{"id":438276,"date":"2025-09-20T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/438276\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T10:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:04:21","slug":"watch-pm-modi-plants-a-kadamb-sapling-king-charles-gifted-it-on-his-birthday-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/438276\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: PM Modi plants a Kadamb sapling; King Charles gifted it on his birthday | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pm-modi-planting-the-sapling-ani.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: PM Modi plants a Kadamb sapling; King Charles gifted it on his birthday\" title=\"PM Modi planting the sapling (ANI)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>PM Modi planting the sapling (ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/narendra-modi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Narendra Modi<\/a> on Friday planted a Kadamb sapling at his residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg. The sapling was a personal gift from King <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/charles\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles<\/a> III of the United Kingdom, on <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/pm-modi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PM Modi<\/a>\u2019s 75th birthday, shared as part of PM Modi\u2019s \u201cEk Ped Maa Ke Naam\u201d initiative. A video of the act shows the Prime Minister planting the sapling and watering it himself.<\/p>\n<p>World Leaders Unite to Wish PM Modi on His 75th Birthday, Hailing His Leadership and Vision<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on September 17th on the day of PM\u2019s birthday, in a post on social media, the British high commission in New Delhi said, \u201cHis Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to send a Kadamb tree to India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday.\u201dThe post further noted, \u201cThe gesture, inspired by PM Modi\u2019s \u2018Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam\u2019 initiative, reflects their shared commitment to environmental conservation.\u201dThis act of green diplomacy follows the PM\u2019s July visit to the UK, where he met King Charles III at Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. During that meeting, PM Modi had gifted the monarch a Sonoma tree sapling, also under the same initiative. \u201cDuring his visit to the UK in July, PM Modi gifted His Majesty the King a \u2018Sonoma\u2019 tree as part of the same initiative. Collaboration on climate and clean energy is a key pillar of the Commonwealth and the UK-India partnership as set out by the two PMs [PM Modi and Keir Starmer] in Vision 2035,\u201d the British high commission added.PM Modi\u2019s July visit also included discussions with King Charles on a range of shared interests, including the India-UK free trade agreement (CETA), education, health, and wellness practices like Yoga and Ayurveda, which both leaders have expressed interest in.\u201cWe also talked about environmental protection and sustainability,\u201d PM Modi had said at the time, noting King Charles&#8217;s long-standing advocacy on climate and nature.The Kadamb tree, native to the Indian subcontinent and revered in Indian culture, adds symbolic depth to the gesture, reinforcing the message of environmental responsibility through tradition and diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PM Modi planting the sapling (ANI) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday planted a Kadamb sapling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1500,7709,7730,7731,10818,730,10816,10817,148414,1760,22817,24066,148413,7710,519,5685],"class_list":{"0":"post-438276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-british-royal-family","10":"tag-charles","11":"tag-charles-iii","12":"tag-google-news","13":"tag-india","14":"tag-india-news","15":"tag-india-news-today","16":"tag-kadamb","17":"tag-king-charles","18":"tag-narendra-modi","19":"tag-pm-modi","20":"tag-pm-modis","21":"tag-royal-families","22":"tag-royal-family","23":"tag-today-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115236063067470494","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}