"a relatively small role in Modi's election campaign, and did not feature prominently in the BJP's election manifesto. Modi invited all the other leaders of SAARC countries to the ceremony where he was sworn in as prime minister. He was the first Indian prime minister to do so. Observers have stated that due to Modi portraying himself as a strong and nationalist leader during his election campaign, he would be politically unable to follow a policy of restraint that India had previously followed after terrorist attacks, and is more likely to have a military response. Modi's foreign policy focused on"
"PML-N from Constituency NA-124 (Lahore-II) in by-election held on 14 October 2018. He took oath as a member of the National Assembly on 1 November. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. A senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N), he has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1999 and again from 2008 to 2018. Born in"
"Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (Urdu: ; born 5 October 1952)<ref name=""Dawn/DOB""></ref> is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Pakistan. Prior to entering politics, Khan was a cricketer and philanthropist. He is also the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Previously he was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007, and again from 2013 to 2018. He played international cricket for two decades, and later developed philanthropic projects such as the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre and Namal College. Khan was born"
"Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng of Vietnam, apart from inviting SAARC leaders in his inauguration ceremony. External Affairs Minister Swaraj has also made official visits to several Asian capitals like Dhaka, Bangladesh, Kathmandu, Nepal, Naypidaw, Myanmar, Singapore, Hanoi, Vietnam, Manama, Bahrain, Kabul, Afghanistan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Male, Maldives, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Seoul, South Korea and Beijing China. Time and again Modi emphasized his belief in the 21st century being the Asian century and also asked whether it would be the Indian Century. China, Japan and India being the first, second and third largest Asian economy respectively are among the"
"Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. A senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N), he has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 1988 to 1999 and again from 2008 to 2018. Born in 1958 in Karachi to Khaqan Abbasi, Abbasi was educated at Lawrence College, Murree. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles,"
"he asked Khan to show his writing for publication, ""He handed me a leatherbound notebook or diary containing a few jottings and autobiographical snippets. It took me, at most, five minutes to read them; and that, it soon became apparent, was all we had to go on."" Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (Urdu: ; born 5 October 1952)<ref name=""Dawn/DOB""></ref> is a Pakistani politician and former cricketer who is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Pakistan. Prior to entering politics, Khan was a cricketer and philanthropist. He is also the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Previously he was"
"support of other parties. The incumbent Indian prime minister is Narendra Modi, a former chief minister of Gujarat. On 20 July 2017, Ram Nath Kovind was elected India's 14th president and took the oath of office on 25 July 2017. India is a federation with a parliamentary system governed under the Constitution of India, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, in which ""majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law"". Federalism in India defines the power distribution between the union, or central, government and the states. The government"
"labour laws. Credited with engineering a political realignment towards right-wing politics, Modi remains a figure of controversy domestically and internationally over his Hindu nationalist beliefs and his role during the 2002 Gujarat riots, cited as evidence of an exclusionary social agenda. Narendra Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a family of grocers in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat). He was the third of six children born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi (c.1915 – 1989) and Hiraben Modi (born c.1920). Modi's family belonged to the Modh-Ghanchi-Teli (oil-presser) community, which is categorised as an Other Backward Class by the"
"the current Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, who won the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 by a huge margin. Silk weaving, carpets and crafts and tourism employ a significant number of the local population, as do the Diesel Locomotive Works and Bharat Heavy Electricals. Varanasi Hospital was established in 1964. Varanasi has been a cultural centre of North India for several thousand years, and is closely associated with the Ganges. Hindus believe that death in the city will bring salvation, making it a major centre for pilgrimage. The city is known worldwide for its many ghats, embankments made in"
