A Norwegian journalist publicly challenged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Oslo on Monday, calling on him to take questions from the press after a joint statement with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre concluded without a Q&A session. Helle Lyng, a reporter with the newspaper Dagsavisen, called out across the room: "Prime Minister Modi, why don't you take some questions from the freest press in the world?" Modi, who is on a six-day, five-nation tour that included the third India-Nordic Summit, did not respond. Lyng later attended a briefing held by India's Ministry of External Affairs, where she pressed officials on Modi's media avoidance and raised concerns about human rights in India — an exchange that highlights growing international scrutiny of the prime minister's longstanding refusal to hold open press briefings.