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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set on Tuesday to retain power at the head of a ruling coalition but his Hindu nationalist party lost its outright majority for the first time in a decade.
Modi's supporters credit him for turning India into the fifth-largest world economy and for celebrating its Hindu heritage. His critics accuse him of eroding the secular democratic foundations of ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reelection slogan makes a simple promise: “good days are coming.” But his opponents argue he has done little to soothe India’s deep divisions.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office for a third consecutive term on Sunday, but it may hold more challenges for the popular-but-polarizing leader than his past decade in power.
India’s stock markets reacted negatively, with the Sensex and Nifty 50 indices each falling nearly 6% on Tuesday, in reaction to the denting of Modi’s aura of invincibility and the possible ...
Analysts say Modi will likely be elected to a third consecutive term, a feat only achieved in India over 60 years ago by the country's founding father Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian Congress Party.
Narendra Damodardas Modi was born on Sept. 17, 1950, in the small north Gujarat town of Vadnagar, making him the first Prime Minister born after India’s British colonial masters left in 1947.
Narendra Modi has raised India’s stature on the global stage like no other recent leader of the world’s most populous country. The prime minister – who secured a rare third term in office ...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands during an official state dinner at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2023.
To that end, Modi began a “Make in India” initiative in 2014, an effort to replace China as the world’s factory. But exports have barely risen, even as Modi has thrown new subsidies at them.
India’s Modi gets a state visit with Biden, but the glitz is shadowed by human rights concerns India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi embraces President Biden on the South Lawn of the White ...
India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, speaks to supporters on Tuesday after his party lost 63 seats in the recent general elections. (Elke Scholiers/Getty Images) ...