Narendra Modi in UAE LIVE Updates: Technology has empowered common man; should use it for development, not destruction
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in UAE on Saturday and inked five Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs), has a slew of engagements on Sunday in Abu Dhabi before he leaves for Muscat to meet Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |Updated: February 11, 2018 5:58:57 pm
PM Modi addresses the Indian community at Dubai Opera House on Sunday. (Source: MEA/Twitter)
PM Modi addresses the Indian community at Dubai Opera House on Sunday. (Source: MEA/Twitter)Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in UAE on Saturday and inked five Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs), officially launched the foundation stone laying ceremony for the first Hindu temple in the capital of the UAE. The ceremony for the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) Temple project was live-streamed to the Dubai Opera House, where the PM interacted with the Indian community. “I believe this temple will not be only unique in terms of architecture and splendour, but will also give a message of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ to people across the world,” Modi said.
The PM begun his address by thanking the Gulf countries, which provided almost 30 lakh people from India a home like environment, away from home. Asserting that the 21st century was India’s millennium, the PM said, “India’s leap in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings from 142 to 100 is unprecedented. But we are not satisfied at this, we want to do better. We will do whatever it takes to make it possible.” Modi, however, acknowledged that GST and demonetisation had brought some difficulties. “When a change has to be brought about, there will be difficulties,” he said, assuring that the “country is changing.”
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