Mr Modi highlighted the need for large- scale, low-cost, long-term finance to deliver India’s renewable energy ambitions, and noted the potential role that the city of London could play in leveraging global capital towards this end.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over a sharp decline in the number of Indian students coming to study in the United Kingdom and problems faced by them while applying for visas, during his talks with British counterpart David Cameron.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in an exclusive interview with ABP News talked about how India and Britain have a lot of achieve through the partnership between the two countries.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi posing for a picture with around 30 chief executives at the UK-India CEO Forum in London yesterday.
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I think they have failed to understand that India has really moved on (from Mr. Modi’s past), and trivialised the voice and strength of the British Indian community as well.
“It won’t be long before there’s a British Indian prime minister in Downing Street”.
“British companies in India will be a win-win partnership for both countries”.
Before Modi took to the stage, the audience was treated to a lavish spectacle featuring rapper Jay Sean, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Scottish bagpipers. Speaking of the historical ties and complementaries between the two countries, Modi said India-UK are economically made for each other and this relationship has to be driven by private sector CEOs.
Later on Friday evening, Modi will address around 60,000 people of Indian origin at the iconic Wembley Stadium here.
“The law will deal with these severely”, the Prime Minister said.
They also launched a rupee bond for Indian railways; Cameron says he wants to support India’s efforts to improve its infrastructure.
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“We never celebrated India until today, we just felt so bogged down with all the corruption we had… today is really the first time we are seeing the actual power of India being shown to the world”.
