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Uttarakhand is promoting Nainital and Bhimtal for destination weddings. The 'Celebrate in Uttarakhand' initiative aims to boost wedding tourism. Improved connectivity and increased accommodation options are attracting couples. Nainital offers a natural setting with its lake and colonial buildings. Bhimtal provides a quieter, intimate venue. The state's efforts are positioning these Kumaon towns as new wedding spots.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman strongly defended the Modi government's achievements, countering Rahul Gandhi's criticisms. She highlighted India's robust economic growth amidst global challenges, citing IMF acknowledgments and significant poverty reduction. Sitharaman also detailed the government's welfare initiatives and infrastructure investments, particularly in Karnataka, urging collective effort towards a developed India by 2047.

Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that the effective implementation of the 1985 Assam Accord's border management provisions has only begun in 2025. He criticized the historical mistake of focusing fencing solely on Assam, leaving other border states open and facilitating illegal movement. Significant progress has now been made in fencing along Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and West Bengal.

After his meeting with Macron on Sunday in Nice, Modi will travel to Slovakia for the first ever visit by an Indian PM to the country since its independence in 1993 before returning to France for the Evian G7 summit on June 16-17. Modi is expected to underscore India’s concerns over the consequences of the West Asia conflict, including the energy crisis, for the Global South in his engagements while stressing the significance of freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

Mishra added while traditional approaches often focus on ‘bouncing back’ after disruption, the emerging paradigm requires systems that can learn, adapt, and emerge stronger through disruption, moving towards bouncing forward and increasingly becoming antifragile systems. “The objective today is not only recovery but building stronger institutions, infrastructure and governance systems capable of managing future shocks and uncertainties,” he added.

Ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting, Baby in a sharply worded letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had pointed to allegations by Rahul Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders during the Kerala polls of CPI(M) and the BJP colluding and calls for ED action against then CM Pinarayi Vijayan. The Left party had asked the Congress to “clear the air regarding such disruptive moves” with CPI(M)’s Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas strongly raising the matter at the INDIA meeting.