{
  "id": 6612103,
  "title": "Eiffel Tower row exposes BAPS Hindu group as 'spearhead of Modi's soft power'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/eiffel-tower-row-exposes-baps-hindu-group-as-spearhead-of-modis-soft",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T16:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20260910-eiffel-tower-row-exposes-baps-hindu-group-as-spearhead-of-modi-s-soft-power"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A row over the treatment of female staff at the Eiffel Tower has put a Hindu movement at the centre of a controversy in France. An India specialist told RFI that BAPS, which has close ties to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has become an important vehicle for his soft-power diplomacy abroad.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Hindu sect BAPS comes under scrutiny in France, US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/hindu-sect-baps-comes-under-scrutiny-in-france-us",
        "published": "2026-09-10T16:06:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}