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Cover Story   India on the World Stage


        GDP.  According  to  the  World  Bank's
        "Migration  and  Development  Brief,"
        Indian expatriates have led the way in
        earning-based  remittances  abroad.
        NRIs  have  sent  $87  billion  in  cash  in
        2021,  according  to  the  report.  This
        represents a 4.6 percent increase from       SEPTEMBER 29  2014
        the previous year.                                                   POI card holders were promised
        INDIA'S PLACE IN THE NEW                                             a lifetime visa, which I delivered
        WORLD ORDER                                                          after only a month. India has the
                                                                                potential to make the 21st
        In  the  changing  times  of  Covid,  the                               century its own. India is the
        world order is taking on a new shape,                                world's newest country, but it has
        and India's stature is rising in lockstep.                          the world's oldest civilization. This
        British  Prime  Minister  Boris  Johnson   Madison Square             is a rapidly developing country.
        recently  visited  India  and  stated  that   Garden in New York     We will not let you bow your head.
        the Indo-Pacific region will emerge as     City, USA:Addressed       —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
        a new axis of economic growth in the       nearly 18,000                   (in Madison Square)
        world, with India playing an important     people from Indian
        role.                                      communities.
          India  is  emerging  as  the  world's
        fastest  growing  economy  as  a           November 17, 2014:  At the Alphonse Arena in Sydney,
        result  of  many  countries'  faltering    the Prime Minister spoke to almost 18,000 members
        economies  due  to  Covid.  As  a  result,   of the Indian community.
        India's responsibilities have increased.
        However,  India  is  also  performing     Alphonse Arenahad a seating capacity of 16,000
        admirably in terms of its humanitarian    people, yet more over 23,000 had registered.
        responsibilities.  Whether it is providing
        essential  medicines  or  vaccines  to
        over  150  countries  worldwide  to             We did not get an opportunity to fight for the
        protect  against  the  Covid  epidemic,
        launching an initiative to supply wheat        independence of our country. We could not lay
        in  the  global  shortage  caused  by  the    down our lives for India. But we can do something
        outbreak  of  war  in  Ukraine,  providing                       for India.
        food  and  medicine  to  Afghanistan,  or       —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister (in Sydney)
        assisting  debt-ridden  Sri  Lanka,  India
        has established itself as a responsible
        power. Today, the world wants to hear      November 14, 2015:  He spoke to 60,000 members
        India's voice, and the scope of Raisina    of the British-Indian community at London-Wembley
        Dialogue as an important link in making    Stadium.
        it heard will grow in the coming years.
        India  has  repeatedly  demonstrated
        its  commitment  by  appropriately
        responding to numerous countries on                                 Diversity is India's specialty,
        the global stage.
          When  India  is  said  to  have  the                              pride, and strength. The India
        world's fastest growing large economy,                              depicted on television and in
        Indian  pride  grows.  When  yoga                                    newspaper headlines is far
        classes  are  held  in  other  countries,                             larger and more powerful.
        when  India  launches  104  satellites
        into  space  at  the  same  time,  when                            -Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
        the  roar  of  Make  in  India  is  heard  all

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