India unmasks China-Pakistan-Turkey nexus during Operation Sindoor
And Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago, the first bilateral PM-level visit from India since 1999. He received the country's highest national award, the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Modi highlighted the cultural connections between the two nations, particularly with eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. He gifted holy water from the Saryu river and a replica of the Ram Mandir to Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister.
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