable manufacturing of apparel. In the first 10 months of the current fiscal year, India exported $27.69 billion worth textile products across the globe.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the death anniversary of freedom fighter Veer Savarkar, praising his contributions as a source of inspiration to pursue the advancement and prosperity of our nation. The prime minister said in a post on X, “Tributes to Veer Savarkar on his Punya Tithi.

All India Muslim Jamaat, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvin, has appealed to Muslims to not oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a viral video, Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi can be seen saying that political situation is changing in the country and advised all Muslims in the country not to oppose the Prime Minister. He was speaking during a conference held in Ambikapur district of Chhattisgarh. Also hitting out at secular parties, Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi said that political parties claiming to be secular have only put the responsibility of opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the shoulders of Muslims. This keeps Muslims always on the sidelines, while secular parties and their representatives benefit politically, he said in the video.