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PM Modi's foreign tour  International





            India's growing stature globally under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi


                                                                     This was PM Modi's second
                                                                     address to the US Congress and
                                                                     12th to a foreign parliament.



                                                                     2014 Bhutan          2015 Mongolia
                                                                     2014 Nepal           2015 Afghanistan
                                                                     2014 Australia       2016 America
                                                                     2014 Fiji            2018 Uganda
                                                                     2015 Sri Lanka       2019 Maldives




                PM Modi participated in 'India and USA: Skill Development for the Future' program


           Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the First Lady   The Prime Minister presented a five-point proposal
           of USA Dr. Jill Biden participated in an event on   to give impetus to Indo-US cooperation in the field
           the theme 'India and USA: Skill Development for   of education and research, which are as follows:
           the Future' at the National Science Center in     n    Integrated approach bringing together
           Washington DC. The event focused on redeveloping     Government, Industry and Academia.
           the workforce in higher education institutions to   n  To encourage exchange of teachers and
           enhance and expand access to quality education      students.
                                                             n  Organizing  Hackathons on various topics
           across society. At the same time, Prime Minister
                                                               between the two countries.
           Narendra Modi attended a private event organized
                                                             n  Mutual recognition of vocational skills
           by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden
                                                               qualifications.
           at the White House on June 21, 2023. Prime Minister
                                                             n  To encourage the travel of people associated
           Modi also met their family members.                 with education and research.



        indigenous Covid vaccine doses free of cost in
        the country. Farmers check weather updates, the
        elderly  get  social  security  payments,  students         The US government has
        access  scholarships, doctors deliver  tele-                 decided to return over
        medicine, with just a tap on their phones . This is          100 antiquities of great
        the strength of Digital India.                            importance to India, which
          Talking about the empowerment of the nation             were stolen from India and
        by the empowerment of women, Prime Minister
        Modi  said,  “Women  in  India  today  are  leading        reached the international
        us towards a better future. India's vision is not                       market.
        just of women's development but of women-led
        development."
          During his visit to the US, Prime Minister Modi
        also met  members of the  Indian community


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