Modi Travels
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Narendra Modi’s 240 ‘non-official’ trips: Rs 1.4 crore is what BJP paid IAF in 5 years
RTI response reveals BJP paid rates as low as Rs 744 for a trip the prime minister made in January.
Vijayta Lalwani
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Modi keeps combining official travel with BJP events, but who is paying the bills?
Questions sent to the Prime Minister’s Office went unanswered.
Vijayta Lalwani & Nithya Subramanian
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Modi’s foreign trips: Four chartered flight bills not settled due to ‘paucity of funds’, says Centre
The bills amounted to Rs 35.94 crore, and included tours to Sweden, UK, Germany, Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and China between April and June.
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘No Muslim can win, now or in the future’: In Assam’s Barpeta, delimitation fears confirmed
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‘Political conspiracy’, alleges HD Revanna on his arrest for alleged abduction related to rape case
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PM Modi’s foreign trips have cost taxpayers over Rs 2,000 crore since 2014
The details were provided by Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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Data check: How often does Narendra Modi travel – and how much of it is on BJP work?
In the 1,524 days he has been in office as prime minister, he has spent a total of 492 days travelling – 101 of these have been on ‘non-official’ work.
Anand Katakam & Vijayta Lalwani
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Narendra Modi meets US Defence Secretary James Mattis in Singapore
Singapore named an orchid after the prime minister to commemorate his visit to the National Orchid Garden.
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Video
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘India stands resolutely with Indonesia in the fight against terror,’ says Narendra Modi in Jakarta
The prime minister is on a five-day tour of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
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Five reasons why Modi must visit the Kingdom of Tonga
An archipelago near Australia believes that India has failed to see its strategic importance.
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