PM Modi arrives in UAE for final leg of two-nation visit
Abu Dhabi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Saturday on a day-long visit to the UAE during which he will meet UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and review the burgeoning bilateral ties between the two strategic partners.
Modi arrived in Abu Dhabi following his successful two-day visit to Paris where he joined French President Emmanuel Macron for the Bastille Day parade as the Guest of Honour and signed several agreements to bolster bilateral ties.
Prime Minister Modi will hold talks with Sheikh Al Nahyan, President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi.
"I look forward to meeting my friend, H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan," Prime Minister Modi said in his departure statement on Thursday.
"Our two countries are engaged across a wide range of sectors such as trade, investments, energy, food security, science and technology, education, fintech, defence, security, and robust people-to-people ties," he said.
Energy, food security, and defence are expected to be the focus areas of Modi's visit to the UAE during which the two countries will review the progress in bilateral relations after they inked a landmark trade agreement.
The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which gave a new thrust to the economic engagement between the two countries, was signed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
India and the UAE are engaged across various sectors such as trade, investments, energy, food security, science and technology, education, fintech, defence, security, and robust people-to-people ties.
The Indian expatriate community is the largest ethnic community in UAE constituting roughly 30 per cent of the country's population. The number of resident Indian Nationals was estimated to be 3.5 million in 2021 as per the UAE records.
Landed in Abu Dhabi. I look forward to the deliberations with HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, which will further deepen India-UAE cooperation. @MohamedBinZayed pic.twitter.com/l3alPoKjXK
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 15, 2023
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Massive blast at firecracker factory in UP; loss of lives feared
Saharanpur (UP) (PTI): A massive explosion occurred at a firecracker factory here on Saturday with the sound of the blast echoing in around two-kilometre stretch, official sources said.
They fear extensive damage since people were working in the factory at the time and the building has collapsed in the force of the blast.
However, there was no official confirmation of casualties or loss of property.
According to official sources at the local level, a massive explosion occurred at the firecracker factory in Nihal Khedi village and workers were present there.
Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and senior district officials have reached there to oversee the relief and rescue operation.
Villagers claimed that many illegal firecracker factories were running in the area and blamed the "negligence" of the administration for it.
