Overview
- Modi shared a photograph on X of the presentation, calling the Gita an inspiration for millions worldwide.
- Putin arrived in New Delhi for a nearly 27-hour state visit, his first trip to India in four years.
- Modi greeted Putin with a hug at Palam airport and the two leaders rode together from the tarmac.
- The prime minister hosted a private dinner at his official residence, which was specially lit and decorated with India–Russia flags.
- Talks over dinner were framed as a prelude to the 23rd India–Russia Summit, with discussions expected to cover defence ties, shielding bilateral trade from external pressures, and collaboration on small modular nuclear reactors.