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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'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
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.
Amritsar, Sep 17 (EFE/EPA).- Activists of Punjab National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Thursday held a protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while selling vegetables to commuters and polishing shoes, in Amritsar, in northern India's state of Punjab. Protesters alleged that the Modi government has left many young people jobless and selling tea, vegetables and Pakoda snacks is the only option left for them. (Camera: RAMINDER PAL SINGH).SHOT LIST: STUDENT ACTIVISTS STAGE A PROTEST AGAINST INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI, WHILE SELLING VEGETABLES TO COMMUTERS AND POLISHING SHOES, OUTSIDE THE GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY IN AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA.