NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to press ahead with reforms, with a focus on high growth and stable policies, to realise the dreams of a developed country and asserted that the “resolve has got only stronger” in his third term.“I can only assure that the resolve is stronger and like our…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his longest Independence Day speech on Thursday, lasting 98 minutes, surpassing his previous record of 96 minutes set in 2016. PM Modi‘s speeches have averaged around 82 minutes, making them the longest of any PM in history.On the 78th Independence Day, PM Modi, in his address, outlined a…
NEW DELHI: Post-resolution of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-undergraduate (NEET-UG) controversies, significant reforms are anticipated within the National Testing Agency (NTA). According to govt sources, extensive changes in the agency’s operations and exam administration are under consideration, with a high-level committee likely to be established for recommendations..The NEET-UG 2024 results, announced on June 4, faced widespread…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Modi govt intends to move on the reforms path to boost macroeconomic stability and growth, amid indications that the Union Budget will be presented around the third week of July, with consultations set to kick off over the next few days.After taking charge as finance minister for…
Do election manifestos matter? Suspend scepticism for a while and consider this: in 1984, BJP promised it would abrogate Article 370. Thirty-five long years later, in 2019, it fulfilled the promise. Likewise, Congress promised the right to education in its 2004 manifesto, and implemented it in 2009. So, manifestos are more than political lip service.In…
