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Apple will manufacture iPhone 14 in India
Apple will manufacture iPhone 14 in India
Apple will make its iPhone 14 in India, the company said on Monday, as manufacturers shift production from China amid geopolitical tensions and pandemic restrictions that have disrupted supply chains for many industries.
“The new iPhone 14 lineup introduces groundbreaking new technologies and important safety capabilities. We’re excited to be manufacturing iPhone 14 in India,” Apple said in a…
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COVID 19: केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉ. हर्षवर्धन ने लगवाया कोरोना का टीका, पत्नी ने अस्पताल को दिए 250 रुपए
COVID 19: केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉ. हर्षवर्धन ने लगवाया कोरोना का टीका, पत्नी ने अस्पताल को दिए 250 रुपए
नई दिल्ली. देश में कोरोना संक्रमण रोकने को लेकर चल रही लड़ाई पर देश में टीकाकरण का तीसरा चरण शुरू हो गया है. तीसरे चरण की शुरुआत कल प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी (Narendra Modi) ने एम्स (AIIMS) में टीका लगवा कर की.
वहीं, आज केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉक्टर हर्षवर्धन (Dr. Harsh Vardhan) ने भी कोरोना का टीका लगवा कर देशवासियों को प्रेरित किया कि जो भी इस चरण में टीका के लिए पात्रता रखते हैं वह सभी…
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As Small States Lead Covid-19 Booster Dose Coverage, A Look at Why the Drive Failed to Take Off in India
As Small States Lead Covid-19 Booster Dose Coverage, A Look at Why the Drive Failed to Take Off in India
Small states and Union Territories, including Ladakh, Sikkim, Delhi and Lakshadweep, are leading in the coverage of booster doses in India, data shows.
According to data collated by ORF, a Delhi-based independent think tank, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi and Haryana have seen the most growth in the uptake of booster doses between April 15 and June 10.
Precaution dose for the 18-59 years category…
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PM Modi wishes Congress chief Sonia Gandhi a speedy recovery
Head of the state Narendra Modi on Thursday wished a fast recuperation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi from COVID-19.
The Congress expressed before in the day that Gandhi has tried positive for the infection and has secluded herself.
The party's main representative Randeep Surjewala said Gandhi had a gentle fever Wednesday night and was tracked down Covid positive on testing today.
Modi tweeted, "Wishing Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji a fast recuperation from COVID-19.
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Nirmala Sitharaman's prediction for India's economy as IMF cuts global growth
Nirmala Sitharaman said growth will be among the top priorities of the Narendra Modi government and attention will be paid to sustaining the momentum that the Indian economy has got coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is in the US to attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, on Tuesday forecasted India’s growth rate to be around 7 per cent this financial year.
Sitharaman said growth will be among the top priorities of the Narendra Modi government and attention will be paid to sustaining the momentum that the Indian economy has got coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Her statement comes even as the IMF, in its latest projection, predicted India’s GDP growth to be 6.8 per cent — down from a January projection of 8.2 per cent and in July estimate of 7.4 per cent. However, despite the slowdown, India would remain the fastest-growing major economy.
The IMF said on Tuesday global growth is expected to slow further next year, downgrading its forecasts as countries grapple with the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, spiraling cost-of-living and economic downturns.
The world economy has been dealt multiple blows, with the war in Ukraine driving up food and energy prices following the coronavirus outbreak, while soaring costs and rising interest rates threaten to reverberate around the globe.
“I am aware that growth forecasts around the world are being revised lower. We expect India’s growth rate to be around 7 per cent this financial year. More importantly, I am confident of India’s relative and absolute growth performance in the rest of the decade,” she said addressing a gathering in Washington.
Sitharaman, however, observed that the Indian economy is not exempt from the impact of the world economy. “No economy is,” she said.
“After the unprecedented shock of the pandemic, came the conflict in Europe with its implications for energy, fertiliser and food prices. Now, synchronised global monetary policy is tightening in its wake. So, naturally, growth projections have been revised lower for many countries, including India. This triple shock has made growth and inflation a double-edged sword,” Sitharaman said.
After the Russia-Ukraine conflict started in February 2022, there was a sharp increase in food and energy prices. India had to ensure that the rising cost of living did not lead to lower consumption through erosion of purchasing power.
