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#WATCH | IAF helicopter showers flower petals after flag hoisting by PM Modi at Red Fort on the 77th Independence Day pic.twitter.com/XzDWx1CqPZ— ANI (@ANI) August 15, 2023
Bharat Mata is the voice of every Indian: Rahul Gandhi
On the occasion of Independence Day, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi tweeted about his Bharat Jodo Yatra, and how he learnt from the experience.
Bharat Mata is the voice of every Indian 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/7w1l7VJaEL
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 14, 2023
Google doodle celebrates textile heritage of India
Celebrating the rich and diverse textile legacy of India, search giant Google has come up with a special doodle depicting a digital tapestry of interwoven fabrics to mark the country's 77th Independence Day. Illustrated by New Delhi-based artist Namrata Kumar, the artwork has drawn inspiration from a range of textiles that India offers, weaving the varied “swatches” into a vibrant story of India.
In a post on the Google doodle portal, the internet behemoth shared the vision and inspiration of the artist in coming up with the commemorative artwork.
The doodle depicts 'swatches' of weaves drawn from Kutch embroidery of Gujarat to fine ‘ikat’ work of Odisha and ‘Pashmina kani’ woven textile of Jammu and Kashmir to ‘Kasavu’ weave of Kerala, covering regions across the country, placed next to each other in a textile grid of sorts, with 'GOOGLE' depicted in the centre with embroidered letters.
Artist Kumar on Google's portal said she "researched and identified the diverse textile craft forms present in India".
Modi's last I-Day speech from ramparts of Red Fort: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech will be his last as the PM from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Delhi.
Banerjee, while speaking at a pre-Independence Day programme organised by the TMC at Behala here, also proclaimed that the opposition bloc INDIA will soon take the field, adding "khela hobe (we will play)".
'Khela hobe' was a slogan that the ruling TMC had coined during the 2021 assembly poll campaign.
"Modiji's Independence Day speech tomorrow will be his last speech as prime minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort," Banerjee said. The CM also said she believes that the opposition bloc INDIA, of which her Trinamool Congress is a member, will emerge victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.