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5 Points You Must Know on What PM Modi Said About Startups

On Wednesday, our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a live conversation with the startups across the country who have benefited from the Startup India Policy as well as with student innovators who are a part of Atal Innovation Mission’s Tinkering Labs. With the aim to promote young entrepreneurs in the country, the prime minister […]

Trump’s Harley Davidson Vs Modi’s Royal Enfield- The Beginning of Motorcycle War

The Supreme Leader of United States Donald Trump took a dig on India for high import tariff on Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Mr. President during a discussion with Congress members called it “unfair” and warned that in future they may increase the tariff on import of Indian motorcycles to the US. During discussion he said the recent […]

India Means Business: Modi Tells Global CEOs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told top CEOs here that India means business and presents exciting opportunity for the global businesses. Addressing a roundtable before a dinner meet, Modi narrated Indias growth story. He was accompanied by top government officials including Vijay Gokhale, Jai Shankar and Ramesh Abhishek. Under the tagline of “India means business”, […]

Modi Emerges As Most Tweeted About World Leader After Trump

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the “most tweeted about world leader” after US President Donald Trump in 2017, micro-blogging site Twitter said today. Two postings of former US president Barack Obama were among the top three most-liked tweets of 2017. Obama’s tweet “No one is born hating another person because of the colour […]

GST is a ‘Good and Simple Tax’ That Will End Small Biz Harassment: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has billed GST as a ‘good and simple tax’ that will end harassment of traders and small businesses while integrating India into one market with one tax rate. At an event to launch the Goods and Services Tax (GST) at the historic Central Hall of Parliament, Modi said the indirect tax reform is a result […]

India is Set to Launch GSAT-9, A Gift to India’s Neighbours By PM Modi

India is set to launch its Geostationary Communication Satellite (GSAT-9), the South Asia Communication Satellite, that will boost connectivity among nations in the region. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the South Asia Satellite would be India’s “priceless gift” to its neighbouring countries on his Mann ki Baat programme on Sunday. The satellite, which […]

Woman Entrepreneur Writes to PM Modi Against Stayzilla Fraud

The woman proprietor of Chennai-based advertising Jigsaw Solutions, which was allegedly defrauded of Rs 1.69 crore by Stayzilla, today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government to address issues of funding and transparent business models at the earliest. Radha Shekhar, in a letter to Modi, said this was needed to avoid any suffering women […]

Modi Privately Took Amazon to Task Over Insulting Flag Doormat

India’s reaction to an Amazon.com website selling doormats resembling the country’s flag involved an unprecedented public and private offensive against the US company by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, a document shows. Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj publicly threatened in January to rescind visas of Amazon employees if the doormats were not removed from its Canadian […]

Indian PM Modi Led Cabinet Approved 2351 Crore For Digital Saksharta Abhiyan

The Cabinet today approved ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan’ with an outlay of Rs 2,351.38 crore to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate by March 2019. “The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved ‘Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan’ (PMGDISHA) to make 6 crore rural households digitally literate. The […]

Indian PM Modi Wins Online Reader’s Poll For TIME Person of The Year

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the online reader’s poll for TIME Person of the Year 2016, beating out other world leaders like US President-elect Donald Trump, incumbent US leader Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Modi won with 18 percent of the vote when the poll closed last night, getting significantly more votes […]

How Modi Government Used Twitter Over The Last 2 Years

The NDA government led by Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) came into power in May 2014, pioneering a new wave in digital governance. As the Prime Minister marks two years in office today, we look back at how his vision of “minimum government, maximum governance” has been implemented via Twitter – from the Prime Minister himself to […]