PM Modi conferred with 'Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados' award

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Why in the news?

• Pabitra Margherita, Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles,received the 'Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados' Award on behalf of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

Important points:

• The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed his gratitude to the Government and the people of Barbados for the ‘Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados’ Award.
•  Shri Modi has dedicated this honour to the 1.4 billion Indians and to the close relations between India and Barbados.
•  PM Modi's statement came in response to a post shared by Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita, where he mentioned that he received the Honorary Order of Freedom of Barbados' Award on behalf of PM Modi from Barbados President Dame Sandra Mason.
• Margherita said the award was bestowed upon PM Modi in acknowledgement of his strategic leadership and significant assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

About Barbados :

• Barbados is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles region of the West Indies
• Barbados is an eastern Caribbean island and an independent British Commonwealth nation. Bridgetown, the capital, is a cruise-ship port with 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.