Independence Day 2018

Independence Day

On the 72nd Independence Day celebrations, PM Modi said: 

"By 2022, a son or daughter of India will go to space with a tricolor in hand". 

"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity."

—Jawaharlal Nehru, Independence Day Speech (1947)

Happy Independence Day!

• We are celebrating this Independence Day when every Indian anywhere in the world is proud that India is the sixth biggest economy in the world today.

1. The recently concluded Parliament session was one devoted to social justice. The Parliament session witnessed the passage of the Bill to create an Other Backward Class (OBC) Commission.
2. When 1.25 billion dreams go towards a goal, there's nothing that cannot happen. In 2014, the people of the country did not just stop at forming a government. They got together for nation-building and they will keep at it.
3. India used to be counted in the 'Fragile Five' in the world. But today, India is a multi-trillion dollar investment. Everything has changed.
4. Businesses used to talk about red tape, now they talk about red carpet. They used to talk about policy paralysis, today they talk about reform, perform, transform.
5. By 2022, when India completes 75 years of independence, India will send a son or daughter to the space with the national flag in hand. With this, India will become the fourth nation to send a human to the space.
6. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan will be launched on September 25 this year, on Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay's birth anniversary. It is high time we ensure that the poor of the country get access to good quality and affordable healthcare.
7. Women officers commissioned in short service (SSC) will get opportunity for permanent commission like men.

• India may not have the fastest internet in the world, but at least it's built on a fair foundation.

Everyday heroes making India clean.

India is building its own global positioning system

Honey Bee Network SRISTI is nurturing intellectual property rights and innovation in the grassroots

Apps that are made for Indians, complete with our cultural quirks.