INDIA CELEBRATES 74TH INDEPENDENCE DAY’ 2020 India celebrated its 74th Independence Day on Saturday,15 August 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Rajghat and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi as the celebrations started. The Prime Minister then proceeded to the Red Fort where he remembered those who laid their lives for India's Independence. External Affairs Minister,Dr. S Jaishankar on Saturday thanked the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Bhutan, the Maldives, Lithuania and Latvia for their wishes on India’s 74th Independence Day. Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid tweeted that India has aimed to be, and now become, an enduring example of democracy and development, for the region and the world. Jaishankar said their bilateral relationship is a shining example of ‘Neighbourhood First’. Israel Envoy wished in Hindi As India Celebrates 74th Independence Day. Ambassador Ron Malka, the Israeli envoy expressed greetings on Independence Day to all the Indian friends and wished for peace and prosperity. Swatantrata diwas ki hardik shubhkaamnaein," Recently, Israel shared "state-of-the-art artificial intelligence-based technologies and high-end equipment" with AIIMS, Delhi as part of Israel-India cooperation to fight ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It is the most advanced medical equipment that they have developed especially for fighting COVID-19. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director of AIIMS Dr Randeep Guleria said that the India-Israel relations are strong. Earlier, India helped Israel with medicines and safety gear. Now Israel has sent equipment including robotic teleconsultation and telemonitoring equipment." India Independence Day 2020 ,Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day and applauded frontline workers fighting against novel coronavirus. He said India was going through a unique phase owing to the pandemic but would come out victorious and thanked to the resolve of the people. PM Modi highlighted the importance to make India self-reliant, saying it was not just a word but should be a “mantra” for all countrymen. PM Modi launched a National Digital Health Mission and said it will usher in a revolution in India’s health sector. Every Indian will now get a unique health ID and the country must not only ‘Make in India’ but also ‘Make for the World’. The Independence Day ceremony at the Red Fort was attended by over 4,000 people, including diplomats, officials and media personnel. Safety protocols were in place for the event, including social distancing and wearing masks.
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2020: 'MAKE FOR WORLD' IS PM MODI'S NEW CALL The call for Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) by PM Modi to fight the Covid-19 pandemic has captured people’s imagination and should be the mantra for everyone, as he delivered his seventh consecutive Independence Day speech while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort to mark the 74th Independence Day, PM Modi, in his nearly 90-minute speech, put forward the mantra of ‘Make for World’ alongside his pet initiative of ‘Make in India’ as he exhorted all Indians to be ‘vocal for local’. 18 • HOLLYWOOD WEEKLY
In the mission for Atmanirbhar Bharat there are six popular ‘Made in India’ apps that has been tried in the last few months and have seen many Made in India apps take the center stage . Since the Government of India banned over 100 Chinese applications including the very popular TikTok ,the country have witnessed the introduction of many Made in India applications. Most of these app developers claim that it’s PM Modi’s Atmanirbhar Bharat that has boosted their platforms and people in India are now preferring apps that ate made by Indians and for Indians. In the last few months we have seen many Made in India apps take the center stage. There are some Indian apps that were there before PM Modi announced the Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign and have attracted the attention of many consumers. After TikTok was banned many Indian developers introduced rivals for the Chinese app. Chingari app is one of them. The platform was built around two years ago but gained popularity only after PM Modi announced the Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign soon after TikTok was blocked in the country over security reasons. Chingari, today has millions of users onboard and is available for download on both Google Play store and Apple App store. In the Atmanirbhar Bharat innovation app challenge Chingari secured the first position in the social category. He agreed that there are lakhs of challenges for Atmanirbhar Bharat and they increase if there is global competitiveness. However, if there are lakhs of challenges, then the country also has power which gives crores of solutions. Citing an example, Modi said before the Covid-19 pandemic, the country was not making N-95 masks, PPE and ventilators, but now it was in a position to export such items. The mindset of free India should be ‘vocal for local’. The nation should appreciate the local products and if they din’t do this then the products will not get the opportunity to do better and will not get encouraged felt PM Modi . Ever since he assumed office in 2014, PM Modi’s Independence Day speeches have outlined a roadmap for the year ahead while listing the achievements of the government from the year gone by. This year was no different. Besides dwelling upon his pet theme of Atmanirbhar Bharat, PM Modi reinforced his government’s commitment to providing clean drinking water to every household while saying free gas cylinders
