00:00Let's begin with breaking inputs that's coming in on Prime Minister Modi's visit to Norway.
00:05He's in Oslo currently after a warm welcome from the Indian diaspora,
00:08also met with the Norwegian Prime Minister.
00:11But let's get you the latest update of Norway conferring its highest honour,
00:16the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit on Prime Minister Modi.
00:21So another honour for the Prime Minister during this five nation tour.
00:25Similarly, Sweden too had honoured and bestowed an honour upon him.
00:28Now in Oslo, Norway has conferred its highest honour.
00:33It's called the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.
00:37That is the moment that that particular Grand Cross was handed over to Prime Minister Modi.
00:42What's the significance of this?
00:44It's the highest grade of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.
00:48And so what this means, since we've seen what happened in Sweden 24 hours ago,
00:52and now in Oslo, this is the 32nd such global honour for Prime Minister Modi.
00:59We've seen a string of such honours from different countries being bestowed upon the Prime Minister.
01:03Yesterday, Prime Minister Modi received Sweden's prestigious award, the Royal Order of Polar Star.
01:09And now, right after that, in Norway too, he's been bestowed with this honour.
01:14And so we're getting you these images of the moment when he received that Grand Cross.
01:23Those are the images on your screens.
01:26They're from Oslo in Norway, where you've got the Prime Minister receiving that order from dignitaries.
01:32This is Norway's highest honour.
01:34It's called the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.
01:38And this has been bestowed on Prime Minister Modi.
01:41Like I said, he's got a whole string of these, 32 of them.
01:45This is the 32nd such honour that's been bestowed on Prime Minister Modi.
01:49And just about 24 hours ago, you had Sweden also conferring its highest honour on Prime Minister Modi.
01:55So this visit, this five-nation tour that the Prime Minister has embarked on,
02:00already seeing so many highs, so many headlines of personal friendships as well, even in Norway.
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