A Learner's Choice
The theme of this year’s celebration was ‘Sustainable Shipping beyond Covid-19’.
During this program, various awards were conferred upon the meritorious persons and excellent organizations.
Union Minister said, to promote eco-friendly waterways transportation and reduce the traffic load of crowded Mumbai city roads, 4 new routes for ROPAX ferry services and 12 new routes of Water Taxi are planned to be operational by December, 2021.
During the Summit, two leaders had a detailed review of the entire spectrum of bilateral engagements and exchanged views on further expanding and diversifying the relationship in trade and economy, water management, agriculture sector, smart cities, science & technology, healthcare and space.
Both the Prime Ministers also agreed on instituting a ‘Strategic Partnership on Water’, to further deepen the Indo-Dutch cooperation in the water related sector.
PM Narendra Modi also welcomed the Netherlands’ Indo-Pacific Policy and its desire to collaborate during India’s G20 Presidency in 2023.
They discussed a range of issues that included financing, joint research and collaboration etc to tackle climate change.
The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, identified Noura al-Matroushi & Mohammed al-Mulla as two astronauts for Space Program.
Female astronaut, Noura al-Matroushi has been identified as the United Arab Emirates first female astronaut.