Tag: Narendra Modi
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Labour Friends of India – A Labour of Love we should all feel proud of
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Yesterday we celebrated the deep relationship between the Labour Party and India at the Labour Party conference in Manchester. Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party was the chief guest. It was jointly hosted by Barry Gardiner MP and the Indian High Commissioner. Ed Miliband reaffirmed the Party’s long…
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India’s move away from a please-all policy
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Washington at the end of September for his first official meeting with US President Barack Obama. It will cap a month of feverish, high-powered diplomacy, which, some say, could herald a more proactive phase in New Delhi’s engagement with the world.
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Tackling Financial Untouchability in India
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In his Independence Day speech, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said 75 million families (almost 400 million people) lacking access to banking services is akin to untouchability that was prevalent against the so-called lower castes till a few decades ago.
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Modi bats for India: Building toilets (and much more)
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As pointers to the direction his government proposes to take India in, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech can’t be faulted. His focus on sanitation, safety of the girl child, village development, mutually beneficial ties with neighbouring countries, skill development for the youth, manufacturing and exports has set the…
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PM Modi says India shamed by rape
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Could this possibly be one of the greatest speeches in Indian history?
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India is right to block WTO deal
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The choice was stark before the Indian government: it could ratify the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the WTO meeting in Geneva and leave 800 million of its poor people at the mercy of market forces, or it could stand up for them and risk the opprobrium of the US…
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Indian Origin MP blasts BBC
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Priti Patel MP, and recently appointed UK Treasury Minister speaking exclusively to India Inc about Narendra Modi and also her protest against the BBC’s ‘abysmal’ coverage of the Indian elections. Many more exclusive interviews on the India Inc video channel. Priti Patel MP, Prime Minister’s Representative for Engagement with the…
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The Chatham House Rule.
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Was a guest speaker at Chatham House – The Royal Society of International Affairs in London this evening.
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India & Pakistan : The Real Battle
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Here is a video of my remarks and panel discussion at Chatham House yesterday. I tried to give a variety of insights and interpretations on various aspects of the Indian election campaign. This included highlighting a speech Narendra Modi gave in Haryana in which he said the real battle…
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The Democratic Dividend
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Speaking in Washington earlier this week I said US-India relations are at their lowest ebb since the cold-war”