First Year Report-Card Arrives for Modi Led NDA Government

While the heat wave continues to raise death-toll, India evaluates the first year in office for Mr. Prime Minister. Did Modi do enough to secure the confidence of his voters? Did the Modi wave power India’s GDP? While it is too early to assess his overall performance, the overwhelming sentiment across India is that “achche din,” or the good days still loom large on the horizon.

Reviving the Economy

Modi took his office with an aim to kick start India’s deficient economic growth. His economic policies aimed at overhauling the long due structural reform necessary to attract foreign investment. While his words of “red carpet, not red tape” reverberate in his “Come Make in India” campaign, thus far, the results have been mixed at best.

The last twelve months have witnessed PM preside over general improvement of the economy, where the inflation rate has been cut in half and deficit has been reduced. These numbers however have low relevance to PM Modi assuming his chair, than with falling oil and gold prices worldwide. Even the revised estimate of India’s GDP growth of 7.5%, is a result of changes made to the rate of calculation, than a curb at inflation. The first quarter of this year has witnessed sluggish exports and volatile stock exchange. However that being said, not all is lost for Modi!

Growth in FDI

Prime Minister Modi has fared much better in his efforts to strengthen diplomatic ties and attract foreign investment in India. He has raised the FDI cap across different sectors, including: defense, telecommunication, infrastructure and insurance, in a bid to bring more money, encourage economic growth and employment generation.

Minimum Government, Maximum Governance

Modi’s philosophy of “minimum government and maximum governance” has created the most centralized, top-down, bureaucracy-driven, one person centric central government system since Indira Gandhi’s term in mid 1970’s. Those that had concerns on “red-tapism” and “hinderance in decision making” now face a completely different kind of concern, as files keep piling up in PMO (the only central decision making authority).

Senior positions still stand vacant, such as the three-member independent election commission, leaving vital decisions clogged-up. With Modi too busy to keep up with all affairs of decision making, the NDA-government needs to find a solution soon to remain adrift.

In his one-year report card, one should assume that PM Modi’s foreign policy has been phenomenal and represents an indisputable bright spot among different problems that still persist in governance.

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All That Glitters is Gold For Virat Kohli

British sports magazine 'SportsPro' has revealed its list of the world’s most marketable athlete for 2015. While sports experts were confident that modern day legends such as Usain Bolt, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would score high on the list. Many would’ve been left surprised, when they learnt that the Indian Cricket star, Virat Kohli has been rated as the sixth most marketable athlete of this year.

The monthly magazine that reports on the financial aspects of sports across the world, placed 26-year-old Virat Kohli just a notch below British Formula One champion, Lewis Hamilton. This list was also incredibly lenient to Neymar, who was named as the second most marketable sportsperson.

Besides this, United State golfer Jordan Spieth was crowned number three, while another American swimmer Missy Franklin was put at fourth.

Below Kohli, was United States basketball star Stephen Curry at seventh, followed by Japanese tennis sensation Kei Nishikori.

Tennis player Novak Djokovic was placed at 14 and Ronaldo, Messi found the 16th and 22nd spot respectively. Besides Kohli, another Indian and world’s number one shuttler Saina Nehwal was placed at Number 44.

According to the magazine, the rankings were decided considering the marketing potential of an athlete over the next three years and took into account an athlete’s age, home market, charisma, willingness to be marketed and crossover appeal.

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PM Modi Begins His 3-Day China Tour to Revive Strenuous Indo-Sino Relationship

Amidst many rivalries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Xi Jinping’s hometown Xi’an to mark his three-day visit to China. Earlier, Prime Minister Modi expressed his confidence on strengthening business ties and mutual trust between the two nations and indicated that this three-day tour would mark a new beginning for Indo-China business ties.

Modi began his day with a visit to the famous Terracotta Warriors museum that depicts the armies of the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. He then visited the famous Buddhist Dashang temple in Shaanxi.

Between warm welcome and enthusiasm, Xi Jinping joined Modi in the afternoon for a round of talks for rapport building. He discussed the most contentious issues like border dispute, China’s big push to account India into the Silk Road project and strengthening business ties.

After their brief conversation, Xi accompanied Mr. Narendra Modi to the famous Wild Goose Padoga. Built in the sixth century, this magnificent structure highlights famous Chinese Buddhist monk Xuan Zang’s 17-year long journey.

Modi is expected to leave for Beijing late in the evening. He is scheduled to hold talks with Premier Li Keqiang next day and will go to Shanghai, where he would address a business get-together and inaugurate the first Gandhi chair at Fundan University.

China is the first leg of Modi’s three-nation tour that includes his visit to Mongolia and South Korea.

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Fans Await for Recent Developments on Android M

While revealing its 2-day schedule for the upcoming Google I/O conference, Google inadvertently revealed its newest development, the Android M. While, sources wait for more information on the development of Android M. It is expected that the company will reveal its newest OS version in the Google I/O event slated for May 28th.

