Mr. Narendra Modi | Pixr8 News

How Indian Youth is Frying in The Politicians ‘Pakoda Politics’

9Feb By Sabhyata AgarwalNo Comments

BLOGS

How Indian Youth is Frying in The Politicians ‘Pakoda Politics’

"If a person sells 'pakodas' and takes home Rs 200 every evening, will it be considered employment or not?", PM Modi said in an interview on Zee News. The statement of the PM created quite a buzz in the opposition parties as what he said implied that even selling Pakodas is a job. In the aftermath, following such statement, politicians from all around India started a debate on social platforms about how can Modi ji advice the jobless, especially youth, to sell Pakodas. Not ony this, citizens majorily youth started to sell pakodas objectifying the promises of the government. The Timeline following the Interview(Feb 19)- January 29 On a question asked about employment in India, PM Narendra Modi resorted to a fact that a person selling chai and pakoda, who earns Rs 200 in order to feed...

PM Modi to Launch Solar-Powered Boats on River Ganga in Varanasi

1May By No Comments

INDIA

PM Modi to Launch Solar-Powered Boats on River Ganga in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today visit his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi where he will launch solar-powered boats for plying on river Ganga. Prime Minister Modi would be distributing 11 solar-powered 'e-boats' at the Assi Ghat. "Particularly excited to launch a scheme for environmentally friendly e-boats at Assi Ghat. These will help bring down pollution. The e-boats will also bring down operational costs thus ensuring higher incomes for those who earn their livelihoods through such boats," he said in a series of tweets. Later, the Prime Minister will also distribute 1,000 e-rickshaws and also hold a chaupal with rickshawpullers. Before launching the e-boats, he will meet 100 prominent people from the district to discuss about the development of Varanasi. "In Varanasi ...

Nearly 700 Startup Founders Urge PM Modi to Defend Net Neutrality

27Jan By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

News

Nearly 700 Startup Founders Urge PM Modi to Defend Net Neutrality

NEW DELHI- Hundreds of startups, including bigger players like Zomato, Cleartrip, Paytm and their employees, have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defend net neutrality, which they define it as access to content on the internet without any discrimination. "We urge you to ensure that the recently announced initiative, Start-Up India, addresses the concern of net neutrality, with clearly defined policies and firm rules," the letter said. Around 500 people have signed the letter including Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal, Cleartrip founder Hrush Bhatt, XYSEC LABS founder Subho Halder, iSPIRT Foundation co-founder Sharad Sharma and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma. There are 1,467 signatories to the letter, including 681 founders of various startups. Startups expressed gr...

Travis Kalanick (Uber, Founder) Will Attend Modi’s Startup India Event

6Jan By AdityaNo Comments

INDIA, News

Travis Kalanick (Uber, Founder) Will Attend Modi’s Startup India Event

New Delhi: Investment firm SoftBank’s founder Masayoshi Son, taxi-hailing service Uber’s founder Travis Kalanick and collaborative workspace provider WeWork’s founder Adam Neumann will attend the government’s Start-up India event next week, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil an action plan to assist early-stage companies. The event will be attended by around 40 innovators, venture capitalists and angel investors from Silicon Valley along with 1,500 founders of start-ups from across the country. On 27 December, in his Mann Ki Baat radio programme, Modi said the government was going to announce details of the Start-up India event, to be held on 16 January. Considering the importance of the event to the promotion of start-up culture in the country, it will be ...