PM Narendra Modi has a namesake in Israel, called Modi’in Maccabim Re’ut

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a namesake in Israel — a young town that seeks to emerge as the “City of the Future”. Modi’in Maccabim Re’ut is a modern city, located in central Israel, about 35 km south-east of the capital, Tel Aviv.

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Narendra Modi pays homage to Holocaust victims at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem. As leaders were required to wear Kippah, a brimless cap, inside the Yad Vashem, Modi chose to wear the Himachal cap (Pahari topi) during the remembrance ceremony for the Holocaust victims.