BIG Statements On Day 2 Of Times Now Summit 2024
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New Delhi: Times Now Summit 2024: Among key speakers on Day 2 were Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and actress Kriti Sanon.
Among key speakers on Day 2 were Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and actress Kriti Sanon.
What Rajnath Singh Said
In a massive push to Aatmanirbharta, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in conversation with Times Group Editor Navika Kumar at Times Now Summit 2024: India Unstoppable, asserted that more than 5000 items will be manufactured in India. “Engines Bharat Me Banenge, Bharatiyon Ke Haathon Se Banenge”, said the Defence Minister who claimed that “the government want to make India an exporter country for engines.”
“I have asked DRDO to explore what kind of engines can be made in India and what countries are ready to transfer the technology, as we want to make engines in India now. We want to make India an exporter country for engines,” said Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Further, speaking on the Agniveer Scheme, Rajnath Singh said, “There should be youthfulness in the army. Young security personnel will have more courage to take more risks, and they should be tech-savvy. We are recruiting those sorts of soldiers through Agniveer, and we will not let anyone play with their future.”
What Piyush Goyal Said
Union Minister Piyush Goyal took a jibe at the 26-member INDIA bloc, saying the Opposition must first choose their leader and decide who would be the face against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dismissing the Opposition’s unity, the union minister said “kaun hai vipaksh”, “Modi versus whom?” Goyal, who was one of the key speakers at Times Now Summit 2024, said that the Opposition should first declare who is the alternative to PM Modi and can do “half or even quarter” of work that the PM has done.
Goyal, speaking to Times Network’s Group Editor-in-chief Navika Kumar at TN Summit, on Thursday said that the battle of 2024 so far is “PM Modi banam question mark (PM Modi vs ?).” “Kerala me gali denge, Bengal me saath ladenge (will abuse in Kerala and fight together in Bengal),” he said while taking a veiled jibe at Congress and Left alliance under the INDIA bloc.
Further lashing out at the Opposition, the Minister of Commerce and Industry said that “hamein to chinta ho rahi hai ki koi rahega nahi to hum ladenge kiske saamne (we are worried that if there would be no one in front us, against whom will we fight the polls).”
What Anurag Thakur Said
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi eying a third term in the upcoming Indian General Elections, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur made a big claim that will delight sporting lovers in the country and stated that India is set to host the young olympics and olympics in the next few years.
Speaking at the Times Now Summit 2024, Anurag promised the country that they will host the Youth Olympics in 2030 and the Olympics in 2036, having successfully hosted the G20 Summit last year in New Delhi in September last year for the first time in history.
“The person (Narendra Modi) who has given every second to the nation. The person who worked for the nation two hours after his mother’s death. The country has not seen a prime minister like this. Why should there not be belief? It is an honest government.
He has given yoga and Ayurveda to the world. Given the world’s international CAT alliance, not only this, but it also hosted the G20 Summit. Now, we are ready to host the 2030 Youth Olympics and the 2036 Summer Olympics,” said Anurag Thakur.
What Ashwini Vaishnaw Said
Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday at Times Now Summit 2024 described how India is unstoppable in development and listed down massive development going on in three sectors- Railways, Electronics Manufacturing and Semiconductors.
While mentioning development in Railways sector, Ashwini Vaishnaw said,”Last 10 years of our country have been historic for India. In railways, 40,000 kms have been electrified in 10 years compare with 20,000 kms done in 60 years. A total of 31, 000 kms of railway tracks in 10 years 15 km per day is based at which we are constructing vs 4 kms per day. Dedicated freight corridors- in 2014 number of kms commissioned and operational was zero. Today it is more than 2700 kms and 4000 trains running on this system daily.
On electronics manufacturing, he said,” If we look back, 10 years back it was negligible and today 110 billion dollar worth of electronics manufacturing. More than 1 lakh manufacturers Apple has hired in factories of iPhone manufacturing.”
On Semi conductors sector, he said,” The semi conductors which country dreamt of since 1962, now we have 4 units where construction is doing on.”
“Sector after sector, the work which has happened in our country, the momentum which is their in our economy, I can say with 95 percent Confidence interval that in coming 10 years, the country will grow at a consistent growth rate of 6-8 per cent. This means India is unstoppable because we have a great captain, who thinks of 25 years ahead and has legacy of 10 years in central government, that is Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that is why India is unstoppable,” he added.
What Hardeep Singh Puri Said
Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs and Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday at Times Now Summit 2024 called electoral bonds “gifts” for political parties.