“We addressed these multiple and complex challenges through a variety of interventions. One, India ramped up its vaccine production and vaccination. India has administered over 2 billion doses of vaccine produced domestically. Two, India’s digital infrastructure ensured the delivery of targeted relief Third, in 2022, after the conflict erupted in Europe, we ensured adequate availability of food and fuel domestically, lowered import duties on edible oil and cut excise duties on petrol and diesel. The central bank has acted swiftly to ensure that inflation did not get out of hand and that currency depreciation was neither rapid nor significant enough to lead to a loss of confidence,” the minister said.
Sitharaman said India is discussing with different countries to make Rupay acceptable in their nations.
“Not just that, the UPI (Unified Payments Interface), the BHIM app, and NCPI (the National Payments Corporation of India) are all now being worked in such a way that their systems in their respective country, however, robust or otherwise can talk to our system and the inter-operability itself will give strength for Indians expertise in those countries,” she said.
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ICC World Cup 2023 Final: Narendra Modi Stadium Painted in 'Sea of Blue,' Ahmedabad Breaks Air Traffic Records
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Final between India and Australia at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on November 19 has set the stage for a thrilling match, with the venue transformed into a 'sea of blue' as fans across the country eagerly anticipate India's victory. Adding to the pre-game excitement, the renowned Surya Kiran aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force took to the skies for a spectacular 10-minute air show.
As fans, dressed in the iconic blue jerseys of the Indian cricket team, flocked to the 1.32 lakh capacity stadium, vendors witnessed a surge in last-minute purchases. Merchandise such as jerseys, Tricolour flags, traditional Indian headgear like 'pagdis' in saffron, and even masks featuring master batter 'King' Virat Kohli and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the top-selling items.
Record-Breaking Flights and Ticket Prices:
Reports of soaring ticket prices for the match were matched by flight ticket prices to Ahmedabad, reaching as high as ₹40,000 from various metro cities. In response to the high demand, airlines like IndiGo and Vistara increased the number of flights, and the Indian Railways added additional trains from Mumbai to Ahmedabad.
Record Air Traffic:
With the conclusion of Diwali holidays, Chatth Puja, and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 Final, domestic air traffic in India reached unprecedented levels. A total of 4,56,748 passengers were recorded, surpassing the previous high of 456,082 on the last day of April. Despite this record, the overall traffic from November 1 to 18 remains lower than in October and averages below November 2019 levels before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Airspace Closure for Spectacular Airshow:
In preparation for the Surya Kiran acrobatic team's performance over the Narendra Modi Stadium, the airport at Ahmedabad was closed for all operations from 1:15 pm to 2:10 pm. Additionally, a 10 km radius up to FL 120 or 12,000 feet from the ground was restricted for any traffic during the mesmerizing airshow.
India vs. Australia Final Update:
In the much-anticipated match, Australian skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bowl first. Despite a strong start by Rohit Sharma, India faced early setbacks and posted a total of 211 runs in 43 overs after losing six wickets. The match is poised for an exciting finish as the teams battle for the coveted World Cup title.
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Biden headed to India for the G20 summit, claims that the G20 Summit gets better every time they engage
On Friday, United States President Joe Biden said that he is all set to head to India and wanted to discuss some pressing issues with the G20 leaders during the summit. He posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) and said that every time the G20 engages, it "gets better".
"I'm headed to the G20 - the premier forum for international economic cooperation - focused on making progress on Americans' priorities, delivering for developing nations, and showing our commitment to the G20 as a forum that can deliver. Every time we engage, we get better," Joe Biden said.
Biden recently got his COVID-19 test result which came out to be negative. This was a necessary step as a few days earlier, Biden’s wife Jill Biden came down with a mild Coronavirus infection.
As per the insider reports from the White House, The United States of America wants to prove that the G20 Summit can perform and deliver at a time when the BRICS club is already expanding. As of now, BRICS includes India but is mostly led by China.
“As the president heads to the G20, he's committed to working with emerging market partners to deliver big things together," White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told a briefing ahead of the summit.
"That's what we believe the world will see in New Delhi this weekend," he added.
On Friday, Biden is also set to hold bilateral talks with PM Narendra Modi. The two leaders are expected to review the progress made on decisions they took during their last meeting in Washington in June.
