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VOLUME 7, ISSUE 03 | AUGUST 01-15, 2026 Independence Day Special
Cover Story
EDITOR IN CHIEF
DHIRENDRA OJHA
Principal Director General,
Press Information Bureau,
New Delhi
CHIEF CONSULTING EDITOR
SANTOSH KUMAR
SENIOR ASST. CONSULTING EDITOR
PAWAN KUMAR
ASST. CONSULTING EDITORS A New India Empowered
AKHILESH KUMAR by the Resolve of
CHANDAN KUMAR CHOUDHARY ‘Nation First’
LANGUAGE EDITORS
SUMIT KUMAR (ENGLISH) As the nation celebrates its 80th Independence Day this August
RAJNEESH MISHRA (ENGLISH) 15th, a single resolve resonates in the heart of every Indian: the
NADEEM AHMED (URDU) realisation of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ by the 100th year of independence.
Over the past 12 years, this celebration of freedom has transformed
SENIOR DESIGNER into a festival of the journey of development... |10-30
PHOOL CHAND TIWARI
DESIGNERS Prime Minister’s Article News Briefs |4-5
ABHAY GUPTA
SATYAM SINGH A Life Dedicated to India’s Personality: Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
Unity and Progress The man who made nation’s food security his life’s mission |9
Union Cabinet Decisions
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 02
JULY 16-31, 2026
FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION Semicon 2.0 and Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme Approved |31
India forging ahead with firm resolve
PM Modi gifts development projects to Rajasthan |32-33
Youth Power A New Chapter of Progress and Strategic Synergy
Empowerment through Education
The National Education Policy 2020 is transforming the nation’s youth power-making
Visit of Japan’s PM, Takaichi Sanae, to India |36-37
them not merely literate but also skilled, self-reliant, and competitive. Focused on
practical knowledge, modern technology, and skill development, this policy has
paved new avenues of opportunity for India’s youth...
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NEW INDIA SAMACHAR PM Modi’s visits to Indonesia, Australia & New Zealand |38-41
AVAILABLE IN 13 LANGUAGES PM Modi writes an article
commemorating the Indian Women’s Cricket: Heralding towards Golden Future
https://newindiasamachar.
invaluable contribution India’s victory in the first international women’s
pib.gov.in/news.aspx of Dr Syama Prasad Test match at Lord’s |42
TO READ THE NEW INDIA Mookerjee... |6-8
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New Era of
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Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility in
Sanand, Gujarat | 34-35

Published: Kanchan Prasad, Director General, on behalf of Central Bureau of Communication
Communication Address : Room No–1077, Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi -110003.
E-Mail : response-nis@pib.gov.in, RNI No. : DELENG/2020/78811