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CONCRETE STEPS FOR ZERO INDIA BECOMES THE
NEWS BRIEFS
TERROR PLAN IN J&K WORLD’S 2ND LARGEST

MOBILE MANUFACTURER
Union Minister of Home and Cooperation Amit
Shah chaired high-level meetings in New Delhi
to review the security scenario in Jammu and
Kashmir. In the meeting, Home Minister Amit
Shah directed the BSF to ensure ‘zero infiltration’
from international borders by strict vigilance,
strengthening of the border grid, and using
advanced technologies for surveillance and
border security. Monitoring terror financing,
cracking down on narco-terrorist cases, and
eliminating the entire terror ecosystem in
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make
Jammu and Kashmir are the priorities of the
in India’ vision, India is becoming a major
central government. Strong steps are being
hub of global manufacturing. Production of
taken for a zero terror plan in
electric and electronic goods contributes
Jammu and Kashmir. The Center
a lot to this. In 2014, there were two units
has directed all security agencies
of mobile production, which have now
to remain vigilant and continue
increased to more than 300. In 2014-15. Only
working in coordination to eradicate
26% of mobile phones sold in India were
terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
manufactured here, with the rest imported.
The central government has
Today, 99.2% of mobile phones sold in the
assured to provide all necessary
country are made in India. The value of
resources.
mobile phone manufacturing in 2014 was
Rs 18,900 crore, which has increased to
Rs 4. 22 lakh crore in 2024. In 2014, Exports
were negligible, which have now increased
to more than Rs 1.29 lakh crore. Mobile
businesses have created about 12 lakh
direct and indirect jobs in the country in the
last decade.
GRAMMY AWARD TO

CHANDRIKA KRISHNAMURTHY

FOR TRIVENI ALBUM

Indian-American Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon
has once again brought global attention to Sanatan
culture by winning the prestigious Grammy Award, one
of the most coveted honors in the music world. While the
Mahakumbh was being held in the country, the Grammy
Awards ceremony (Music Mahakumbh) was being held
in Los Angeles, USA. Chandrika was presented with the
award for her Triveni album, which is loaded with Vedic
mantras. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated
musician Chandrika Tandon on winning the Grammy
Award for her album Triveni. PM Modi appreciated her
passion for Indian culture and her achievements as an
entrepreneur, philanthropist, and musician.

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