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Bheed (2023): A Crowd Under Distress
The socio-political drama unfolds. It was March 24, 2020. The honorable Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a.k.a “PM Modi”, made an abrupt announcement at around 8 PM that the entire country will undergo a complete lockdown for 21 days effective from midnight. This announcement was made so suddenly that the entire country went into chaos! This meant that the entire country had only four hours till it went under a complete lockdown. People watching television rushed out to retail stores to pack their shelves with food and supplies which can last them for the next 21 days. The poor migrant laborers who were staying apart from their families had to return to their homes, and they had no other option other than accommodating themselves into trucks and trains or walking all the way to their homes carrying heavy backpacks! And what would you expect to come their way? The Great Indian Police Force of course, who were set by the Indian government to beat up and brutalize any person who would violate the Lockdown.
This is the true story of the oppressed and poverty-stricken laborers in India during the first COVID-19 Lockdown. Starring Rajkumar Rao as police inspector Surya Kumar Singh, Bheed has been co-written, produced, and directed by Anubhav Sinha.
Bheed (2023): The Announcement
https://youtu.be/cDaZf16Qr7M
So here, let me first explain the basis on which PM Modi took this abrupt decision. In his televised address to the nation, PM Modi said that the coronavirus pandemic in India can only be contained by “social distancing”. Therefore, in his opinion, if people remained locked in their houses for a period of 21 days, the coronavirus infection chain will be broken! So, he had consulted health sector experts before arriving at this decision. Also, before the complete lockdown began, he had requested all obedient Indian citizens to clang plates and other utensils on their balconies for five minutes as a mark of solidarity and appreciation for the front-line workers who were dealing with the COVID-19 virus. “THAALI BAJAO”!!
Leaving all this behind, let’s get back to the poor Indian laborers who were struggling to return home in the suddenly imposed lockdown. When such an abrupt decision was announced at 8 PM on March 24, 2020, that within four hours the entire country will shut down and no human being will be allowed to step out of their homes, how on earth do you expect that the poor laborers who had no transportation means could have made it to their respective homes which were hundreds of kilometers away? Those poor migrant laborers somehow managed to get on trucks, busses, or trains, wherever they could find someplace to accommodate themselves and started their journey towards their homes amidst the Lockdown. Some of them had no other option other than to walk to reach their homes, which were hundreds of kilometers away.
But the journey of these migrant laborers came with severe hurdles in the form of the Indian Police Force. When these laborers were caught on the streets, they were assumed by the police to be violating the lockdown terms, where in fact they were only journeying to return to their homes. If PM Modi had some sympathy and conscientiousness for these laborers, being a responsible Prime Minister of a country like India, he should have at least made some transportation arrangements for them so that they could have reached their homes safely. But the fact is; India is only meant for super-rich people! Here the poor and oppressed classes don’t stand a chance. So, did these migrant laborers. Many of them became victims of police brutality on the streets where they were beaten up badly with their accusation being that they had violated the Lockdown terms. Many of these laborers weren’t able to reach their homes. Hundreds of them died in their journey, several due to police beatings and many others due to unexpected accidents.
Bheed narrates the story of a large group of Indian migrant laborers who, during their journey to their homes in the COVID-19 Lockdown, hit a police checkpoint that won’t let them travel any further. Chaos, fear, and violence erupted at the checkpoint which led to a situation even more deadly than the coronavirus pandemic.
You may come across several online platforms which claim that this story is fictional because they have been made to say so. The truth is that this story is as real as you, me, and the Indian government itself!
Bheed (2023) Original Trailer (Now Deleted):
https://youtu.be/tEjMuwNW32g
Bheed (2023) Official Trailer (Modified):
https://youtu.be/lGAKZ6L9IVo
The Good:
Impactful Screenplay
Bheed has an engaging screenplay along with a realistic plot. The screenplay doesn’t engage in melodrama but straightway showcases the actual incidents which occurred. However, the screenplay in Bheed is not just about showing the Indian government’s apathy toward the misery of the impoverished. This movie mainly focuses on the social rift amidst the tragedy. Talking of racism; it is high in India! That’s what this movie centers around.
Scenes in Bheed depicting chaos and violence will impact your mind. A scene depicting a young girl carrying her old father on a bicycle amidst the lockdown chaos will certainly raise emotions. The screen time of the events shown in Bheed has been kept concise within its almost two-hour run duration. Atanu Mukherjee’s precise editing does combine aptly with Anubhav Sinha’s immaculate direction.
Some of the scenes in Bheed were gruesome indeed. A group of laborers resorted to walking on the railway tracks and following the tracks to reach their homes. A train came all of a sudden and crushed the entire group. Incidents like this really happened during the Lockdown.
https://youtu.be/5oSsKj2i5kI
Rajkumar Rao: A Cop With A Moral Sense Of Duty!