While, Google’s latest Android version Lollipop is running on nearly 10% active devices, the technology giants look set to continue on their plans of expansion. According to the company, “Android M is expected to unleash the power of Android to all kinds of devices. This new development is expected to open a huge new market for hundreds of millions of devices to workers employed at small business, deskless workers, logistics and warehousing jobs.

Google usually uses its “What’s New in Android” session to talk about the new features and latest development in Android OS. However, this time, the firm mentioned that the session on May 28 in San Francisco will highlight the most exciting new development on Android platform.

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Devastation Struck Nepal Succumbs to Scarcity of Equipment and Rescue Experts

As Nepal recuperates from the devastating Earthquake, rescuers in Nepal battle to reach the remote areas.

The catastrophic earthquake which has already claimed 4,310 lives is expected to grow multifold as aid workers and army personnel continue to press hard to reach areas surrounding Kathmandu.

While, the UN proclaimed that around eight million people have been affected from this disaster. PM Sushil Koirala highlighted that, “getting help to some of the worst affect areas was a major obstacle”. He added that the need for the hour was to desperately seek for help in supplies such as: tents, water and food to the needy.

In a major despair, the Prime Minister’s office indicated that the “Appeal for rescues were flooding from all over the country. But, due to scarcity of equipment and rescue experts, the team was unable to reach many in dire straits.”

On Tuesday, the Homes Ministry spokesperson, Mr. Laxmi Prasad Dhakal indicated that the official death toll had risen from 4,310, with around 7,900 injured. Amidst fear of food and water shortages, locals in Nepal were found rushing to stores and petrol stations to stock up essential commodities.

This disaster has been already rated as the nations’ deadliest in more than 80 years and there is fear in the valley that the toll could raise further, when rescuers discover the full extent of the damage outside the region of Kathmandu.

Even after three days of the quake, rescue teams have been unable to reach some of the worst affected regions of Lamjung, described as the epicenter to the earthquake.

This earthquake is a serious blow to the economy of one of the world’s poorest country, which is already reeling from a decade-long civil war.

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Exclusive Reports on PetroGate - Another Corporate Espionage Scandal

After the shocking revelation of the corporate espionage scandal, but for the first time, details of the case have started to surface, followed by a detailed charge sheet filed by Delhi Police in the Scandal. The detailed copy of the charge sheet reveals that from the 80 sets of the photocopied documents, recovered from Santanu Saikia of Indian Petro, about 23 copies were stated confidential or secret in nature.

According to the reports sent to the Delhi police from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, majority of the documents were not in public domain. The charge sheet shows that a significant amount of Rs. 2.5 lakhs per month was being paid to the accused, Lalta Prasad and Rakesh Kumar. These payments were being made by a group, which includes - Shailesh Saxena from Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Vinay Kumar from Essar, KK Naik from Cairns India, Subhash Chandra from Jubilant Energy, and Rishi Anand from Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (Reliance ADAG), energy consultant Prayas Jain, and Shantanu Saikia.

The charge sheet even mentioned that bank statements of the accused were analysed which revealed that there were significant transactions by cash and cheques despite that fact that both were unemployed.

The authorities recovered 7 set of photocopied documents from Prayas Jain, an energy consultant. Out of the seven, six documents were marked secret or confidential and none were in any public domain.

Discussing about the role of the accused, Delhi Police authorised stated, “Their names have cropped up in the disclosure statements of the accused and the sensitive documents have been recovered from their possession”. On Monday, court took cognisance of the charge sheet filed by Delhi Police against the 13 accused arrested in connection with petroleum ministry document leak case.

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Modi on a Mission - Skill India Not Scam India

During the final leg of his three-nation trip, PM Narendra Modi pitched a transformed India, promising the world a country of global workforce hub by 2030. “Development is the only way forward. India will provide the workforce to power global growth. My mission is 'Skill India, not Scam India” said Modi while addressing the Indian diaspora in a packed stadium in Toronto, Canada on Thursday.

During his speech he emphasized on the multi-talented Indians boasting, “We reached Mars on a cost less than what it takes to make a Hollywood film. Mangalyaan (Mars mission) is an example of the Indian talent” Highlighting the work done by his government in 11 months time, Modi said, "Within 10 months, I've done what no other PM has in 42 years. It is not that only the government has changed. 'Jan Man' has changed. There is a new atmosphere of trust in our nation. Whatever is happening is not due to Modi but it is due to the people of India"

Taking a swing at the poor performance of the opposition back home, Modi emphasized on his commitment to clean up the mess of the past. The Prime Minister claimed that he has built an atmosphere of a newly found trust and confidence in the country, and added that “The government in India has changed, so has the outlook of Indians. My job is to ensure that India is cleaned up. It will take time to clean up the mess of the past. There is an atmosphere of trust in India now”

Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Canada in 42 years. This marks the beginning of a new era of Indo-Canadian relations, building together a great force.

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