Pakistan had falsely claimed Adampur was among the key Indian Air Force bases it had significantly destroyed. The Indian government has called it a blatant lie.
Ranveer then added a clear salute to the mission: “Salute to the courage of our armed forces and the decisiveness of our Hon PM Shri Narendra Modi.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Keir Starmer held a telephone conversation on Tuesday before announcing the successful conclusion of the India–UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), according to an official statement.
“I want to tell the Chief Minister—he is a strong pillar of the INDIA alliance—Shashi Tharoor is also sitting here, and today’s event will give sleepless nights to several people,” PM Modi remarked, drawing attention to the perceived contradictions within the opposition ranks.
In his keynote address, PM Modi also reflected on India's growing cultural influence, citing examples of renowned figures in Indian cinema from time to time.
A fuming Mamata questions Modi over unplanned entry of Shramik trains
Several areas along the LAC in Ladakh and North Sikkim have witnessed major military build-up by both the Indian and Chinese armies recently, in a clear signal of escalating tension and hardening of respective positions by the two sides even two weeks after they were engaged in two separate face-offs.
Prasad was reacting to Rahul Gandhi's Tuesday statement wherein the latter accused Modi of playing on the back foot amid the ongoing war against coronavirus in the country.
Prasad's reply on the border tension comes a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday ordered the military to scale up the battle preparedness, visualising the worst-case scenarios and asked them to resolutely defend the country’s sovereignty.
Jinping's comments come in the wake of the continuing standoff between the militaries of India and China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