After watching Bheed, my respect for Rajkumar Rao has genuinely increased. Earlier I just considered him to be a wannabe actor who would play cheeky roles. Although he had given some engrossing horror movies in the past like “Stree”, his overall acting career was not so impactful. But his dynamic character as the heroic cop in Bheed, who is bundled with morality and empathy towards the impoverished, is worth the applause. Through his character of police inspector Surya Kumar Singh, who was in charge of the checkpost where the laborers got stranded, Rajkumar Rao has portrayed what every modern-day cop needs to be. To protect the weak and fight for the rights of the weak is the moral duty of a cop, and not to terrorize innocent people upon receiving government orders.
Bhumi Pednekar, as a medical student and Surya Kumar Singh’s love interest, lent great support. Of course, this is a Bollywood movie and there cannot be a Bollywood movie without the depiction of love, no matter how harsh the situation may be. Surya was inferior to his girlfriend in terms of caste, so you have to watch this movie to know if her upper-caste parents will accept the lower-caste cop as their son-in-law. Moreover, Rajkumar Rao also narrated a dialogue to Bhumi Pednekar which goes, ”Hum Aapke Ghar Aayenge, Lekin Chappal Pehenkar”, which means, “I will come to your house but with my slippers on my feet”. In India, the age-old custom was that lower-caste groups had to walk across the village of upper-caste people with their slippers on their heads. Through this statement, Surya took a dig at this age-old custom in India and wanted to convey to his beloved who was of the superior caste that, he will stand at par with her caste and will walk up to her home not with his slippers on his head, but on his feet.
Great Support
Supporting actors Ashutosh Rana and Pankaj Kapur made their presence felt throughout the movie. Dia Mirza in her character of a rich woman in Bheed commented on the laborers, “Inki Immunity Bahut High Hoti Hai”, meaning “These laborers have high immunity, (so the virus won’t affect them)”. Does she mean that just because they are hardworking laborers who toil under the sun day and night, they have gained immunity to the coronavirus?” This comment of hers was direly racist, insensitive, absurd, and illogical. But what her driver did next was impactful enough to evoke emotions in the viewer’s mind. He helped the girl who was carrying her old father in a cycle ignoring his mistress screaming at him to come back. After helping the father and daughter, he came back and told his mistress, “Madam, I came back not to secure my job but to help you and drive you to your destination. In this situation if we don’t help each other, then who will?” Throughout the movie, you will come across many poignant dialogues by aggrieved characters.
The Bad:
Dull Cinematography In Black And White
A negative aspect of Bheed is that this entire movie has been shot in black and white. Yes, you read that right! This is a completely black-and-white film. For cinematography critics, this can be disappointing. Actually, the film has been shot in black and white to depict the colorless pattern of human misery amidst the exodus. However, this was not really necessary if you ask me. Cinematographer Soumik Mukherjee could have kept the frames colored as the story itself is impactful enough to portray misery. In fact, the colorless background gave a somewhat dull viewing experience.
The Verdict:
I salute Anubhav Sinha for coming up with an eye-opener for Indian citizens. Till today my blood boils thinking about the poor migrant laborers who died. Did they really deserve this? Is being poor or oppressed a crime in India? India is truly a biased nation, I have to say. Here in school when I was a kid, those children who belonged to rich and influential parents were treated with respect while those kids who belonged to “not-so well-to-do” parents were treated harshly.
The astonishing part about Bheed is that this movie was hugely modified before its release. Many of you may not be aware of this fact. What Anubhav Sinha tried to convey through this movie has been hugely suppressed. If you see Bheed now, you will only be shown the lockdown chaos, caste oppression, and to some extent the brutality faced by the migrant laborers. But the original movie was edited to the extent the horror movie “The Exorcist” was, just to cover up the Indian government’s negligence and bad decision-making.
The Indian Censor Board removed the lockdown-imposing address of PM Modi in the edited version. In fact, PM Modi and his voice were completely omitted from the edited version, in order to avoid any sort of controversy against him. The scenes in Bheed which depicted excessive police brutality and graphic violence on the laborers were edited and moderated as well. I want to applaud the Indian Censor Board for this! When you approve of the gruesome, gory, and hideous scenes of “The Kashmir Files”, what made you omit these sensitive scenes which were much less intense than those in “The Kashmir Files”? I believe The Censor Board will have no answer to this. But I have! This may have been done so as to not expose the misdeeds of the Indian government which Anubhav Sinha might have wanted to show through his original script. Bheed’s original trailer had the lockdown announcement of PM Modi. It was modified as well and a new trailer was released.
