Morning Digest | Indian astronaut will land on the moon using Indian spacecraft during ‘Amrit Kaal,’, says PM Modi; debate over Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad contest intensifies, and more

From the debate over Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad contest intensifies to reforms to be on top of the agenda in Modi govt’s third term, here is a select list of stories to start the day on Feb 28, 2024

Debate over Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad contest intensifies

Communist Party of India Annie Raja’s candidature from Wayanad has once again ignited the debate on whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should seek a re-election from the seat, where he faces a friendly party, or actually take the battle to the BJP.

India to have own space station by 2035, country will go to Moon again, says PM Modi

After the the names of the astronauts of the Gaganyaan mission were announced in Thiruvananthapuram on February 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will have its own space station by 2035.

Land reforms included on top of the agenda in Modi government’s third term: Nirmala Sitharaman

The Narendra Modi government’s third term in office will place reforms in all factors of production, including land, labour and capital on “top of the agenda” along with the “21st century factor” of digital infrastructure, in its pursuit to make India the world’s third-largest economy, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted on Tuesday.

In an interaction with industry leaders hosted by the FICCI, Ms. Sitharaman promised that systemic and area-specific reforms will continue if the present regime returns to power. “I will underline the fact that the reforms will touch on all the factors of production. Be it your land, be it your labour, be it your capital, but I will also add what may not fit into the traditional definition of what factors of production are… because the 21st century probably comes up with one more factor of production… the digital infrastructure,” she said.