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UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Indian Prime<\/p>\n
Minister Narendra Modi, continuing a multiday U.S. visit, addressed a cultural celebration on Long Island Sunday, where he praised the United States\u2019 return of nearly 300 antiquities to India and relayed news of his country\u2019s dual win at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, to an enthusiastic crowd.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI just got some very good news,\u201d Modi told an estimated 13,000 people inside Nassau Veterans Coliseum for an event billed as a celebration of cultural ties between India and the United States. \u201cIn the Chess Olympiad, in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s tournament, India has won gold medals,\u201d he said to applause in a speech that was translated into English for an online audience.<\/p>\n
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\nModi was reelected in June following a marathon election in which more than 640 million votes were cast over a span of six weeks in the world\u2019s largest democratic exercise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, 2024, is a very important one for the entire world,\u201d he said. \u201cOn the one hand, there are conflicts raging between several countries in the world, there is tension. And on the other, democracy is being celebrated in several countries of the world. India and America are also together in this celebration of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Modi\u2019s appearance in New York came a day after he attended a summit hosted by President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware, for leaders of the so-called Quad that also included Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan.<\/p>\n
Also Saturday, Modi accepted the return of 297 antiquities spanning thousands of years that had been stolen or trafficked from India. The U.S. has returned nearly 600 such cultural artifacts to India since 2016, according to India\u2019s Ministry of External Affairs.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the prime minister is expected to attend a United Nations summit in advance of this week\u2019s General Assembly.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s event was sponsored by the not-for-profit Indo American Community of USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New York – Homemad- News -From UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) \u2014 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, continuing a multiday U.S. visit, addressed a cultural celebration on Long Island Sunday, where he praised the United States\u2019 return of nearly 300 antiquities to India and relayed news of his country\u2019s dual win at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n