India is under PM Modi’s rule, and here you have to do what his government wants you to do, whether you like it or not. You have to change currency notes overnight without any valid reason, pay heavy taxes, and may even lose your citizenship if you happen to be a Muslim. The Indian government even tried to impose a “porn ban” which would have prohibited all Indians from watching porn behind closed doors. The reason for not watching porn in India is that, you may turn psychologically corrupt and you may become a sex maniac! These are not my words. Watch this video on what John Oliver has to say!
https://youtu.be/dad2dCMRywo
Excuse me for diverting from the topic. Coming to Bheed, this movie for sure is challenging to watch. As an Indian, I bet you may not be able to stop your blood from boiling after seeing the miserable plight of migrant laborers. Human memory can be fleeting. The incidents shown in Bheed happened just three years back and sadly, they go unremembered. Only those who were the most negatively impacted by the sudden lockdown, still remember those days.
Bheed portrays the immature decisions taken by the Indian government and its negligence toward the citizens during the coronavirus pandemic. Scenes in the movie show hospitals charging exorbitant fees for providing oxygen and medication to COVID patients, and the severe shortage of hospital beds due to which people died in masses outside hospitals. People were treated like animals by law enforcement and were not allowed to meet their loved ones even when they passed away from the infection. Corpses were piled up and disposed of in trucks. Dead bodies were floating everywhere in rivers and lakes. The state borders throughout the country were checked strictly as if the states were different countries within the same nation. And after all this; “ACCHE DIN AA GAYE HAIN?” meaning, “GOOD DAYS ARE HERE!” as our honorable Prime Minister proudly says.
Bheed is intense and thought-provoking. The film made its theatrical release on March 24, 2023, exactly three years after the first COVID-19 Lockdown was imposed. To conclude, I don’t have to remind you to watch Bheed. I only have to say to the blind followers of the government, “God Bless You. May The Force Be With You!” The movie might be censored, but this review isn’t!
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PM holds high-level review meeting on Covid, Influenza situation
New Delhi, Mar 22: Amid a spike in influenza and COVID-19 cases in the country in the past two weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting and directed officials to enhance genome sequencing while also emphasizing on Covid-appropriate behaviour.
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"More Airports, Better Connectivity Bringing People Closer": PM Modi
The prime minister shared a tweet by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia about domestic air traffic touching a new post-COVID high of nearly 4.45 lakh on February 19.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the aviation sector is bringing people closer and boosting national progress with more airports and better connectivity.
The prime minister shared a tweet by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia about domestic air traffic touching a new post-COVID high of nearly 4.45 lakh on February 19.
"More airports and better connectivity…the aviation sector is bringing people closer and boosting national progress," PM Modi said in a tweet.
Prior to COVID, the average daily domestic air passenger number was 3,98,579. In a tweet on Monday, Mr Scindia said domestic air passenger movement scales a new high post-COVID. As many as 4,44,845 passengers were flown by domestic airlines on Sunday.
"Yet another milestone! Indian civil continues to soar!," Mr Scindia had said.
Currently, there are 147 operational airports in the country. The prime minister is scheduled to inaugurate the newly-constructed airport at Shivamogga in Karnataka on February 27.
The country's aviation sector is on the recovery path after it was significantly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Frappant l'alliance Congrès-CPI (M) à Tripura, le Premier ministre Narendra Modi a déclaré samedi que les deux partis se battaient contre la " kushti " (lutte) au Kerala et avaient noué des " dosti " (amitié) dans l'État du nord-est.
Faisant une référence voilée à Tipra Motha, le Premier ministre Modi a affirmé que certains autres partis aidaient également l'alliance de l'opposition par derrière, mais tout vote pour eux ferait reculer Tripura de plusieurs années.
"Les anciens joueurs de la mauvaise gouvernance se sont donné la main pour 'chanda' (don). Ceux qui combattent 'kushti' (lutte) au Kerala ont fait 'dosti' (amitié) à Tripura", a déclaré le Premier ministre lors d'un rassemblement électoral à Radhakishorepur dans le district de Gomati. .
"L'opposition veut diviser les votes. Certains petits partis "coupeurs de voix" attendent les résultats des élections, dans l'espoir d'obtenir leur prix. Ceux qui rêvent de marchandage, enfermez-les maintenant chez eux", a-t-il déclaré. .
