PM Modi’s US State Visit: there’s Potential and Promise, but Limited Commitments

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the US for a 4 day state visit. Modi was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the White House’s South Lawn by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden and later hosted a dinner in his honour.

While addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his country is ‘the mother of democracies’.

PM Modi and President Biden announce deals on jet engine tech transfers, drones, health and space cooperation. He also met a lot of Business Leaders. In a bid to enhance Indo-US cooperation on artificial intelligence, semiconductor production, space, and other tech segments, the Indian Prime Minister met executives of various tech giants.

He Came…

MOdi Lands in US
Modi gets a red carpet welcom in the US

He Ate…

The US President hosts dinner for Modi

He met…

PM Modi meets Elon Musk

He Spoke

Modi Speech in the US Congress

He Exits

Modi ends US Visit.

PM Modi’s Visit to the US: More Sound and Fury than Substance?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for his highly anticipated four-day state visit to the United States on Monday. Modi joins an exclusive group of leaders, including Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela who have twice addressed a joint meeting of the US Congress in the past.

U.S. rights groups plan protests next week against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington over what they call India’s deteriorating human rights record, even though experts do not expect Washington to be publicly critical of New Delhi.

PM Modi Media Fury

Balasore Train Tragedy; Calls for Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav’s Resignation!!

Balasore Train Tragedy; Calls for Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav’s Resignation!!

Who cares? Am cool…

Apparently, Kavach – a safety system that’s currently being implemented by the Railways has not yet reached the Balasore tracks.Limited Budgets and Slow Porgress.

BalasoreTrainTragedy #AshwiniVaishnaw #Resignation #ResignRailMinister #MoralResponsibilty #Folitics_In

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BalasoreTrainTragedy_AshwiniVaishnav

Bridge Collapse in Bihar, India’s Infrastructure Woes

A portion of under construction bridge over Ganga river collapsed today. The Aguanhighat Sultanganj bridge will connect Khagaria and Bhagalpur districts.

Government says it was a planned demoltion. The construction of the 3.1-kilometre-long bridge connecting Aguani in Khagaria district with Sultanganj in Bhagalpur began in 2014 and was expected to be completed in 2019. The deadline has since been extended four times.

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Facebook is now Meta

Facebook is now Meta.

Mark Zuckerberg introduced Meta, which brings together their apps and technologies under one new company brand. Meta’s focus will be to bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find communities and grow businesses, said Zuckerberg.

‘Meta’ in Greek means ‘after’ or ‘beyond’. The way Zuckerberg is envisioning the ‘metaverse’, it will go beyond the internet as we know it, with interoperability, avataars, natural interfaces, teleporting, Home Space, presence, digital goods being some of the key features of this metaverse.

However, the move looks like Facebook is trying to divert attention away from the trove of negative stories hanging around the company. The company has had multiple hits to its reputation; reports have claimed Facebook sat on research that showed Instagram harmed teenage mental health, and struggled to remove hate speech from its platforms outside the US.

SC orders probe into alleged Pegasus Snoopgate

SC says Govt can’t get free pass every time the name of ‘national security’.

The court added that information gathered by agencies is vital to the fight against terrorism and it can interfere in right to privacy only when absolutely necessary for the protection of national interests.

“This Court is cognizant of the state’s interest to ensure life and liberty is preserved and must balance the same. For instance, in today’s world, information gathered by intelligence agencies through surveillance is essential for the fight against violence and terror. To access this information, a need may arise to interfere with the right to privacy of an individual, provided it is carried out only when it is absolutely necessary for protecting national security/interest and is proportional.”

Happy Independence Day, India!

Happy Independence Day, India!