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While the Russian space agency Roscosmos will training four Indian astronauts of which three will be selected to go onboard India’s first human space mission programme, France will be training their medical support personnel.
During the G7 Summit, which will be held in the picturesque seaside French town of Biarritz, the Prime Minister will address sessions on the environment, climate, oceans and digital transformation.
oreign minister S Jaishankar will travel to Hungary, Russia and Poland from Sunday for high-level bilateral engagements and to prepare for PM Modi’s forthcoming visit to Russia.
PM Modi, the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the key Gulf nation, offered prayers at the Shreenathji Temple in Manama, the oldest temple in the region, and also the ‘prasad” that he bought with the RuPay card after launching it in the UAE on Saturday. The facelift for the Shreenathji (Shree Krishna) temple in Manama will kick off later this year.
Modi, the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Bahrain, and Prince Khalifa witnessed the exchange of MoUs in the areas of culture, space, collaboration with International Solar Alliance (ISA).
External affairs minister S. Jaishankar will pay a two-day visit to Moscow from August 27 in preparation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Vladivostok next month.
Modi is travelling to Vladivostok to participate as chief guest at the 5th Eastern Economic Forum and the 20th Annual Bilateral Summit between the two countries.
While earlier governments’ decisions were primarily guided by the sole objective of retaining power, the Modi government is focused on pushing changes of long-term significance
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Bahrain is significant as it is the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister to the country.
“The award in the name of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE, acquires special significance as it was awarded to Prime Minister Modi in the year of the birth centenary of Sheikh Zayed,” ministry of external affairs (MEA) said in a statement ahead of his visit.
The UAE will award PM Modi with the Order of Zayed, which was conferred earlier in April 2019 in recognition of his distinguished leadership for giving a big boost to bilateral relations between the two countries, an MEA statement said.
