Dawn of a New India

The first edition of 2023 comes up with a bouquet of reports related to the New Year. In the Cover Story, we speak of the giant strides made by India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guardianship during the past year and the bright prospects for the country in 2023 and beyond. Our report elaborates the multiple successes achieved by India on the national and international arena and stresses how it is well poised to perform even better in the times to come. Besides emerging as the world’s fastest-growing economy, India today is the President of G20, starts our report. It then speaks of the all-round electoral victories of the BJP led by PM Modi in state elections and the certainty of the party retaining power in 2024. The reason for this, as explained in our report, is the Modi Government’s focus on the last man in the line and the slew of welfare schemes it launched during the past over eight years. We also put forward Blitz India’s Vision for 2023 in a short write-up on the front page.

The Centrespread carries a calendar of key events that everyone must look forward to in the year 2023. With interesting pictures, we sum up all the upcoming events in the year ahead in the world of politics, business, trade, sports, culture and cinema. Highlighting dates and venues, we also include a brief account of not-to-be-missed events, in particular

A take-off from the Cover Story on India’s spectacular successes under PM Modi’s leadership is a special package on the Covid-19 resurgence fears and the country’s preparedness to handle any eventuality. The main report, which goes on the front, details how PM Modi swung into action immediately after the recent spurt of the infection in China, held review meeting, and urged the people not to panic as India was not unprepared this time. The second report on an inside page is about the Government’s approval to nasal vaccine, which is available as a booster dose and the sharp uptick in the vaccination intake witnessed in the country. The last report in this package focuses on PM-CARES, the setting up and running of which is a testimony to PM Modi’s personal empathy for the people in need.

At G20 Podium, we bring you a fresh set of events coverage, select tweets and pictures and an exclusive report. Our main report focuses on how the Covid-19 resurgence in some countries could derail the ‘One Health’ project of G20, thereby posing a challenge to India’s presidency. In a presentation at the BJP headquarters, the External Affairs Minister urged the party spokespersons, panellists and media coordinators to ensure that the country’s “rich potential and vibrant culture” is highlighted during its yearlong presidency. We carry the report in detail. Another report is about the Joint Finance and Health Task Force Meeting in which it was decided that the G20 Task Force under India’s presidency will continue collaborating for ‘Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response’.

Besides, the issue packs top news reports of the week and opinion pieces from domain experts. Enjoy reading!

Happy New Year!