Addressing the gathering after the inauguration, PM Modi said, “Now Mumbai has a new airport (NMIA), which will be Asia’s largest connectivity hub. Today, the city also has a fully underground metro to facilitate easy travel across Mumbai. Launching an underground metro with such careful construction in a city like Mumbai is a big achievement.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday the nation would continue to export medicines, including vaccines, as companies have ramped up production.

The dollar value of India’s GDP in 2047 will depend on the value of its economy and the exchange rate between the rupee and the greenback. At today’s rates, India has a GDP of $4.2trn. Raising that to $30trn would mean growth of over 9% a year for the next 22 years.

PM Modi noted that he and Trump reviewed the positive progress made in ongoing trade negotiations between India and the US, and agreed to stay in close contact over the coming weeks.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden by telephone to congratulate him on his election victory, which he said showed the strength of U.S. democracy, and he vowed to deepen strategic ties.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India and the UK are “natural partners”, while emphasising that “radicalism and violent extremism” have no space in democratic societies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his congratulations to US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for the successful implementation of the Gaza peace plan — a major diplomatic effort aimed at ending a conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new international airport for India's financial capital, Mumbai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had reiterated their commitment to improving connectivity and enhancing cooperation in the aviation sector.