Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flagged off India`s first Vande Bharat sleeper train from Malda in West Bengal, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing modernisation of Indian Railways. The state-of-the-art sleeper version of the Vande Bharat Express will operate on the Howrah-Guwahati (Kamakhya) route. (Pics/PTI)

The 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) was inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi at the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi on Thursday. It was chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and  featured 61 Speakers and Presiding Officers from 42 Commonwealth countries, along with representatives from four semi-autonomous parliaments, underscoring the event`s global scale and significance (PICS/PTI, TEXT/ANI)