Live: PM Modi addresses 95th annual plenary session of Indian Chamber of Commerce

The recent decisions for farmers and the rural economy have freed the agriculture economy from years of slavery. Now, farmers of India have got the freedom to sell their product, their produce anywhere in the country: PM Modi

Contributions made by ICC to develop East and northeast India, especially manufacturing sector there, are historical: PM Modi

The simplest method to be worked upon at present is to induce Indians to use their own produce and get markets for Indian artware in other countries. This path shown to us Swami Vivekanand is going to be India's inspiration in the post-Covid world: PM Modi

Every citizen of this country has resolved to turn this crisis into an opportunity. We have to make this a major turning point for this nation. What is that turning point? A self-reliant India: PM Narendra Modi on 95th Annual Day of Indian Chamber of Commerce. (ANI)

The world is fighting Coronavirus, India is fighting that too. But there are other issues also. Flood, locusts, hailstorm, fire in oil well, small earthquakes, two cyclones - we are fighting all of these together: PM Narendra Modi on 95th Annual Day of Indian Chamber of Commerce (ANI)

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India reports the highest single-day spike of 9996 new Covid-19 cases & 357 deaths in the last 24 hours

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