"of a ""Special Strategic Global Partnership"". Modi visited Japan for the second time as Prime Minister in November 2016. During the meeting, India and Japan signed the ""Agreement for Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy"", a landmark civil nuclear agreement, under which Japan will supply nuclear reactors, fuel and technology to India. India is not a signatory to the non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and is the only non-signatory to receive an exemption from Japan. The two sides also signed agreements on manufacturing skill development in India, cooperation in space, earth sciences, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, transport and urban development. In"
"affairs. The localist rhetorics, often mix with the nation's right to self-determination as well as anti-immigration stances against mainland immigrants and tourists, preserving local identity and culture similar to the Western new nationalism. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (assumed office in 2010), the leader of the ruling Fidesz party, has been described as a new nationalist. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (assumed office in 2014) and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been referred to as new nationalist. Modi is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing paramilitary organisation aligned with the BJP, which has also been"
"candidate, Narendra Modi, from Varanasi. He lost the contest by a margin of around 370,000 votes. Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party to win 67 of the 70 constituencies in the 2015 Delhi Assembly elections, leaving the BJP with three seats and the INC with none. In those elections, he was again elected from the New Delhi constituency, defeating Nupur Sharma by 31,583 votes. He took oath on 14 February 2015 as Delhi's chief minister for a second time at Ramlila Maidan. Since then his party has passed the Jan Lokpal Bill though with some differences. There has been a long-running"
"November 2015, the new Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif agreed to the resumption of bilateral talks; the following month, Prime Minister Modi made a brief, unscheduled visit to Pakistan while en route to India, becoming the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Pakistan since 2004. Despite those efforts, relations between the countries have remained frigid, following repeated acts of cross-border terrorism. According to a 2017 BBC World Service poll, only 5% of Indians view Pakistan's influence positively, with 85% expressing a negative view, while 11% of Pakistanis view India's influence positively, with 62% expressing"
"Chief Minister Narendra Modi resigned as MLA from Maninagar as he won from Vadodara and Varanasi and sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India. The eight others include Khambhalia MLA Poonam Madam (elected from Jamnagar), Anand MLA Dilip Patel (Anand), Limkheda MLA Jaswantsinh Bhabhor (Dahod), Deesa MLA Liladhar Vaghela (Patan), Matar MLA Devusinh Chauhan (Kheda), Talaja MLA Bharati Shiyal (Bhavnagar), Mangrol MLA Rajesh Chudasama (Junagadh) and Tankara MLA Mohan Kundariya (Rajkot). Byepolls were held on 13 September 2014 which recorded following voters turnout: Limkheda (64%), Maninagar (33.5%), Deesa (59.76%), Tankara (57%), Khambhalia (55.5%), Mangrol (57%), Talja (49%), Anand"
"by his predecessors Singh and Vajpayee. During the first few months after the election, Modi made trips to a number of different countries to further the goals of his policy, and attended the BRICS, ASEAN, and G20 summits. One of Modi's first visits as prime minister was to Nepal, during which he promised a billion USD in aid. Modi also made several overtures to the United States, including multiple visits to that country. While this was described as an unexpected development, due to the US having previously denied Modi a travel visa over his role during the 2002 Gujarat riots,"
"of the Prime Minister. In the 1990s I.K. Gujral and some of his predecessors, used 7, Race Course Road as Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The 14th and current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi chose 5, Race Course Road as his residence as the 7 RCR was being refurbished at that time, after his predecessor Singh had vacated it. 7, Race Course Road was chosen as Modi's office. When V P Singh became the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Urban Affairs designated 7 RCR premises occupied by Rajiv Gandhi as the permanent residence-cum-office of Prime Minister to ensure that all"
"and integrated world community in an ever-changing world. GCF periodically organizes events across the globe that are attended by a wide-ranging audience from business leaders and head of states to ordinary citizens. In 2013 he was presented with the ""Ambassador of Peace"" award conferred by the Universal Peace Foundation and was appointed as the coordinator for the Indian subcontinent for the millennium world peace summit by the United Nations. Bhupendra Kumar Modi Bhupendra Kumar Modi aka Dr. M (or B. K. Modi) is a social entrepreneur, philanthropist, author and the chairman of Smart Group and Singapore-based India business conglomerate Spice"
