Overview

• Modi’s 103-minute Red Fort address announced mission-mode semiconductor production with domestically made chips slated for market launch by year-end.
• He unveiled a ₹1 lakh crore India Employment scheme to provide ₹15,000 per month to about 3 crore new job-holders.
• The prime minister pledged to expand nuclear capacity tenfold by 2047, initiate a national deep-sea exploration mission and accelerate renewables growth.
• Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath credited indigenous BrahMos missiles in Operation Sindoor for demonstrating India’s growing defense self-sufficiency.
• Independence Day ceremonies highlighted BJP’s RSS centenary partnership while Congress and AAP leaders held parallel flag-hoisting events amid ongoing unrest in Manipur and elevated India–Pakistan tensions.