{"id":5086,"date":"2023-06-22T05:15:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T04:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/what-pm-modi-joe-biden-gifted-each-other-during-dinner-at-white-house\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T05:15:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T04:15:21","slug":"what-pm-modi-joe-biden-gifted-each-other-during-dinner-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=5086","title":{"rendered":"What PM Modi, Joe Biden Gifted Each Other During Dinner At White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Green Diamond, Sandalwood Box: PM Modi's Gifts To Joe Biden, First Lady\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Green Diamond, Sandalwood Box: PM Modi's Gifts To Joe Biden, First Lady\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Green Diamond, Sandalwood Box: PM Modi's Gifts To Joe Biden, First Lady\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/lro65meg_pm-modi_625x300_22_June_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-06-22T09:27:06+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=707190&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/22062023_n_GiftsExchanged_201731_169248_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T5M39S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/lro65meg_pm-modi_625x300_22_June_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=707190&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">PM Modi Meet Joe Biden: PM Modi reached Washington on Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi\/Washington: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House today. They were joined by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his US counterpart Jake Sullivan at the private dinner.<\/p>\n<p>As the official gifts, the Prime Minister gave a handcrafted sandalwood box to President Joe Biden, and a 7.5 carat eco-friendly\u00a0green diamond to the First Lady.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"kc3h19so\" id=\"story_image_main\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/kc3h19so_modi-gift_625x300_22_June_23.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The sandalwood box gifted to President Biden, who turns 81 in November, contains a silver idol of Lord Ganesha, a diya (oil lamp) and &#8216;Das Danam&#8217; &#8211; donations made when a person becomes &#8216;Drishta Sahasrachandro&#8217; or the one who has seen one thousand full moons after completing the age of 80 years and eight months.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister also gifted Joe Biden a copy of the first edition print of the book &#8216;The Ten Principal Upanishads&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"566j9p2\" id=\"story_image_main\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/566j9p2_pm-modi_625x300_22_June_23.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>PM Modi received a handmade, antique American book galley from the Bidens.<\/p>\n<p>The first couple also gifted him a vintage American camera, a hardcover book of American wildlife photography and a signed, first edition copy of &#8216;Collected Poems of Robert Frost.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"0bpkbhco\" id=\"story_image_main\" class=\"lozad\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-06\/0bpkbhco_pm-modi_625x300_22_June_23.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>PM Modi reached Washington today after leading a grand record-setting yoga session at the UN headquarters in New York.\u00a0He received in a rousing welcome in New York on Tuesday and held meetings with several CEOs, intellectuals and academics.<\/p>\n<p>PM Modi is the third Indian to be invited for a state visit, seen as the highest form of expression of friendly ties and is reserved only for closest allies. A state visit involves an invitation by the Head of a State to his official residence.<\/p>\n<p>The visit indicates the deepening ties between the two nations in multiple fields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/green-diamond-sandalwood-box-pm-modis-gifts-to-joe-biden-first-lady-jill-biden-4142063\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] PM Modi Meet Joe Biden: PM Modi reached Washington on Wednesday New Delhi\/Washington: US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House today. They were joined by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his US counterpart Jake Sullivan at the private dinner. 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