Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending India-Israel CEO forum meeting in Tel Aviv. Around 30 CEOs from both the countries are participating in the forum meeting.
Today, Mr. Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched India-Israel Innovation Bridge. It is an initiative under the ‘Start up India’ campaign. The bridge invites competition between the companies of two countries in the field of agriculture, water conservation and health care.
Prime Minister also visited the Gal Mobile water purification plant at Olga Beach along with Israeli Prime Minister this afternoon. In a warm gesture, Israeli Prime Minsiter drove Mr. Modi in the water purification vehicle on the beach. He was also briefed about the function of the mobile water purification plant. Gal-Mobile is an independent, integrated water purification vehicle, designed to produce high-quality drinking water.
It can be useful in natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, military use in difficult terrain & rural areas to provide drinkable water. It can purify up to 20,000 litre per day of sea water and 80,000 litre per day of muddy or contaminated river water and bring it to WHO standards.
Earlier in day, Mr. Modi tribute to Indian soldiers who lost their lives defending Haifa during World War I. He visited the Indian cemetery in Haifa along with his Israeli counterpart and paid homage to the soldiers.
Later on Thursday, Mr Modi will leave for Hamburg in Germany to participate in the G-20 summit.
