2016-06-11

Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Bigger Role for India on World Stage (video)

Modi: Bigger Role for India on World Stage:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi discusses India's widening global role, the manufacturing of defense equipment and the country's relationship with Pakistan in an interview with Gerard Baker, Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal. Published May 25, 2016. See also: Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) | Twitter and PMO India (@PMOIndia) | Twitter

Narendra Modi's First Two Years: Five Ways India Has Changed:

Narendra Modi took office as prime minister of India, the world's largest democracy, two years ago, pledging to improve the nation's fortunes. Here are five ways India has changed since then. Published May 25, 2016.

The United Nations has reported that India’s population will probably surpass China’s by 2022;
India Population Growth Means It Will Soon Have the Largest Workforce | Fortune.com (chart source: google.com)


English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)--The World Factbook

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