S'adressant à un autre rassemblement électoral à Ambassa dans le district de Dhalai plus tôt dans la journée, il a allégué que les gouvernements de gauche et du Congrès avaient créé une division parmi les tribaux, tandis que le BJP s'efforçait de résoudre leurs problèmes, y compris celui des Brus.
"Le BJP travaille pour l'élévation des tribus à travers l'Inde. Nous avons réhabilité à Tripura plus de 37 000 Brus déplacés du Mizoram. Notre gouvernement a introduit la langue tribale Kokborok dans l'enseignement supérieur", a-t-il déclaré.
Dans le budget de l'Union, le gouvernement du BJP au Centre a alloué Rs 1 lakh crore au développement des zones tribales, a déclaré le Premier ministre Modi.
Faisant référence à la lutte contre le COVID-19, il a déclaré : « Dans un État gouverné par la gauche, de nombreuses personnes ont souffert du coronavirus et sont mortes, mais Tripura était en sécurité car le BJP travaillait pour protéger la vie des gens.
Appelant le peuple à voter pour le gouvernement "à double moteur" afin de poursuivre la séquence de développement dans l'État du nord-est, il a déclaré au rassemblement : "Méfiez-vous de l'épée à double tranchant du Congrès et de la gauche, ils veulent arrêter tous les plans qui profiter au peuple. »
Le Premier ministre a déclaré que le Congrès et la gauche ne savent que trahir les pauvres, alléguant que les gens ont souffert en raison d'années de mauvaise gouvernance.
"Les deux partis veulent que les pauvres restent pauvres. Ils ont d'innombrables slogans pour les pauvres mais n'ont jamais compris ni abordé leur douleur", a déclaré le Premier ministre Modi.
Le Premier ministre a déclaré que des maisons sous Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana ont été construites pour trois familles lakh, au profit de 12 lakh personnes, tandis que cinq pauvres lakh ont été bénéficiaires de l'Ayushman Bharat Yojana, et des toilettes ont été construites dans quatre maisons lakh de l'État.
Le premier collège dentaire de l'État a également été construit sous le gouvernement BJP, a-t-il déclaré.
Le Premier ministre a déclaré que dans le seul district de Gomati, 80 crores de roupies ont été crédités sur les comptes bancaires d'environ 40 000 agriculteurs, sans aucune «coupe» ni «don».
"Auparavant, les cadres du CPI (M) contrôlaient les postes de police, tandis que le BJP établissait l'état de droit dans l'État", a-t-il déclaré.
Le Premier ministre Modi a affirmé que le BJP avait libéré Tripura de l'atmosphère de peur et d'une culture de «chanda» (dons).
"Auparavant, la condition des femmes dans l'État était misérable. Désormais, elles peuvent sortir de chez elles la tête haute", a-t-il déclaré.
Le Premier ministre a déclaré que comme il y a la paix au Tripura, les opportunités d'emploi augmentent également, alors que la gauche et le Congrès ont brisé les rêves des jeunes, forçant beaucoup à migrer.
"Vos votes éloigneront les gauchistes du pouvoir et assureront le maintien d'un gouvernement à "double moteur" au Tripura", a-t-il ajouté.
Énumérant les initiatives prises par son gouvernement pour le développement de l'État, le Premier ministre Modi a déclaré que l'économie du Tripura bénéficiera massivement de la politique Act East du Centre et qu'elle deviendra bientôt la porte d'entrée de l'Asie du Sud-Est.
"Les travaux sur la route à quatre voies d'Agartala à Churaibari sont en cours à un rythme rapide, tandis qu'un nouvel aéroport a été inauguré dans la capitale de l'État, tandis que des fibres optiques ont été posées dans tout l'État pour de meilleurs services Internet et voies navigables et la connectivité ferroviaire entre Tripura et le Bangladesh se renforce », a-t-il déclaré.
Le Premier ministre Modi a déclaré que le gouvernement du BJP au Centre avait augmenté plusieurs fois l'allocation budgétaire pour le Nord-Est.(À l'exception du titre, cette histoire n'a pas été éditée par le personnel de NDTV et est publiée à partir d'un flux syndiqué.)
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'No time to die': India's crackdown on Kashmir rebel's funerals
Mukhtar is among hundreds of militants killed in combat and hastily interred by police in remote parts of Kashmir, the picturesque Himalayan region home to a long insurgency.
