India @ 70

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India @ 70 In his penultimate speech from Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about building a 'new India' by 2022. What does it take to build a New India? ET shares a few ideas from past & present on India's 71st Independence Day.

Prime Minister Modi calls for a New India: Highlights from his Independence Day speech Addressing the nation from the historic Red Fort, PM Modi spoke on many topics, ranging from GST to terrorism to Swachh Bharat initiative.... In new India, technology and media make democracy a consumer product Media content is determined much more by what the audience wants, and this has led to a sea change in the nature and tonality of coverage.... India@70: To be truly successful, we need to be both materially and morally rich Our poverty ratio remained stagnant till 1977 while the population almost doubled, so the absolute number of poor almost doubled after the British ... How the nation morphed from Bharat the commodity to India the brand The economic reforms of 1991-92 were a shotgun wedding, but from their consummation sprang the hitherto unknown consumer society.... Hyper-nationalism of 2017 is not the nationalism of 1947 No leader of the freedom movement ever promised that any caste, class, province or group would dominate the nation, or that any group would be marg... 18 lakh people, Rs 1.75 lakh crore deposits under scrutiny: PM Narendra Modi Demonetisation of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes last November, he said, helped bring over Rs 3 lakh crore of hereto unaccounted wealth into the ban... Here is how private cos like Jio, Flipkart, Paytm are helping India in nation building Entrepreneurship zeal is helping solve problems with innovative solutions, leapfrogging western developmental models with innovation.... India @70: What will the IT company of 2025 look like? Smaller campuses will become the norm since not as many people will be needed. Offices will become spartan with fewer frills like upscale cafes and... Freedom@70: How Khadi is getting a new spin KVIC has signed a memorandum with the National Institute of Fashion Technology for design development and training at different khadi institutions.... How some of India's PSUs are set for a logical evolution through disinvestment Half of the 235 CPSEs are under scrutiny for a possible disinvestment, NITI Aayog has recommended a strategic sale in over 40 of them.... India@70: What today's institutions can learn from the best of 60s The collapse of the third principle is almost certainly the main reason why the vintages of successful institutions are the 1950s and 1960s.... India@70: How the dark clouds of 80s paved way for sunny 90s We underrate the Eighties because it brings us horrific memories of a violent Khalistan movement and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, the Nellie massac... India @70: How big thinkers and entrepreneurs are redefining India by upending convention A substantial ecosystem has been created but it's still some distance away in evolutionary terms from that in the United States or even Israel.... Bullets or abuses won't help resolve Kashmir: PM Narendra Modi Addressing the nation on the 71st Independence Day, he asserted that his government is committed to restoring the lost glory of Kashmir and its sta... Three lakh shell companies uncovered: Narendra Modi Highlighting the enormity of the black money menace, Modi said up to 400 bogus firms were found to be operating from a single address....

India@70: How India, the original globaliser, has begun playing with the world again The idea of India says persuade, not dictate Why India's Constitution remains a guiding light for the liberal world PM keeps his promise, delivers his shortest Independence Day speech in 4 years

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