Tag: Narendra Damodardas Modi
Why India is the world’s largest arms importer
New Delhi placed, Thursday, March 16, an order for military equipment for an amount of 8 billion euros. Missiles, helicopters, cannons and electronic defense systems… Deciphering India’s military strategy. from…
ANI, India’s main news agency accused of disinformation by NGO
New controversy over freedom of the press in India. The country’s main news agency, Asian News International (ANI), is accused of disinformation by a report by the NGO EU DisinfoLab.…
Censorship of BBC documentary on Modi in India: Anti-democratic bullying?
Political tension continues to mount in India, following the broadcast by the BBC of a documentary criticizing Narendra Modi. The tax authorities are now accusing the media of irregularities. The…
Narendra Modi’s BJP scores landslide victory in Gujarat
In India, the nationalist Hindu nationalist party BJP, in power at the national level, has just won a landslide victory in the state of Gujarat, its stronghold from which comes…
in Gujarat, the memory of the 2002 riots still influences the votes
We continue to vote, since December 1, for the legislative elections in Gujarat, stronghold of the Hindu nationalist party BJP. Twenty years ago, anti-Muslim riots killed more than 1,000 people…
BJP attempts to appropriate Gandhi’s legacy
We have been voting for the legislative elections in Gujarat, India for four days. It was here that Narendra Modi rose to prominence as Chief Minister. It is also here…
Narendra Modi welcomes cheetahs for an ambitious reintroduction project in India
India is embarking on an ambitious ecological plan: to reintroduce cheetahs, which have disappeared in the country for more than 70 years. Eight of these felines arrive, Saturday, September 17,…
Bangladesh Prime Minister received by Narendra Modi in New Delhi
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheik Hasina, is meeting her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Tuesday, September 6. On the menu of discussions: trade agreements and financial…
BJP angry at few photos of Modi in village, case takes national turn
Political scandal in India around a rice stand in a village in Telangana. The finance minister, traveling in the opposition-ruled state, has complained that there are not enough photos of…
India wants to empty its prisons as it approaches the 75th anniversary of its independence
In India, the government wants to release as many prisoners on trial as possible. They would be some 350,000 languishing behind bars without even having been sentenced. As the 75th…