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India has zero tolerance for black money and corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he sought global cooperation at the G20 summit for the return of illicit money to the country of origin.

Talking about Modi’s programme in Singapore, Wadhwa said the Prime Minister will deliver the prestigious Singapore Lecture soon after his arrival on the evening of November 23 from Malaysia.

“During my Malaysia visit, I will meet Prime Minister Najib Razak and discuss bilateral ties with him”, he said, adding he would also interact with Corporate Malaysia.

In London, the Indian prime minister addressed 60,000 people at the Wembley Stadium. “Inevitably, a few of these expectations run ahead of us”, he said. “This is likely to be focused on economic activities”, said Gopinath Pillai, Chairman of the Institute of South Asia Studies, a think-tank of the National University of Singapore.

However, following a change in mind by the local government, ethnic Indian associations which are working with NAMO in Singapore have been instructed to let their members know that Singaporeans are now permitted to go and listen to Modi.

After the first meeting between Prime Minister Modi and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit, they announced the exchange of instruments of ratification between the two countries.

India also has cultural links with United Kingdom, as India has the largest English speaking population in the world and also follows English sports as Cricket which is immensely popular in India.

Referring to bilateral ties with Malaysia, Modi said that since 2010, India has a strategic partnership with the country whose investments, including in various infrastructure projects, are strong in India.

India has benefitted significantly from Singapore’s role as a leading global financial center, providing worldwide trade finance, investment banking and a listing platform for Indian companies as well as Indian real estate investment trusts.

Singapore’s Prime Minister is also expected to be present at the Lecture where the audience would be largely policymakers, think-tanks, academics and diplomatic community. The country is now the third biggest source of foreign investment in Britain, which is also home to one of the largest Indian diaspora in the world. “Nehru was a great Indian, a great person, but his tendency to lean towards the Soviet Union and pick up a few of their bad habits lingered India for long time”, McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, said.

If seats are still available at Singapore Expo – as Indian community organisation circulars assert – this tells a story that is at variance with the United States or the UAE.