"Bhupendra Kumar Modi Bhupendra Kumar Modi aka Dr. M (or B. K. Modi) is a social entrepreneur, philanthropist, author and the chairman of Smart Group and Singapore-based India business conglomerate Spice Global. Modi was born in 1949 to the visionary industrialist Gujarmal Modi and Dayawati Modi in Modinagar. He completed his primary schooling from the Scindia School, Gwalior, graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU) and received an MBA from the University of Southern California. He has been awarded a PhD. in financial management and Doctor of Letters in Industrial Management. He is"
"St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held on June 1–3, 2017. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Forum as the Guest of Honour, and also addressed the Forum. This was the first time that an Indian Prime Minister had attended the Forum. also attending was the President of Moldova Igor Dodon, and the Chancellor of Austria Christian Kern. The XXII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held on May 25-26, 2018. Attending was the President of France Emmanuel Macron, Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. The Organizing Committee of the Forum was"
"World Bank, India, along with China, Indonesia, Nigeria, and the United States, will lead the world's urban population surge by 2050. Mumbai saw large scale rural-urban migration in the 20th century. Mumbai, in 2018, accommodates 22.1 million people, and is the largest metropolis by population in India, followed by Delhi with 28 million inhabitants. Witnessing the fastest rate of urbanisation in the world, as per 2011 census, Delhi's population rises by 4.1%, Mumbai's by 3.1% and Kolkata's by 2% as per 2011 census compared to 2001 census. After independence, India faced poverty, unemployment, and economic backwardness. The first Prime Minister"
"forced to withdraw after the ANF issued non-bailable arrest warrants against him. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf became the Prime Minister and remained in office until 2013. The general election held in 2013 saw the PML(N) almost achieve a supermajority. Following this, Nawaz Sharif was elected as Prime Minister, returning to the post for the third time after a fourteen-year absence, in a democratic transition. In 2017, Sharif was forced to step down as prime minister following corruption charges against him. On August 18, 2018, Imran Khan was sworn in as the country's 21st prime minister. The Constitution envisages a scheme of"
"prime minister at the end of his term on 17 May 2014. He served as the acting prime minister till 25 May 2014, when Narendra Modi was sworn in as the new prime minister. In 2016 it was announced that Singh was to take up a position at Panjab University as the Jawaharlal Nehru Chair. Singh will not be conducting research but instead interacting with students and departments to inspire them. ""The Independent"" described Singh as ""one of the world's most revered leaders"" and ""a man of uncommon decency and grace,"" noting that he drives a Maruti 800, one of"
"rules and procedures similar to union council of ministers per . There is no concept of cabinet rank minister in the council of ministers. As a collective, each successive Council of Ministers is referred to as a cabinet. The current cabinet is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took office on 26 May 2014. Union Council of Ministers The Union Council of Ministers exercises executive authority in the Republic of India. It consists of senior ministers, called 'cabinet ministers', junior ministers, called 'ministers of state' and, rarely, deputy ministers. It is led by the prime minister. A smaller executive"
"after a general election in which a BJP-led coalition of 13 parties called the National Democratic Alliance emerged with a majority. In May 2014, Narendra Modi of BJP was elected as Prime Minister of India. Formation of coalition governments reflects the transition in Indian politics away from the national parties toward smaller, more narrowly based regional parties. Some regional parties, especially in South India, are deeply aligned to the ideologies of the region unlike the national parties and thus the relationship between the central government and the state government in various states has not always been free of rancor. Disparity"
"of Indian Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from his election speeches for the 2003 election. In these clips Modi appears to endorse the violence perpetrated against Muslims in the 2002 Gujarat riots. Rakesh stated that he were releasing the clips because Modi's early speeches had been gradually disappearing from online repositories due to a concerted whitewash campaign to improve Modi's image that could possibly be tarnished by his endorsements of the riots. https://vimeo.com/rakeshfilm Rakesh Sharma (filmmaker) Rakesh Sharma is an Indian documentary filmmaker. His most notable work is the feature-length documentary ""Final Solution (2003 film) "" on the communal 2002"
