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When PM Modi walked out of his joint press statement with Norway's Prime Minister without taking questions, a Norwegian journalist called it out publicly — and the fallout was spectacular. At a later MEA briefing, Indian officials faced a barrage of pointed questions about human rights, press freedom, and trust. A Norwegian reporter bluntly asked, "Why should we trust you?" — demanding India stop what she called ongoing human rights violations. MEA Secretary Sibi George did not flinch. He hit back with India's civilisational history, its Covid vaccine diplomacy, its constitutional guarantees, and its women's voting rights from 1947. Then came the line nobody saw coming — he slammed reporters who, in his words, "read one or two news reports published by some godforsaken, ignorant NGOs and then come and ask questions." Tense, electric, and utterly unfiltered — this is the presser the world is talking about.