He added that the looming threat of terror and the prevailing situation in West Asia will also be a part of the discussions.
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In London, the Indian prime minister addressed 60,000 people at the Wembley Stadium.
New Delhi, Tensions and struggles do not bring change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he asked the young IAS officers to bring about positive change that will benefit the nation. Enhancing the UK’s interest in collaborating with India, partnerships have been built such as BP and India’s Reliance Industries Limited joining to develop and produce energy.
Wadhwa said the core of the Asean-India Partnership was economic.
Referring to the Sustainable Development Goals, Modi said India’s development goals are aligned with the SDGs. “As Modi himself said during his Wembley Stadium address, the perception of India is changing”, said Avinash Vazirani, manager of the Jupiter India fund, “The world is waking up to a host of opportunities that India holds, culturally but also when it comes to investment opportunities”. Modi’s visit includes a visit to the Ramakrishna Mission, inauguration of a statue of Swami Vivekananda and a visit to the Batu Caves temple.
Malaysia’s population of 28 million comprises eight per cent ethnic-Indians who are mostly Tamils.
G20 leaders in their communique said that they are committed to building a global culture of “intolerance towards corruption” through effectively implementing the 2015-2016 G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan.
He also said the Indian community events were planned in Singapore and Malaysia as well.
The proposal on banking cooperation has been hanging fire ever since the second round of review of India-Singapore CECA was initiated in May 2010. Apart from the general interaction with the diaspora on November 22, Modi will also meet Malaysian political leaders of Indian-origin. “My visit to Singapore will focus on these key areas of India-Singapore cooperation”, he said.
On the sidelines of the the two summits, Modi is expected to hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of Japan, China and Malaysia and possibly those of Vietnam and Myanmar. Over the past 15 years, Britain has invested £14.5 billion in India, accounting for around 9% of foreign direct investment into the country, making the United Kingdom its third largest foreign investor.
He will visit Institute of Technical Education and pay homage at the INA Memorial Marker at Esplanade Park.
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Singapore’s Surbana Jurong urban planning group designed the masterplan for the construction of a new smart city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh called Amaravati, which will become the new capital city of that state.