"Long time Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi led it to a landslide victory in the 2014 general election. Since that election, Modi has led the NDA government as Prime Minister and , the alliance governs 16 states. The official ideology of the BJP is ""integral humanism"", first formulated by Deendayal Upadhyaya in 1965. The party expresses a commitment to Hindutva, and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions. The BJP advocates social conservatism and a foreign policy centred on nationalist principles. Its key issues have included the abrogation of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the building of"
"Look East policy (India) India's Look East policy is an effort to cultivate extensive economic and strategic relations with the nations of Southeast Asia in order to bolster its standing as a regional power and a counterweight to the strategic influence of the People's Republic of China. Initiated in 1991, it marked a strategic shift in India’s perspective of the world. It was developed and enacted during the government of Prime Minister Narsimha Rao (1991–1996) and rigorously pursued by the successive administrations of Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998–2004) and Manmohan Singh (2004–2014). Currently Prime minister Narendra Modi is taking policy to"
"movie. The movie is based on the real story of the life of the current Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi. This would be the first 4D movie in India. Rupesh Paul Rupesh Paul is an Indian film director, screenwriter known for his works in international cinema, and Mollywood. He has directed films such as ""Kamasutra 3D"" (2015), ""Saint Dracula 3D"" (2012), ""My Mother's Laptop"" (2008), ""You Can't Step Twice Into the Same River"" (2008), ""Mrigam"" (2010), ""Pithavum Kanyakayum"" (2010), and ""What The F"" (2013). ""The Temptation Between My Legs"" (2008). He is also the CEO and founder of"
"Narendra Modi, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 Indian general election. According to Modi, he got the idea for the slogan from the leader of his main opposition party, Indian National Congress, and then-Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. On 8 January 2014, while addressing the audience during Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Singh said, ""Yes, we are facing bad days now but the good days will be coming soon"". During his speech at the same event the following day, Modi referred to Singh and repeated his statement in Hindi, which stuck as the slogan, ""Achhe din aane wale hain"". The"
"Jagadish Shettar Jagadish Shivappa Shettar (born 17 December 1955) is an Indian politician who was the 21st Chief Minister of Karnataka, a state in southern India, from 2012 to 2013. He has subsequently served as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Earlier, he was the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly during 2008-2009. Shettar was born on 17 December 1955 in Kerur village of Badami Taluk in Bagalkote district (formerly Bijapur district), Karnataka. His father is Sri. S.S. Shettar and his mother is Smt. Basavenamma. His"
"Jagdish Shettar was elected as the leader of BJP's legislative party and Leader of opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Jagadish Shettar Jagadish Shivappa Shettar (born 17 December 1955) is an Indian politician who was the 21st Chief Minister of Karnataka, a state in southern India, from 2012 to 2013. He has subsequently served as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Earlier, he was the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly during 2008-2009. Shettar was born on 17 December 1955 in Kerur village of Badami Taluk in"
"during which he regained his faith. In 2011, Trudeau stated, ""My own personal faith is an extremely important part of who I am and the values that I try to lead with."" <nowiki>*</nowiki>Each federal electoral district had 100 points, which were determined by the voters in the district. Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau (; ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician serving as the 23rd and current Prime Minister of Canada since 2015 and Leader of the Liberal Party since 2013. Trudeau is the second-youngest Canadian Prime Minister, after Joe Clark; he is also the first to"
"Dakshina Kannada. He plays Shuttle Badminton and Tennis. D. V. Sadananda Gowda Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda (born 18 March 1953) is an Indian politician and was the 20th Chief Minister of Karnataka and is currently the Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation in the Government of India. He previously served as Minister of Law and Justice shifted from the Ministry of Railways in the cabinet reshuffle of 5 July 2016. He is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Bangalore North constituency. Sadananda Gowda was born in 1953 to Venkappa Gowda and Kamala of Mandekolu Village in Sulya"