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Dhaka, Mar 19 (EFE/EPA).- Protesters took to the streets of Dhaka Friday to show their rejection of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to the country.Modi is expected to visit Bangladesh on Mar. 26 to attend the 50th anniversary of the Independence Day of Bangladesh as well as the 100th birth anniversary of the country’s first president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM)SHOT LIST: PROTEST AGAINST INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH IN DHAKA.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by his French counterpart Elisabeth Borne at Matignon on the first day of his official visit to France, where he will be the guest of honour at the country's Bastille Day military parade. Despite differences over the war in Ukraine and tensions over human rights in India, Western democracies are courting Modi and the world's most populous country as a counterweight to China in Asia. IMAGES
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Francis. Modi is welcomed by Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, regent of the Papal household. IMAGES
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the western state of Gujarat. The 182 metre-tall bronze-clad Statue of Unity is thought to be the tallest in the world, standing twice as high as the US Statue of Liberty. It cost an estimated $420 million (€370.5 million) and has been under construction for four years.
India inaugurates the world's biggest statue with pomp, fireworks and tight security amid an outcry among local groups over the cost of the 182 metre (600 feet) high reproduction of an Indian independence hero. IMAGES
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