WADDUR: Three weeks after he laid down his tools and took up arms, Kashmiri carpenter Mukhtar Ahmed was killed in a firefight with Indian government forces, who buried his remains in an unmarked grave hour from his family home.
Mukhtar is among hundreds of militants killed in combat and hastily interred by police in remote parts of Kashmir, the picturesque Himalayan region home to a long insurgency.
Officials have justified the policy by saying it aims to stop "glamourising terrorists" during often violent anti-India demonstrations that accompany the public funerals of dead rebels.
But these "martyrs' graveyards", as they are known locally, have traumatised the families of slain young men and outraged Kashmiris chafing under a broader clampdown on dissent.
Police brought Mukhtar's body to a compound in the city of Srinagar after shooting the 25-year-old dead in October. It was shown to his family there for identification.
"We pleaded for the body to be given over to us," brother-in-law Bilal Ahmed told AFP.
"But they refused, loaded it onto an armoured vehicle and drove away without even telling us where they were going to bury it."
Bilal and other relatives followed the vehicle until it stopped at the small village of Waddur, witnessing a hurried burial just before sunset with nothing to mark the spot.
A modest slate headstone now sits above Mukhtar's remains, erected by relatives and decorated with artificial flowers.
The remote forested area, one of at least five sites used to bury militants far from population centres, has become a place of pilgrimage for the loved ones of slain militants.
Some visitors make video calls from their phones to relatives unable to afford trips there or too anxious about the army checkpoints along the journey.
Mukhtar's family is weighing whether to uproot themselves and resettle in the mountains near his resting place.
"I can hardly spend two weeks at home without needing to visit," his father Nazir Koka told AFP. "Beg or borrow, I have to travel here often."
Armed revolt
Kashmir has been disputed between India and Pakistan since both countries achieved independence 75 years ago. Both sides claim the territory in full.
India has accused Pakistan of training and supporting militants there, which Islamabad denies.
The portion controlled by India has for decades been the site of an armed revolt by rebels seeking independence or a merger of the former Himalayan kingdom with Pakistan.
Tens of thousands of civilians, soldiers, and Kashmiri rebels have been killed in the conflict.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has clamped down on dissent since a snap 2019 decision to rescind the territory's limited autonomy under India's constitution.
Authorities have imposed severe curbs on media freedoms and public protests in an effort to stifle dissent.
The death toll has fallen since but young men continue to join the insurgency.
Mukhtar is one of at least 580 suspected rebels killed in confrontations with Indian forces and whose bodies were then denied to their families for proper funerals since April 2020, official records show.
The practice began at a time of government protocols banning mass gatherings at burials to avoid the spread of coronavirus infections but has continued even after other pandemic-spurred restrictions ended.
Huge crowds used to throng militant funerals before the ban and shout slogans demanding Kashmir's independence, sometimes clashing with security forces and causing deaths and injuries on both sides.
Officials say separatist fighters exploited those gatherings to recruit more men into their ranks and inflame anti-Indian sentiment.
"We have not only stopped the spread of Covid infection but also stopped glamourising terrorists and avoided potential law and order problems," Kashmir police chief Vijay Kumar said of the policy in a 2020 interview with The Hindu newspaper.
Kanchan Gupta of India's information ministry told AFP the implementation of policies to maintain law and order was a matter for local authorities and security forces in Kashmir.
'Pray quickly and leave'
Legal experts say the effective ban on funeral gatherings is unlawful.
"It's a disproportionate response to the state's concerns and carries a flavour of collective punishment," a lawyer in Srinagar told AFP on condition of anonymity, fearing government reprisal.
Security forces have exhumed at least five bodies from the remote gravesites and returned them to families after investigations found they were not insurgents.
The remains of three labourers were removed and reburied after family protests prompted the army to concede that the men, killed during a July 2020 firefight, were not "terrorists" that had returned fire during a shootout.
Authorities have sought to stop commemorations of the dead at some gravesites.
Some families have marked the resting places of their relatives only to return and find that headstones had been removed. Others are told not to linger at the graves.
Ghulam Nabi Lone regularly travels 150 kilometres (90 miles) to visit the forest where his son was buried by security forces after being killed in a shootout last year.
"Police don't allow us to spend enough time at my child's grave when we manage to go there," Lone told AFP at his home.
"They order us to 'just pray quickly and leave'."
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Milk Gives Government A Headache As Prices Soar Ahead of 2024 Polls
The average retail price of milk in India has increased by 12% from a year ago to 57.15 rupees ($0.6962) a liter.
