New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the 25th National Youth Festival in Puducherry via video conferencing at 11 am today.

Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary is observed as National Youth Day. Due to the prevailing COVID situation, the event is being organized virtually staring from today to January 13, 2022.

The event started with the address of Union Minister Anurag Thakur's which was followed by the address of Puducherry CM N. Rangaswamy.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated a Technology Centre of the MSME Ministry in Puducherry which will contribute towards skilling youth and will be able to train around 6400 trainees per year.

Along with this, PM Modi also inaugurated the 'Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Manimandapa...