Hardeep Singh Puri, expressing why 2024 is different from 2014 and 2019, said, “I have watched 2014 and 2019. This time I am watching something else, I am seeing ground swell of support for a party from the areas which was regarded as remote from us- West Bengal and South India. How much of that ground support translates into seats is to be seen.”
Explaining why electoral bonds ‘gifts’ for political parties, the Union Minister said, “Every morning you get up and you get gifts thrown up from the other side. These are gifts which come our way, electoral bonds was one of them. We suddenly discovered a party who got 303 seats got 3000 crores worth of electoral bonds and a party with hardly any seats got 1600 crores. I have been overseas, tell me any system across the world where democracy works without political funding.”
What Kriti Sanon Said
Kriti Sanon, coming from a non-filmy background, has made a mark for herself in the Indian film industry. Not only has she accumulated a massive fan base but also won a National Award for her moving performance in Mimi. As Kriti graced Times Now Summit 2024, she talked about the struggles of being an outsider, while asserting that everybody has different pressures.
While speaking to Padmaja Joshi, Senior Executive Editor, Times Now, Kriti shared, “I always believed that everyone has their own journey and their own pressures. My first film was Heropanti which was with a star kid Tiger Shroff. He had the pressure of being compared to his father, I had the pressure that people notice me and know my name. There are different pressures that everyone goes through and eventually talent is what sticks through.”
She continued, “Yes, as an outsider it takes a while for people to know your name, to match your name to your face. For the longest time, people were like ‘arey vo Tiger Shroff ki film mein aayi thi’. The kids of Ashwini Iyer Tiwari, my Bareilly Ki Barfi director, used to call me ‘Tiger Didi’ back then. It takes a while for people to register who you are when you come from a non-film background but if you keep at it, you start feeling like an insider. You have had a body of work which justifies why you are here.”
Times Now Summit 2024
The two-day event promised to be a dynamic amalgamation of insightful discussions and impactful deliberations, all orchestrated to fuel the momentum of India’s relentless march towards global prominence.
Under the banner of “India Unstoppable,” this year’s summit aimed to convene influential minds across diverse sectors, charting a course for the nation’s future that is both visionary and pragmatic.
At this landmark forum, strategists, policymakers, and influencers accountable for India’s future will converge to celebrate the achievements thus far, took stock and unearthed the direction that the nation will take on Government, Politics, Economy, National Security, Health, Diplomacy, Infrastructure, Technology Innovation, and other such aspects that would define our future.
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Among key speakers on Day 2 were Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and actress Kriti Sanon.
What Rajnath Singh Said
In a massive push to Aatmanirbharta, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in conversation with Times Group Editor Navika Kumar at Times Now Summit 2024: India Unstoppable, asserted that more than 5000 items will be manufactured in India. “Engines Bharat Me Banenge, Bharatiyon Ke Haathon Se Banenge”, said the Defence Minister who claimed that “the government want to make India an exporter country for engines.”
“I have asked DRDO to explore what kind of engines can be made in India and what countries are ready to transfer the technology, as we want to make engines in India now. We want to make India an exporter country for engines,” said Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
Further, speaking on the Agniveer Scheme, Rajnath Singh said, “There should be youthfulness in the army. Young security personnel will have more courage to take more risks, and they should be tech-savvy. We are recruiting those sorts of soldiers through Agniveer, and we will not let anyone play with their future.”
What Piyush Goyal Said
Union Minister Piyush Goyal took a jibe at the 26-member INDIA bloc, saying the Opposition must first choose their leader and decide who would be the face against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dismissing the Opposition’s unity, the union minister said “kaun hai vipaksh”, “Modi versus whom?” Goyal, who was one of the key speakers at Times Now Summit 2024, said that the Opposition should first declare who is the alternative to PM Modi and can do “half or even quarter” of work that the PM has done.
Goyal, speaking to Times Network’s Group Editor-in-chief Navika Kumar at TN Summit, on Thursday said that the battle of 2024 so far is “PM Modi banam question mark (PM Modi vs ?).” “Kerala me gali denge, Bengal me saath ladenge (will abuse in Kerala and fight together in Bengal),” he said while taking a veiled jibe at Congress and Left alliance under the INDIA bloc.
Further lashing out at the Opposition, the Minister of Commerce and Industry said that “hamein to chinta ho rahi hai ki koi rahega nahi to hum ladenge kiske saamne (we are worried that if there would be no one in front us, against whom will we fight the polls).”
What Anurag Thakur Said
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi eying a third term in the upcoming Indian General Elections, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur made a big claim that will delight sporting lovers in the country and stated that India is set to host the young olympics and olympics in the next few years.
