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"Howdy, Modi!" In Houston Highlights: "Data Is The New Oil," Said PM Modi At Houston Event

Howdy Modi Houston Event: President Trump delivered a speech at the event on India and Indian Americans at the event. The event holds immense significance since India and the US which failed to agree upon a trade deal, with the US imposing tariffs on Indian steel and aluminum imports.

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Updated : September 23, 2019 8:52 pm IST
Houston, Texas:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reached NRG Stadium where he spoke at "Howdy, Modi!", a grand event currently taking place in Houston, Texas. PM Modi arrived in the US for a week-long visit on Saturday. The "Howdy, Modi!" event is being attended by an audience of close to 50,000, most of them from the Indian community in the US. President Donald Trump also reached the venue of the event and shared the stage with PM Modi. Apart from Donald Trump, the "Howdy, Modi!" event played host to a number of US lawmakers, prominent Indian Americans and around 400 artistes performing a multitude of cultural shows.

"Howdy Houston! It's a bright afternoon here in Houston. Looking forward to a wide range of programmes in this dynamic and energetic city today and tomorrow," PM Modi earlier tweeted.

President Trump delivered a speech at the event on India and Indian Americans at the event. The event held immense significance since India and the US which failed to agree upon a trade deal, with the US imposing tariffs on Indian steel and aluminum imports. After the event, PM Modi and President Trump are  likely going to negotiate a limited trade deal.

"It will be a great opportunity to emphasise the strong ties between the people of the United States and India, to reaffirm the strategic partnership between the world's oldest and largest democracies, and to discuss ways to deepen their energy and trade relationship," White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham had said last week over the significance of the "Howdy, Modi!" event.

Here are the highlights of the "Howdy, Modi!" Houston Event:

Sep 23, 2019 09:11 (IST)
Schedule of PM Modi in New York
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York Sunday night to participate in the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly after delivering an electrifying address in Houston to over 50,000 members of the Indian diaspora at a mega community event also addressed by President Donald Trump.
  • PM Modi has a packed bilateral and multi-lateral agenda over the next five days, including nine key speeches at high-level summits and plurilateral engagements during the UN General Assembly session and on its sidelines.
  • India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin has said that the country's engagement and outreach at the 74th UN General Assembly will be unprecedented and will result in concrete, tangible, action-oriented outcomes.
  • A total of over 75 Heads of State and Foreign Ministers will be meeting PM Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan during the week across various platforms.
  • PM Modi's day today will begin with the high-level Climate Action Summit hosted by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in the UN General Assembly chamber.
  • He is among the first set of speakers to address the summit, along with Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, President of Marshall Islands Hilda Heine and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
  • Over 63 countries have been invited to speak at the Summit, which will demonstrate solutions by governments, the private sector and civil society to reduce emissions and build climate resilience and adaptation.
  • Immediately after this session, PM Modi will address the first-ever High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, which will launch new efforts to provide access for all to affordable, inclusive and resilient health systems.
  • Later in the day, PM Modi will address the "Leaders Dialogue on Strategic Responses to Terrorist and Violent Extremist Narratives", organized by a group of countries, along with the UN Secretariat, which deals with the Office of Counterterrorism.
  • The meeting is led by King of Jordan Abdullah II, President of France Emmanuel Macron and PM of New Zealand.
  • On September 24, India will be highlighting a new feature of its approach at the UN through the plurilateral "India-Pacific Islands Leaders" Meeting. India and the Pacific nations have met under the Forum for India-Pacific Islands cooperation (FIPIC), first in Fiji in 2014 and then in Jaipur in 2015.
  • Leaders of Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu will attend this high-level meet.
  • PM Modi has been invited by Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies Founder Michael Bloomberg to deliver the keynote address at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum in the morning of September 25.
  • Following this, there will be a large number of interactions with CEOs. Later in the afternoon, India will engage with the CARICOM group of countries at the first leaders' level summit expected to last about two hours.
  • Leaders from Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago will attend this summit.
  • PM Modi will have several bilateral meetings during his visit and will address the General Debate on September 27. He could have a bilateral meeting with Trump between September 23 and 25.
  • Mr Jaishankar too has a packed schedule of meetings and engagements and he will participate in the BRICS, G4 and SAARC Foreign Ministers meet on the sidelines of the General Assembly session.
  • Mr Muraleedharan will engage with the countries of the NAM, the Group of 77, the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures (CICA), Commonwealth and SAMOA Pathway. 
Sep 23, 2019 09:07 (IST)
PM Modi arrives in New York, will attend 74th UN General Assembly Session
Sep 23, 2019 09:05 (IST)
PM Modi departs for New York
Sep 23, 2019 00:26 (IST)
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US President Donald Trump today had a question for Prime Minister Narendra Modi about a 'surprise visit' to India. While addressing a 50,000-strong cheering crowd at the sold-out 'Howdy, Modi!' event in Houston, President Trump asked whether PM Modi would invite him to India to watch the first game of basketball that the NBA will organise in India. It is also the first game staged in India by a North American sports league.
Sep 23, 2019 00:13 (IST)
Howdy Modi Live: "You may be far from the country, but the country's government is not far from you": PM Modi

