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Modi's Major Gaffes

Speaking in Rajasthan in November 2013 Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to Mahatma Gandhi as Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi instead of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. "Towards the end of his life, Mahatma Gandhi had a wish which was not fulfilled. Would you fulfil that wish? Would you fulfil Gandhi's wish? Mohanlal Karamchand Gandhi," he said.

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Modi's Statements On Foreign Tours

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made several bold statements during his foreign visits, which grabbed media attention. Here are nine famous statements Modi made overseas:

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Top 10 Schemes Launched By Modi As PM

In a bid to make development a mass movement, the Narendra Modi government has come up with various schemes. Here is a look at some key projects launched by Prime Minister Modi:

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Modi’s Politics: Harnessing Hindutva & Aspirations

Sutanu Guru argues how the Modi brand of politics over the last two years is a strange cocktail of aspirational expansionism and hardline Hindutva

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Prime Ministers Who Have Presented The Budget

Jawaharlal Lal Nehru was the first Prime Minister to present the budget when he held the union finance minister portfolio in 1958-59. Indira Gandhi was the only woman Finance Minister who took over the Finance portfolio from 1970 to 1971.

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5 Interesting Facts About FM's 'Halwa Ceremony'

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday (19 February) kicked off the final budget-making exercise by helping to prepare halwa. It has been a tradition which has continued for long. As part of the ritual, halwa is prepared in a big kadhai (vessel) and served to the staff of the ministry.

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The Three Budget Milestones That Forever Changed India

The Narendra Modi-government will present its second full-year budget on February 29. Budget-making is an art of striking a fine balance between various competing demands. The Finance Minister is likely to lower taxes, increase social sector spending, raise investment in infrastructure and achieve the impossible by also curbing the fiscal deficit.

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Five Facts About Siachen Glacier

The tragedy involving ten Indian soldiers in the avalanche on February 3 while patrolling the Siachen Glacier region has highlighted the treacherous conditions under which military personnel have to work there. Here are five facts about the inhospitable terrain:

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