Speaking at the Times Now Summit 2024, Anurag promised the country that they will host the Youth Olympics in 2030 and the Olympics in 2036, having successfully hosted the G20 Summit last year in New Delhi in September last year for the first time in history.
“The person (Narendra Modi) who has given every second to the nation. The person who worked for the nation two hours after his mother’s death. The country has not seen a prime minister like this. Why should there not be belief? It is an honest government.
He has given yoga and Ayurveda to the world. Given the world’s international CAT alliance, not only this, but it also hosted the G20 Summit. Now, we are ready to host the 2030 Youth Olympics and the 2036 Summer Olympics,” said Anurag Thakur.
What Ashwini Vaishnaw Said
Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday at Times Now Summit 2024 described how India is unstoppable in development and listed down massive development going on in three sectors- Railways, Electronics Manufacturing and Semiconductors.
While mentioning development in Railways sector, Ashwini Vaishnaw said,”Last 10 years of our country have been historic for India. In railways, 40,000 kms have been electrified in 10 years compare with 20,000 kms done in 60 years. A total of 31, 000 kms of railway tracks in 10 years 15 km per day is based at which we are constructing vs 4 kms per day. Dedicated freight corridors- in 2014 number of kms commissioned and operational was zero. Today it is more than 2700 kms and 4000 trains running on this system daily.
On electronics manufacturing, he said,” If we look back, 10 years back it was negligible and today 110 billion dollar worth of electronics manufacturing. More than 1 lakh manufacturers Apple has hired in factories of iPhone manufacturing.”
On Semi conductors sector, he said,” The semi conductors which country dreamt of since 1962, now we have 4 units where construction is doing on.”
“Sector after sector, the work which has happened in our country, the momentum which is their in our economy, I can say with 95 percent Confidence interval that in coming 10 years, the country will grow at a consistent growth rate of 6-8 per cent. This means India is unstoppable because we have a great captain, who thinks of 25 years ahead and has legacy of 10 years in central government, that is Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that is why India is unstoppable,” he added.
What Hardeep Singh Puri Said
Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs and Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday at Times Now Summit 2024 called electoral bonds “gifts” for political parties.
Hardeep Singh Puri, expressing why 2024 is different from 2014 and 2019, said, “I have watched 2014 and 2019. This time I am watching something else, I am seeing ground swell of support for a party from the areas which was regarded as remote from us- West Bengal and South India. How much of that ground support translates into seats is to be seen.”
Explaining why electoral bonds ‘gifts’ for political parties, the Union Minister said, “Every morning you get up and you get gifts thrown up from the other side. These are gifts which come our way, electoral bonds was one of them. We suddenly discovered a party who got 303 seats got 3000 crores worth of electoral bonds and a party with hardly any seats got 1600 crores. I have been overseas, tell me any system across the world where democracy works without political funding.”
What Kriti Sanon Said
Kriti Sanon, coming from a non-filmy background, has made a mark for herself in the Indian film industry. Not only has she accumulated a massive fan base but also won a National Award for her moving performance in Mimi. As Kriti graced Times Now Summit 2024, she talked about the struggles of being an outsider, while asserting that everybody has different pressures.
While speaking to Padmaja Joshi, Senior Executive Editor, Times Now, Kriti shared, “I always believed that everyone has their own journey and their own pressures. My first film was Heropanti which was with a star kid Tiger Shroff. He had the pressure of being compared to his father, I had the pressure that people notice me and know my name. There are different pressures that everyone goes through and eventually talent is what sticks through.”
She continued, “Yes, as an outsider it takes a while for people to know your name, to match your name to your face. For the longest time, people were like ‘arey vo Tiger Shroff ki film mein aayi thi’. The kids of Ashwini Iyer Tiwari, my Bareilly Ki Barfi director, used to call me ‘Tiger Didi’ back then. It takes a while for people to register who you are when you come from a non-film background but if you keep at it, you start feeling like an insider. You have had a body of work which justifies why you are here.”
Times Now Summit 2024
The two-day event promised to be a dynamic amalgamation of insightful discussions and impactful deliberations, all orchestrated to fuel the momentum of India’s relentless march towards global prominence.
Under the banner of “India Unstoppable,” this year’s summit aimed to convene influential minds across diverse sectors, charting a course for the nation’s future that is both visionary and pragmatic.
At this landmark forum, strategists, policymakers, and influencers accountable for India’s future will converge to celebrate the achievements thus far, took stock and unearthed the direction that the nation will take on Government, Politics, Economy, National Security, Health, Diplomacy, Infrastructure, Technology Innovation, and other such aspects that would define our future.
