Thursday, March 12, 2026 Journalism of Courage MuMbAI, lAtE CIty, 20 PAgES ₹5.00 l www.indianexpress.com REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 - 20 RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 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 , l u 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 for all humankind Chief Guest SHRI NARENDRA MODI HON’BLE PRIME MINISTER OF BHARAT Guest of Honour Justice JK Maheshwari Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Union Minister of Railways, I&B Electronics & IT Shri Piyush Goyal Mr. Stuart Smith Hon. Babajee Balkrishna Member of Parliament, Mauritius Member of Parliament New Zealand Dr. Lena Gumnior Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Member of Parliament New Zealand Chief Justice, High Court of Madhya Pradesh Mr. Sriram Natarajan Director, Asia Pacific Institute, AJC Dr. Ashok Kumar Mittal Mr. Ashwajit Singh Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha Founder & Managing Director IPE Global 12 13 14 Mr. Puneet Chhatwal CEO, Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces Mr. Varun Dubey Mr. Abhijit Chavda Founder & CEO Superhealth Historian & Content Creator MARCH 2026 Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Bharat H. E. Reuven Azar Ambassador of Italy to India and Nepal Mr. Nikhil Malhotra Mr. Ram Madhav Dr. C. 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