Modi pledges more chip plants, mass AI training, and an export push in Independence Day address

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Aug 16, 2026, 8:53 pm105 ptsTrending
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used India's 80th Independence Day address from the Red Fort on August 15 to tie semiconductor manufacturing, artificial intelligence training, and trade policy into a single self-reliance push, framing all three as building blocks toward a "Viksit Bharat," or developed India, by…

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