President Droupadi Murmu unveiled a bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the first and only Indian Governor General of independent India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, replacing a monument to British architect Edwin Lutyens in a symbolic break from its colonial past. Reacting to the development, Lutyens’ great-grandson, British biologist Matt Ridley, said he was “sad to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ episode broadcast earlier this month amid the exam season. He discussed the importance of awareness regarding Digital Arrest and Digital Fraud. During the 131st episode of Mann Ki Baat, he touched several issues, including exams, Maha Kumbh and story of Odisha’s farmer Hirod Patel. He…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 130th episode of his monthly radio program ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday, 25 January. This was first ‘Mann Ki Baat’ addressed by Prime Minister Modi in 2026. The prime minister began his address mentioning Republic Day (Monday) and the National Voters’ Day being celebrated on Sunday. “This is the…
In his final Mann Ki Baat monthly radio address of 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Operation Sindoor – India’s military response to a Pakistan-sponsored terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam – in May had become a symbol of national pride, signaling to the world that India does not compromise on its security. “This…