Milk is ubiquitous in India - from the morning glassful that most middle class school kids glug to its use in Hindu religious rituals. Now it could become a headache for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government as prices soar.
The average retail price of milk in India has increased by 12% from a year ago to 57.15 rupees ($0.6962) a liter. A mix of factors is at play - a jump in the cost of cereals has made cattle feed more expensive coupled with lower dairy yields as cows were inadequately fed due to the pandemic rupturing demand at the time.
In turn, milk - which has the second-largest weight in India's food basket - pushes up overall inflation as well. India's headline inflation for March fell below the central bank's target of 6% as high interest rates cooled overall demand, according to data released Wednesday. However, milk inflation trended higher than the overall figure at 9.31%.
High prices of milk and related products - emotive items that most poor families aspire to and wealthier people see as indicators of status - have the potential of becoming a political risk for Modi's government ahead of national elections next summer.
"This trend of higher milk prices is problematic, since it is a highly price elastic product and has a direct impact on consumption," said R.S. Sodhi, president of the Indian Dairy Association.
For now, the demand-supply mismatch has helped a rally among dairy stocks in India as analysts expect this situation can help organized players expand their share of overall market in India.
However, Sodhi said the balance sheet of dairy companies may eventually come under stress as the cost of procurement is rising. One factor is the increase in the prices of cereals and rice bran, ingredients used in animal feed, which is discouraging farmers from feeding their cattle sufficiently and is reflecting in milk prices that have risen 12%-15% during winter months, he said.
Unseasonal rain and heat waves have also contributed to this jump in feed prices. Cereal inflation came in at 15.27% for March 2023.
But trouble was brewing even before prices of cattle feed began to rise.
When the coronavirus pandemic hit and India introduced one of the world's strictest lockdowns, demand for milk and milk products dipped as many restaurants and sweet shops were forced to shut down either temporarily or permanently.
India accounts for almost a quarter of the world's milk supplies, but those massive volumes are produced in large part by tens of millions of small farmers who maintain modest numbers of animals. The drop in demand meant they were unable to feed their livestock well.
"A cow has to be fed irrespective of whatever quantity of milk it is giving and this is a pressure point for the producer," said Jayen Mehta, who heads India's largest dairy cooperative, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which owns the iconic Amul brand.
And while the South Asian nation consumes the bulk of the milk it produces, exports have also been rising, especially once the global virus disruption eased and demand for milk products picked up across the the world. India exported dairy products worth about $391.59 million in the 2021-22 fiscal year compared to $321.96 million in the year before that.
"In terms of the outlook for this year, we believe that milk prices will continue to increase, since there is a shortage of milk heading into the peak demand season," Madhavi Arora, economist at Emkay Global wrote in a report this month.
Demand for ice cream and yogurt jumps as summer temperatures soar. That's followed by the season of Hindu festivals, which starts around September - milk-based sweets are a holiday staple - and carries on for the next few months.
While Modi revamped a food program to make monthly rice and wheat rations free for about 800 million Indians, higher prices of other kitchen staples add to the pressure on his government to do more to help citizens cope with the rising costs of living. That's crucial as he prepares to seek reelection next year in a country that has by far the largest number of poor people worldwide.
"It's an issue that affects ordinary people rightly," said Neerja Chowdhury, a New Delhi-based political columnist. "But whether it becomes a poll issue depends on the opposition, how effectively they can use it and make it into a right issue that make people vote in a particular way."
Analysts expect Modi to win as the opposition remains in disarray. But the government may still have to do some heavy-lifting to beat back price pressures, given the Reserve Bank of India has already paused monetary tightening amid mounting growth risks.
While economists expect overall inflation to ease going ahead, things are not looking up for this staple. India's central bank last week said that prices of milk may continue to be firm going into the summer season due to tight demand-supply balance and fodder cost pressures.
Amul's Mehta describes it as walking a tight rope. On one hand, it is about limiting the impact of inflation on consumers for an essential item, while simultaneously ensuring producers get a fair price to encourage them to continue producing milk, he said.
For now, even middle class families are tweaking their milk consumption. Ruchika Thakur, a lawyer and a parent to a five-year-old, says cutting down on milk purchases is not an option so she's started buying cheaper options to tackle the surge in cost.
"I think twice before making that extra cup of coffee," she said, adding that there is no room for buying more, especially for a family of eight who consume three liters of milk each day.
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