Narendra Modi has been the Prime Minister of India since 2014. He is a Lok Sabha member from the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 282 and 303 seats in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, PM Modi won the Varanasi seat with a margin of 4,79,505 votes. He was polled 6,74,664 votes and defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Shalini Yadav who got 1,95,159 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Modi contested on BJP ticket from the constituency for the first time and won the seat. He was polled 5,81,022 votes and defeated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Arvind Kejriwal who got 2,09,238 votes. Modi defeated Kejriwal by a margin of 3,71,784 votes. Modi also won the Vadodara seat in 2014 but decided to retain Varanasi. He was the Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014. Modi represented Rajkot II constituency in the Gujarat Assembly in 2002 and Maninagar thrice in a row in 2002, 2007 and 2012. He is again contesting from the Varanasi constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
Read MoreBJP will launch its Parivartan Yatra in Rajasthan on September 2 ahead of the assembly elections in the state. The yatra will begin from Sawai Madhopur district.
Chandrayaan-3: On PM Modi's arrival, around 6,000 people will welcome him and there will be a 26 km-long roadshow in Bengaluru on Saturday (August 26).
PM Modi on Thursday emplaned for Greece on the invitation of his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis.He departed from Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was attending the BRICS summit.
Ahead of the upcoming G20 Summit which is scheduled to take place on September 9-10 in New Delhi, a public holiday has been declared for various government and private offices, schools, institutions, business and commercial establishments from September 8-10. Check the complete list here.
On Jammu and Kashmir, Greece’s position reflects India's concerns. Unlike the West and other regions of Europe, it has not issued any statement on the recent developments in Kashmir.
The G20 Summit will be attended by a number of heads of states and governments and heads of international organisations. The event is scheduled to be held on September 9 and 10.
The whole world is eyeing whether the two Asian giants-- India and China-- would hold any bilateral on the sidelines of the mega event.
Chandrayaan-3: We all know that the core of the Earth is in liquid form but do we know about the formation of the Moon's core, said ISRO chief S Somanath as he spoke on the significance of Chandrayaan-3.
Despite being a jam-packed schedule, the major highlight would be if the Indian PM met Chinese President Xi Jinping before leaving the event.
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Chandrayaan-3: Addressing ISRO scientists virtually from Johannesburg, he said India made a resolve "on the Earth and fulfilled it on the Moon".
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) centre, country, and its 1.4 billion people burst out in joy, and happiness as Chandrayaan-3 made a safe and soft landing on the Moon's surface.
Chandrayaan-3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday joined ISRO virtually from Johannesburg in South Africa.
China claimed that the West has been deliberately hindering the path of those nations that dare to progress at a rapid pace or more than its economy.
White House National Security Adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan said that President Joe Biden will push for IMF and World Bank reforms at G20 summit in India next month.
During his visit, PM Modi will also participate in the BRICS–Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogue event that will be held as part of the BRICS Summit activities.
It is expected that world leaders will emphasise limiting the dominance of the United States in both shaping the economy and the world order. As of now, America monopolises the world order, where it retains itself in the top position and then Europe-- overlooking China's position.
While addressing a special press conference on Monday, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra gave a cryptic reply to the reporters who asked him about the possibility of PM Modi meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The Prime Minister also informed that about 50,000 teachers have been recruited in the state of Madhya Pradesh in the last 3 years and congratulated the state government for this feat.
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the COVID-19 pandemic, world leaders will advocate to end the hegemony of the West and the dominance of dollar in the international trade.
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