Still most popular.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced Saptadhara from the Red Fort on 15 August. This concept includes seven streams of national strength that help India achieve its Viksit Bharat goal." Yoga, Ayurveda, our spiritual centers and festivals, Indian literature, music, dance and cinema, cuisine, handicraft and handlooms, democracy, scientific progress, digital systems, space program and the global diaspora "further enhance its global reputation" and create millions of jobs. TIE. That is a total of 16 streams. On 21 August, "the saffron flag-bearing men climbed Gate 4 of Jadavpur University in Kolkata and used its lotus-ringed emblem as a foothold," "The emblem, designed by Nandalal Bose, shows three flames surrounded by a blooming lotus." Bose was one of Bengal's most renowned artists. The irony was: "Even a lotus was not safe from the foot soldiers of lotus politics." The Wire. Watch goons rioting while eating butter chicken, whose origins are being fiercely debated at Delhi High Court (Reuters), should be irresistible to tourists. "Modi talked of complete manufacturing value chains, AI, quantum computing, robotics, 6G, high-speed rail, inland waterways, drones, hypersonic weapons, green manufacturing, fisheries, tourism and yoga." "That is precisely the problem. Saptadhara is a wishlist masquerading as strategy," wrote Swaminathan SA Aiyar. Yesterday, "PM Modi was conferred Uzbekistan's highest state honor, the Order of 'Oliy Darajali Dustlik', by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during his two-day state visit to the central Asian country." TOI. The BJP published a list of 35 international honors collected by Mr Modi. ET. While we may not understand the meanings of many of the awards, Slovakia's 'Order of the White Double Cross, First Class' is easy to comprehend. Last week, "India had just one request ahead of PM Modi and US President Donald Trump's meeting two months ago - that the press not be given an opportunity to ask them questions, Washington's ambassador Sergio Sergio Gor." The Wire. Trump forgot and held a press conference for 45 minutes. "Everything was on the table". HT. Not easy to sit silently for 45 minutes when, just yesterday, "In the 137th episode of Mann Ki Baat (dialogue of the mind), PM Modi highlighted grassroots initiative and individuals creating change through technology, social action, entrepreneurship and community participation." TOI. Thankfully these individuals are not "dimagi Naxals (ideological Naxals)", who are embedded in the power corridors and need to be "identified and isolated" so the youth of the country can be brought together for a developed India. NDTV. Naxals are Marxist insurrectionists, named after Naxalbari in West Bengal, who waged an armed struggle against the Indian state since 1967. wikipedia.  "The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) took to social media to slam the Karnataka BJP over a post targeting 'Dimagi Naxals',"..."warning that the post amounted to a call for 'mass genocide'." The Karnataka BJP created a meme featuring a scene from the movie KGF Chapter 2, in which it repurposed a scene to "depict the shooters as its different state units, while portraying their rivals as 'Dimagi Naxals'." CJP's Saurav Das wrote on X, "The ruling party is threatening to shoot the country's youngsters dead. Pure evil. They seem to have lost the plot." HT. Mr Modi remains the nations choice for prime minister for 48.7% of those asked in the Mood of  the Nation Survey. India Today. Still most popular for prime minister. And 35 awards. Unbeatable?