The article traces how the chant “Azadi,” meaning freedom, moved from a slogan that led to student leaders being jailed a decade ago to a recurring expression in India’s youth protests.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his Independence Day address to outline a path for India to become a developed economy by 2047. He emphasized self-reliance through semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence and nuclear power.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Maoist-backed Naxalite insurgency has largely been defeated, but warned that its ideological supporters still threaten India. He said the government would target these alleged “intellectual Naxals.”
7:27 AMAl JazeeraPrime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his pledge to make India a developed nation within two decades in his Independence Day speech. The address framed national growth as a long-term project.
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Sedition to anthem: Many lives of ‘Azadi’ chants in India’s youth protests
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The article traces how the chant “Azadi,” meaning freedom, moved from a slogan that led to student leaders being jailed a decade ago to a recurring expression in India’s youth protests.
The shift is political as well as linguistic: authorities once treated the chant as evidence
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The trajectory of “Azadi” shows how a once-criminalized slogan can become a durable symbol of opposition.
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Modi Puts Chips, Nuclear Power at Heart of India Push
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his Independence Day address to outline a path for India to become a developed economy by 2047. He emphasized self-reliance through semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence and nuclear power.
Modi is tying India's long-term growth strategy to sectors that also carry strategic and national-security
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India is broadening its development agenda from growth alone to technological and energy sovereignty.
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Modi threatens to target ‘intellectual Naxals’ in Independence Day speech
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Maoist-backed Naxalite insurgency has largely been defeated, but warned that its ideological supporters still threaten India. He said the government would target these alleged “intellectual Naxals.”
The focus is shifting from armed rebels to people accused of sustaining the movement through
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The government’s broader definition of extremism could turn an anti-insurgency campaign into a wider test of civil liberties and political dissent.
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Modi Maps India’s Growth Push With Youth Focus
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his pledge to make India a developed nation within two decades in his Independence Day speech. The address framed national growth as a long-term project.
The 20-year target turns development into a political commitment that will extend across multiple governments
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Modi is tying his political legacy to whether India can convert rapid growth into broad-based development within a defined horizon.
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