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IN BUSINESS
According to Israeli
newspaper Haaretz, these
businessmen  include senior
executives of Aeronautics
Defense Systems  -- an Israeli
drone maker  currently under
criminal investigation by the
police’s international crimes
division.
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At least nine commercial
agreements are expected
be signed during the visit.
These include memoranda of
understanding on gas and oil,
renewable energy, aviation,
industrial research and
development, cybersecurity,
reciprocal investments,
supplementary medicine,
space research and joint movie
productions, Haaretz  said.
This is the first visit to India  by
an Israeli Prime Minister  since
Ariel Sharon  came in 2003.
The greetings from Israeli Prime
Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu,
‘Dhanyavad Mere Pyare Dost’
to Prime Minister  Narendra
Modi, and ‘Aliechem Shalom’ by
Modi  to his Israeli counterpart
depicted the bonhomie between
the two leaders during their visit
to Gujarat  on Wednesday.
While Modi  expressed his
dream of achieving the goal of
doubling farmers’ income by
2022 through Israeli technology,
the Israeli Prime Minister  hoped
that under the able leadership
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of Modi, India  would achieve
that.
Both the leaders dedicated
a centre of excellence for
date farming at the Kukma
centre in Kutch district
through a digital switch,
during their visit to the
horticulture centre at Vadrad
near Prantij. “Since the
Biblical days, Israelis have
been growing dates, wheat,
and conventional produce.
We have created new
parameters in agriculture
through scientific methods
in a desert like Israel,” said
Netanyahu.
He expressed his delight
at knowing that the farmers
could increase their output
through the Vadrad centre  of
excellence formed with
Israeli help. “India  and
Israel  both believe in the
policy of knowledge is the
future. India  has the vision
and leadership under Modi,”
said Netanyahu. Both leaders
also unveiled the Memory
Tower to mark 25 years of
Indo-Israeli cooperation at the
Vadrad centre.
“Israel  shows the way on
how to transform a nation
with the agriculture sector at
the core. As we work towards