List of Narendra Modi articles
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modi Why Is PM Modi Blaming Indira Gandhi for India’s Cash Crisis?
A present political conflict may explain why India's prime minister is blaming the past for his problems.
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Jayalalithaa Is Gone. What Now for South India?
Will the death of a beloved leader throw the country into chaos?
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Indian residents queue to try to withdraw money from an ATM in New Delhi on November 8, 2016. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced late November 8 that 500 and 1,000 ($15) rupee notes will be withdrawn from financial circulation from midnight, in a bid to tackle corruption. "To break the grip of corruption and black money, we have decided that the 500 and 1,000 rupee currency notes presently in use will no longer be legal tender from midnight ie 8 November, 2016," Modi said in a special televised address to the nation. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images) Modi Plunders India’s Cash. Indians Cheer.
The prime minister's attack on India’s black market was poorly planned, chaotically implemented — and may turn out to be his biggest political victory yet.
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crash In Throes of Cash Crisis, India Must Deal With Wreckage of Train Crash
India was already dealing with cash crisis chaos. Then it suffered its deadliest train crash in years.
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gettyimages-540042906 Listen To Trump Speak Hindi In Appeal To Indian-Americans
Trump's outreach to Indian-American voters is much more upbeat than his typical outreach.
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA - JUNE 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking at public rally marking the end of Bharatiya Janata Party's two-day national executive meet on June 13, 2016 in Allahabad, India. Setting the tone for BJP's poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the ruling Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party in the State and cautioning his party men that the time for sloganeering was over. (Photo by Sheeraz Rizvi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Emperor Modi Ended the Gandhi Dynasty
India managed to overthrow its founding family — but replaced it with a new form of personality cult.
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GettyImages-539503090 Forget Brexit. Rexit Is The Real Problem.
India’s central bank governor Raghuram Rajan railed against crony capitalism. But now that he’s leaving, who will rein in the country’s corrupt tycoons?
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes Vice President Joe Biden's hand after addressing a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on June 8, 2016, in Washington, DC. / AFP / MOLLY RILEY (Photo credit should read MOLLY RILEY/AFP/Getty Images) Talking Defense Pacts and Yoga, Indian Prime Minister Charms Capitol Hill
In the last step of his political rehabilitation in the U.S., Narendra Modi stressed the ties between the world's two largest democracies.
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AHMEDABAD, INDIA - APRIL 30: BJP leader Narendra Modi shows his inked finger to supporters as he leaves a polling station after voting on April 30, 2014 in Ahmedabad, India. India is in the midst of a nine phase election that began on April 7 and ends May 12. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) Modi Is Married to the Mob
India’s prime minister cuts a dashing figure in America, but back home, his two years in power have led to a dangerous — and unnecessary — coarsening of Indian democracy.
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GettyImages-465868103 All Hail Queen Banerjee
How the chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal went from being the people’s savior to the people’s tyrant.
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Vodafone india Ltd. logo sits on a a shop as a man takes nap in Mumbai, India, on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg India’s Dangerous Digital Curfews
Authorities across India are shutting down mobile phone and Internet access to millions of people using antiquated riot laws — quelling free speech and even basic communication in a country that professes openness and digital access for all.
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LAHORE, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN - 2015/10/22: Activits of Awami Rikshaw Union chant slogans and burned effigy and portraits of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a demonstration against Indian Shiv Sena party in Lahore. Following a protest against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in Mumbai. A meeting between India and Pakistan's cricket board chiefs in Mumbai has been cancelled after a protest by far-right Hindu nationalists"Shiv Sena party activists. Shiv Sena blames Pakistan for militant attacks in India and is opposed to any engagement with it. (Photo by Rana Sajid Hussain/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Modi’s Silence: Bad for India, Bad for the Region!
The recent wave of religious violence in India and the resulting communal tensions present a worrying trend not only for India, but for South Asia more broadly.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) attends a working session on the Global Economy during the G20 summit in Antalya, on November 15, 2015. Leaders from the world's top 20 industrial powers meet in Turkey from November 15 seeking to overcome differences on a range of issues including the Syria conflict, the refugee crisis and climate change. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Paris Climate Change Summit: India’s Moment to Shine
The 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference is India's moment to play its role on the global stage and Modi might be the right man to make it happen.
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A supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wears a mask of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a rally in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India, on Saturday, July 25, 2015. More than anywhere, Bihar reflects the challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces in overhauling modern India. A vast, landlocked plain bordering the Himalayan nation of Nepal to the north and bisected by the Ganges, India's holiest river, the state is home to about one in 12 Indians. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Defeated in Bihar: Where does the BJP go from here?
The resounding defeat of India’s ruling party in a key state election could send the country down a dangerous path.