"You may be far from the country, but the country's government is not far from you," PM Modi said. "Mr President, I invite you to come to India with your family," he added.
Sep 23, 2019 00:13 (IST)
Howdy Modi Houston Event: "While he calls me a top negotiator, he is a master of the Art of the Deal," said PM Modi

"While he (Donald Trump) calls me a top negotiator, he is a master of the Art of the Deal," said PM Modi.
Sep 23, 2019 00:12 (IST)
Howdy Modi event in Houston: "Hope to have some positive results from my talks with President Trump over the next few days": PM Modi

"I hope to have some positive results from my talks with President Trump over the next few days," PM Modi said.
Sep 23, 2019 00:06 (IST)
PM Modi in Houston, Texas: "Now, India has decided to become a $5 trillion economy," said PM Modi

"Now, India has decided to become a $5 trillion economy. Exports and investments are our focus. We are going to spend $1.3 trillion on infrastructure," said PM Modi.

"India's growth rate has averaged 7.3% in the last five years. This has never happened before. For the first time there is low inflation, high growth," he added.
Sep 23, 2019 00:05 (IST)
Howdy Modi: "India is not putting off challenges, we are taking them head on": PM Modi

"India is not putting off challenges, we are taking them head on. India is not going for incremental change, it is stressing on permanent solutions, on things that seem impossible," said PM Modi.
Sep 23, 2019 00:01 (IST)
Howdy Modi Event Houston: "Time has come for a decisive fight against terror," says PM Modi

"The time has come for a decisive fight against terrorism and those who support terrorism," said PM Modi.

"I want to stress here that here President Trump is standing firmly against this," he said. "I want you to give a standing ovation to his resolve as well," PM Modi added.
Sep 23, 2019 00:00 (IST)
Howdy Modi Event in Houston: "Whether it is 9/11 in America or 26/11 in Mumbai, where are its conspirators found?": PM Modi

"Whether it is 9/11 in America or 26/11 in Mumbai, where are its conspirators found?": PM Modi
Sep 23, 2019 00:00 (IST)
Howdy Modi News: "What India is doing has troubled some people who can't even manage their own country": PM Modi

"What India is doing has troubled some people who can't even manage their own country. They have made hatred towards India the centre of their agenda. They support terror, they harbor terrorists. Not just you, the whole world knows who these people are," said PM Modi.
Sep 22, 2019 23:59 (IST)
Howdy Modi Houston Event: "I request you to give a standing ovation to the lawmakers of India," said PM Modi

"Both houses of parliament debated this for hours, and it was telecast live. Even though we don't have majority in the upper house, but still both the houses cleared the motion with two-thirds majority. I request you to give a standing ovation to the lawmakers of India," said PM Modi.
Sep 22, 2019 23:58 (IST)
Howdy Modi Houston Event: "Article 370 had kept people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh away from progress and rights": PM Modi

"Article 370 had kept people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh away from progress and rights. Terrorists and separatists were using it to their advantage. Now people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have the same rights as every Indian. The discrimination against women and Dalits has ended," said PM Modi.
Sep 22, 2019 23:54 (IST)
Howdy Modi: "When India celebrates Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, it will bid farewell to open defecation": PM Modi

"As much importance we have given to welfare, we have also done to 'farewell'. This time, when India celebrates Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, it will bid farewell to open defecation," said PM Modi. "Old laws, tax regimes have all been said farewell to. We are challenging corruption, taking steps to say farewell to it on many levels," he added.
Sep 22, 2019 23:53 (IST)
Howdy Modi: "Today, they say data is the new oil," said PM Modi

"Today, they say data is the new oil. When it comes to oil, you people of Houston know it very well," PM Modi said.

"I will even say data is the new gold, Industrial Revolution 4.0 is all about data," PM Modi said. "Today, if there is cheapest data available anywhere, it is India. Today, 1 GB data costs just 25-30 cents in India," he added.

"It is helping the digital governance too. Passports used to take 2-3 months, now passports reach home in a week," PM Modi said.
Sep 22, 2019 23:43 (IST)

"Today, rural sanitation is at 99%. Cooking gas connections used to be 55%, within 5 years, we have brought it to 95%. In just 5 years, we have given gas connections to 15 crore people. In five years rural road connectivity has been brought to 97%. Today, almost 100% of Indian families are connected to banking," said PM Modi.
Sep 22, 2019 23:42 (IST)
Howdy Modi: "In the last five years, 130 crore Indians have achieved things which on one could have even imagined": PM Modi

"In the last five years, 130 crore Indians have achieved things which on one could have even imagined. We are aiming high, we are achieving higher," PM Modi said.



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