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Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred with Bhutan highest civilian award

Bhutan on Friday, December 17, announced its decision to confer the country’s highest civilian award — Order of the Druk Gyalpo — on PM Narendra Modi.

Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering tweeted: “Overjoyed to hear His Majesty pronounce Your Excellency Modiji’s @narendramodi name for the highest civilian decoration, Order of the Druk Gyalpo.”

The award adds to a long list of civilian honours bestowed upon PM Modi by other nations.

Pranchal Srivastava