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Addressing the UN General Assembly in Hindi, Swaraj landed a solid left hook to counter Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's four-point peace initiative. “We do not need four points, we need just one - give up terrorism and let us sit down and talk.”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered praise on Sushma Swaraj for the bold tone, which was a foregone conclusion after Sharif’s turn at the UN barely 24 hours ago.

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Recalling a question raised in certain quarters whether a poor country like India should go for costly space missions, the PM quoted father of Indian space programme, Vikram Sarabhai, who had once said the country was not pursuing its space mission out of competition but out of necessity as innovations of any kind would eventually improve the living conditions of the common man.

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