Guyana and Barbados have announcedtheir top awards on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Guyana and Barbados have announcedtheir top awards on Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Why in the news?

• Guyana and Barbados have announced that they will confer theirtop awards on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

About the awards:

• Guyana will confer its highest national award, 'The Order of Excellence' on PM Modi, while Barbados will honour him with the prestigious'Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados'.
• Dominica had earlier announced its highest National Award,"Dominica Award of Honour."
• The two latest awards take PM Modi’s tally of international honours to 19.

About Guyana:

• It is a country located in thenortheastern corner of South America.
• The capital and chief port of Guyana isGeorgetown.
• Guyana's populace is mainly of colonial origin, although Indians are scattered throughout the forested interior.
• Currency: Guyanese dollar (G$).

Borders:

• It is bordered by theAtlantic Ocean to the north, by Suriname (along the Courantyne River) to the east, by Brazil to the south and southwest, and by Venezuela to the west.
• It shares its maritime borders with Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.
• It has been a member of theCommonwealth since 1970.

About Barbadas:

• Barbados is an eastern Caribbean island and an independent British Commonwealth nation.
• Bridgetown, the capital, is a cruise-ship portwith colonial buildings and Nidhe Israel, a synagogue founded in 1654. 
• Around the island are beaches, botanical gardens, the Harrison’s Cave formation, and 17th-century plantation houses like St. Nicholas Abbey.
•  Local traditions include afternoon tea and cricket, the national sport.