Friday, February 27, 2026 Journalism of Courage NEW DElhI, lAtE CIty, 22 PAgES ₹7.00 (₹8 RAIPuR, ₹15 SRINAgAR) l www.indianexpress.com DA I ly f R O M : A h M E DA b A D , C h A N D I gA R h , D E l h I , j A I P u R , kO l k AtA , lu C k N O W , M u M b A I , N Ag P u R , PAt N A , P u N E , vA D O DA R A KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI SPOTLIGHTING BHARAT’S RISE DRIVEN BY F E B R UA RY 2 7- 2 8 , 2 0 2 6 UA RY 7- PIYUSH GOYAL P I Y U S H G OYA L Minister for Commerce and Industry ASHWINI VAISHNAW Minister for Railways, I&B and Electronics & IT JYOTIRADITYA M SCINDIA Minister for Communications and DoNER REKHA GU P TA R E K H A GUPTA Chief Minister, Delhi SUNIL AMBEKAR Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh, RSS GEORGE G EO RG E YEO Y EO Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Singapore GENERAL SIR NICK CARTER Former Chief of the Defence Staff, UK CARLOS CA R LO S M GUTIERREZ GUTIERREZ Former US Secretary of Commerce MAY-ELIN M AY- E L I N STENER ST E N E R Ambassador of Norway to India PHILIPP PHILIPP ACKERMANN AC K E R M A N N Ambassador of Germany to India JAN JA N THESLEFF THESLEFF Ambassador of Sweden to India PATRICK PAT R I C K MCGEE MCGEE Global Tech and Apple Expert RAJESH KUMAR SINGH Defence Secretary TOM COOPER Military Aviation Historian ADRIEN ADRIEN FONTANELLAZ FO N TA N E L L A Z Defence Scholar and Strategist RAMESH RAMESH DAMANI DA M A N I Veteran Investor and Member, BSE DAVID DAV I D TAIT TA I T CEO, World Gold Council VISHAL VISHAL SIKKA SIKKA Founder & CEO, Vianai Systems SHASHI SHEKHAR VEMPATI Co-Founder, DeepTech, Bharat Foundation KANGANA KANGANA RANAUT R A N AU T Actor, Filmmaker and Lok Sabha MP ANIL KAPOOR A N I L KA PO OR Actor and Producer YAMI GA U TA M YA M I GAUTAM Actor SAINA N E HWA L SA I N A NEHWAL Olympic Medalist in Badminton PR SREEJESH PR SREEJESH Former Captain, Indian Hockey Team MOHAMMED SHAMI M O H A M M E D SH AM I Cricketer MITHALI R AJ M I T H A L I RAJ Former Cricketer YUZVENDRA CH AH AL Y U Z V E N D R A CHAHAL Cricketer HITESH SETHIA H I T E S H SE TH IA MD & CEO, Jio Financial Services HEMANT GA L A H E M A N T GALA CEO, PhonePe Lending JEAN TO U BO U L J E A N TOUBOUL CEO, Pernod Ricard India KARAN V I RWA N I K A R A N VIRWANI MD & CEO, WeWork India WATCH IT LIVE ON New Delhi