{"id":315170,"date":"2019-09-22T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T14:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=315170"},"modified":"2019-09-22T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T14:41:36","slug":"howdy-modi-stage-set-for-pm-modi-president-trump-mega-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/howdy-modi-stage-set-for-pm-modi-president-trump-mega-event\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Howdy Modi\u2019: Stage set for PM Modi, President Trump mega event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-315173 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/houston-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/houston-1.jpg 755w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/houston-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/houston-1-696x331.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived in Houston on Saturday\u00a0is all set to address the mega \u2018Howdy Modi\u2019 event at the NRG Stadium in Houston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dhols, Dhamaal and Dances could be seen at the stadium before PM Modi\u2019s arrival to address this historic event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Indian American community has turned out in full force for the event. Community members have travelled from across the country to be a part of this historic event, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">US President Donald Trump has left for Houston to attend the mega event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Trump will be joining PM Modi to address the first ever joint rally with an Indian Prime Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Earlier today, the PM began his first day with a roundtable with CEOs of energy companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt is impossible to come to Houston and not talk energy! Had a wonderful interaction with leading energy sector CEOs. We discussed methods to harness opportunities in the energy sector. Also witnessed the signing of MoU between Tellurian and Petronet LNG,\u201d PM Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cFurther energising India-USA friendship. Among the first engagements of PM @narendramodi in Houston is a meeting with CEOs from the energy sector. India and USA are looking to diversify cooperation in this sector,\u201d PMO said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PM Modi met members of the Dawoodi Bohra community and Sikh community. During the interaction with the members of the Sikh community, they congratulated PM Modi on some of the pathbreaking decisions taken by the Government of India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also met a delegation of Kashmiri Pandits, who unequivocally supported the steps being taken for the progress of India and empowerment of every Indian.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived in Houston on Saturday\u00a0is all set to address the mega \u2018Howdy Modi\u2019 event at the NRG Stadium in Houston. Dhols, Dhamaal and Dances could be seen at the stadium before PM Modi\u2019s arrival to address this historic event. The Indian American community has turned out in full force for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":315173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,53],"tags":[11803,11802,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315174,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315170\/revisions\/315174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/315173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}