Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Ottawa on April 15, ending a 42-year-long hiatus in bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Canada.
Modi’s three-day visit to Canada aims to secure a deal for import of uranium, invite investments and improving visa facilities for Indo-Canadians.
The PM will hold talks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on several issues, including nuclear energy, trade and investment. He will also address the Indian diaspora in a “Madison Square-like” event.
Meanwhile, the Indo-Canadian community has urged Modi to provide electronic travel visa facilities to Canadians.
Standby Air India One Takes Modi To Canada
Air India One, a Boeing 747-400 aircraft that carried Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Delhi to Berlin after halts in Paris, Toulouse and Hannover, developed engine problems and had to be replaced by another plane.
The standby plane, kept in readiness in Mumbai, left early this morning for Berlin and was used for flying the PM Modi and his entourage to Ottawa in Canada.
Sikh Activist Groups to Protest
Meanwhile, Canadian Sikh activist groups are gearing up to protest at the public events that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend, with their pro-Khalistan agenda. According to a report by the Hindustan Times, the activists will focus on his community reception and visit to the Kanishka Memorial in Toronto.
They are also likely to protest during his visit to a gurdwara and temple in Vancouver. And also at the Ross Street gurdwara run by Khalsa Diwan Society in the British Columbian seaport city, where Modi is expected to visit on Thursday.
Modi at Railway Station
The Prime Minister also visited the Hauptbahnhof Railway Station on his last day in Berlin to see the advance technology of German Railways.
Watch the video of his visit to the railway station.
The Gift Exchange
As he prepared to leave Germany, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted Chancellor Angela Merkel reproductions of some manuscripts and papers by Indian Nobel Laureate Sir CV Raman who shared a “deep connection” with Germany.
In return, Chancellor Merkel presented an original first edition print of Max Mueller’s 1898 book, ‘Ramakrishna- His Life and Sayings’ to the Indian PM.
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