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to avail the new opportunities for growth being generated by his government. Lauding Indian community’s contribution in Bahrain’s growth, Narendra Modi said: ‘there is immense goodwill here for your honesty, loyalty, workability and your contribution to the socio- economic life of Indians. You have made a place for yourself here with your hard work. We have to strengthen this Goodwill.” “Whenever I hear the praise of the Indian people, the Indian businesspeople here, the people who are settled here, my heart is filled with happiness,” Narendra Modi said, adding that the Bahrain leadership praised the contributions of the Indian community during their meetings on Saturday. The prime minister said India was moving forward with the active participation of crores of Indians both inside and outside the country. Narendra Modi said his government is sitting on steering only and the accelerator is pressed by the people of the country. moon on September 7, Narendra Modi said the entire world is discussing India’s space missions today. “The world is astonished that how are we able to gain these results in such small budget, using only our skills,” he said. “Our relation with Bahrain has been of trade and business, but more than that it has been of humanity, values, and culture,” he said and asked Indians to invite their Bahraini friends to visit and explore India. Narendra Modi also said that Bahrain and India will spread out cooperation in new field as well as space. He visited historic Shrinathji’s temple to “pray for the prosperity and peace of all.” Indian nationals comprise about 350,000 in Bahrain, meaning a third of Bahrain’s total population of 1.2 million. They are chiefly from Kerala in the Indian state. “Every Indian now believes that their dreams can be fulfilled, hopes and aspirations can be fulfilled. On the strength of this belief, I am busy in fulfilling new resolutions,” Narendra Modi said. “Our goals are high. We have to double the size of our economy to make USD 5 trillion in the coming five years” he said. “Do you feel a change in India? He asked, with the crowd responding “yes.” “Indian expats will soon be able to transact in Bahrain with RuPay card,” announced Narendra Modi. “Today, we have signed a MoU, our aim is to provide you the facility to send money to your home in India through RuPay Card,’ he said. Referring to Chandrayaan-2 landing on the SEPTEMBER 2019 | WWW.WISHESH.NET