Meloni wishes Modi happy birthday, highlights Italy-India ties
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sent birthday greetings to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 76th birthday.
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What this story says
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wished Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a happy 76th birthday.
- Meloni addressed Modi as 'friend' on the social media platform X.
- She wished Modi health, energy, and success, and stated that Italy and India continue to strengthen their deep bond of friendship.
- Other world leaders, including Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, also extended birthday wishes to PM Modi.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 12 of the 20 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
20/100
20 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sent birthday greetings to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 76th birthday. Meloni posted on the social media platform X, addressing Modi as 'friend'. She wished him health, energy, and success. Meloni also stated that Italy and India continue to strengthen their deep bond of friendship and build a future of cooperation and prosperity.
Other world leaders also extended birthday wishes to Prime Minister Modi. Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Modi's contribution to strengthening the India-Russia partnership. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Modi's leadership has transformed India into a world power and that the friendship between Israel and India has never been stronger.
Coverage comparison
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated reports covered this story. The centre-rated reports and the right-rated reports did not mention specific details about birthday wishes from Indian political leaders such as Rahul Gandhi or Tamil Nadu CM Vijay, which were included in the Hindustan Times full report.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 17 Sept 2026, 16:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- The two centre-rated reports focused on Meloni's birthday message to Prime Minister Modi. Hindustan Times and The Statesman both highlighted Meloni's statement that 'Italy and India continue to strengthen their deep bond of friendship'. Both reports noted Meloni wished Modi health, energy, and success.
Right
6 rated outlets
- The six right-rated reports all led with Meloni's birthday greeting to Prime Minister Modi. India TV News, Latestly, Tribune India, aninews.in, Times of India, and Moneycontrol all featured Meloni calling Modi 'friend' and wishing him health, energy, and success. Several of these reports also mentioned the strengthening relationship between India and Italy.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Meloni wishes Modi happy birthday, highlights Italy-India ties?
- Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 25% are rated centre, 75% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 20. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Meloni wishes Modi happy birthday, highlights Italy-India ties left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Meloni wishes Modi happy birthday, highlights Italy-India ties biased?
- Meloni wishes Modi happy birthday, highlights Italy-India ties is one event reported by 20 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Meloni wishes Modi happy birthday, highlights Italy-India ties?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Meloni wishes Modi happy birthday, highlights Italy-India ties?
- 20 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni say in her birthday message to PM Modi?
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi a happy 76th birthday. She addressed him as 'friend' on X, wished him health, energy, and success, and stated that Italy and India continue to strengthen their deep bond of friendship and build a future of cooperation and prosperity.
- Did other world leaders wish PM Modi a happy birthday?
- Yes, other world leaders also extended birthday wishes to Prime Minister Modi. These included Russian President Vladimir Putin, who praised Modi's contribution to the India-Russia partnership, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who noted Modi's role in transforming India into a world power.
Read it at the source
20 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2- 'Italy, India continue to strengthen their deep bond of friendship': Meloni wishes PM Modi on his 76th birthday (opens The Statesman in a new tab)
The Statesman — is The Statesman biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Italy's Giorgia Meloni wishes PM Modi on his 76th birthday: ‘I wish you health, energy and success’ (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Hindustan Times — is Hindustan Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
6- Giorgia Meloni extends birthday greetings to PM Modi: 'Wish you health, energy, and success' (opens India TV News in a new tab)
India TV News — is India TV News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Giorgia Meloni Wishes PM Narendra Modi on 76th Birthday, Calls Him ‘My Friend’ | 📰 LatestLY (opens Latestly in a new tab)
- “Happy birthday to my friend Narendra Modi”: Italy PM Meloni extends birthday wishes - The Tribune (opens Tribune India in a new tab)
Tribune India — is Tribune India biased? Our profile of this outlet
- “Happy birthday to my friend Narendra Modi”: Italy PM Meloni extends birthday wishes (opens aninews.in in a new tab)
aninews.in — is aninews.in biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'Health, energy & success': Italy PM Giorgia Meloni wishes 'friend' PM Modi on his birthday (opens Times of India in a new tab)
Times of India — is Times of India biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Italy PM Meloni extends wishes to PM Modi: 'Happy birthday to my friend' (opens Moneycontrol in a new tab)
Moneycontrol — is Moneycontrol biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
12- “Happy birthday to my friend Narendra Modi”: Italy PM Meloni extends birthday wishes (opens KalingaTV in a new tab)
- 'May You Be Blessed with Health and Success'; Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Wishes PM Modi on His Birthday (opens TV9 Kannada in a new tab)
TV9 Kannada — is TV9 Kannada biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Special Friend Meloni Wishes PM Modi a Happy Birthday, Wishes Him Health and Success (opens News Nation in a new tab)
News Nation — is News Nation biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'Happy Birthday to My Friend'; Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Wishes Modi (opens Mathrubhumi in a new tab)
Mathrubhumi — is Mathrubhumi biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Wishes PM Modi on His Birthday - India TV Hindi (opens India TV Hindi Hindi in a new tab)
India TV Hindi Hindi — is India TV Hindi Hindi biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'Happy Birthday to My Friend'; Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni Greets Narendra Modi | Meloni Wishes PM Modi (opens madhyamam.com in a new tab)
madhyamam.com — is madhyamam.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'Happy Birthday My Friend': Meloni Wishes PM Modi on His Birthday, What Does He Say About India-Italy Relations? (opens Amar Ujala in a new tab)
Amar Ujala — is Amar Ujala biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Happy Birthday My friend... Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Congratulated PM Modi in a Special Way (opens navbharatlive.com in a new tab)
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- 'The Bond of friendship...', Meloni Sweetly Wishes 'Friend' Modi on His Birthday (opens Sangbad Pratidin in a new tab)
Sangbad Pratidin — is Sangbad Pratidin biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Meloni Greets PM Modi on 76th Birthday, Says India-Italy Friendship Is Growing Stronger (opens Yes Punjab in a new tab)
Yes Punjab — is Yes Punjab biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Read Italy and India continue to strengthen their deep bond of friendship: Meloni on PM Modi's 76th birthday - Gallinews India (opens gallinews.com in a new tab)
gallinews.com — is gallinews.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Italy and India continue to strengthen their deep bond of friendship: Meloni on PM Modi's 76th birthday (opens bhaskarlive.in in a new tab)
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