India: Modi promises free exam coaching, AI training for youth after protests

Speaking on India's Independence Day, PM Modi announced free online coaching for competitive exams and AI training for 10 million youths, weeks after protests over alleged exam paper leaks and recruitment irregularities.

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In a speech marking India's Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced plans to provide free online coaching for competitive exams and AI training to 10 million young people over the next year. The initiatives aim to alleviate the financial burden on middle-class families and address concerns over exam irregularities that sparked recent youth-led protests.

Modi also unveiled a seven-point growth and reform framework aiming to transform India into a developed nation within two decades, focusing on sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, technology, defense, tourism, and handicrafts. Additionally, the prime minister revealed that India would construct eight more semiconductor chip plants and five nuclear reactors capable of generating 100 gigawatts of power by 2047.

Despite his government's recent victory in defeating the Naxal insurgency, Modi warned that the fight against the "intellectual Naxal mentality" persists, as these individuals seek to create violence and unrest among the youth.

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