{
  "id": 4450541,
  "title": "PM Modi Pays Tribute To Lal Bahadur Shastri In Tashkent, Plants Tree With Uzbek President",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/pm-modi-pays-tribute-to-lal-bahadur-shastri-in-tashkent-plants-tree",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T14:39:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/pm-modi-pays-tribute-to-lal-bahadur-shastri-in-tashkent-plants-tree-with-uzbek-president"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tribute at the Shastri Memorial in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to honor the legacy of the late former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. The Ministry of External Affairs noted that Shastri's \"life embodied simplicity, courage and unwavering devotion to the nation.\" Modi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev also jointly planted a tree at the Presidential Palace garden, symbolizing their shared commitment to a greener future. This tree-planting ceremony followed high-level talks between the two leaders on strengthening bilateral relations in trade, investment, innovation, digital infrastructure, defense, healthcare, agriculture, education, tourism, space, and people-to-people exchanges. The leaders agreed to elevate their partnership to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, aiming for $5 billion in bilateral trade by 2030. Mirziyoyev presented Modi with Uzbekistan's highest honor for foreign dignitaries, the Oliy Darajali Do’stlik Order. Modi also attended a yoga session, visited the Independence Monument, and met with the Indian diaspora during his two-day state visit to Uzbekistan, marking the first leg of a broader tour to Kyrgyzstan.",
  "summary": "Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid floral tribute at the Shastri Memorial, honouring the legacy of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, and jointly planted a tree with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent. Shastri's “timeless call of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' continues to inspire generations,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, adding that his “life embodied…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "PM pays tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent, plants tree with Uzbek President",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/pm-pays-tribute-to-lal-bahadur-shastri-in-tashkent-plants-tree-with",
        "published": "2026-08-30T15:29:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "PM Modi Pays Tribute To Lal Bahadur Shastri, Plants Tree In Uzbekistan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/pm-modi-pays-tribute-to-lal-bahadur-shastri-plants-tree-in-uzbekistan",
        "published": "2026-08-30T15:36:34.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}