{"id":46878,"date":"2019-09-23T14:55:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T09:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=46878"},"modified":"2019-09-23T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T09:25:59","slug":"news18-cnbc-awaz-misreport-india-us-joint-army-exercise-as-howdy-modi-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/news18-cnbc-awaz-misreport-india-us-joint-army-exercise-as-howdy-modi-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"News18, CNBC Awaz misreport India-US joint army exercise as Howdy Modi preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Houston for his mega-event ‘Howdy Modi’ on the night of September 21 to address a huge gathering at an event in Texas on September 22. Several media outlets covered his arrival and the upcoming events that were scheduled.<\/p>\n

CNN News18<\/em> had tweeted a video of US army playing the Indian national anthem which they claimed was in preparation for PM Modi’s arrival at the Howdy Modi event. “Watch – US army playing the Indian national anthem in preparation for PM @narendramodi’s arrival at the #HowdyModi event,”<\/em> read\u00a0News18’s\u00a0<\/em>tweet.<\/p>\n

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The same video was also tweeted by CNBC Awaz<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Both\u00a0News18\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0CNBC Awaz <\/em>have taken down their tweets but the video is viral on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Power of Shri @narendramodi<\/a> ji..<\/p>\n

USA will be playing Indian National Anthem on Modiji’s arrival..<\/p>\n

Making India Great Again!! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3<\/p>\n

Proud of you \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3@PMOIndia<\/a>#HowdyModi<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/aC8TW3AVZY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jigar B Desai (@JigarBDesaiBjp) September 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It is also viral<\/a> with a Kannada text –\u00a0“\u0c85\u0cae\u0cc7\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0c95\u0cbe \u0cb8\u0cc8\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0caf \u0cb5\u0cc1 \u0cae\u0cca\u0ca6\u0cb2 \u0cad\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0c97\u0cc6 \u0cad\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0ca4\u0ca6 \u0caa\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0ca7\u0cbe\u0ca8\u0cbf \u0cae\u0ccb\u0ca6\u0cbf\u0caf\u0cb5\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0c97\u0cc6 \u0cb8\u0ccd\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0c97\u0ca4 , \u0c97\u0ccc\u0cb0\u0cb5 \u0cb5\u0c82\u0ca6\u0ca8\u0cc6 \u0cb8\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cb2\u0cc1 \u0ca8\u0cae\u0ccd\u0cae \u0ca6\u0cc7\u0cb6\u0ca6 \u0cb0\u0cbe\u0cb7\u0ccd\u0c9f\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0c97\u0cc0\u0ca4\u0cc6\u0caf\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cc1 \u0c85\u0cad\u0ccd\u0caf\u0cbe\u0cb8 \u0cae\u0cbe\u0ca1\u0cc1\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cbf\u0cb0\u0cc1\u0cb5\u0cc1\u0ca6\u0cc1 (The US Army is practising our country’s national anthem to welcome and pay homage to Indian Prime Minister Modi –<\/em> Google translate.)”<\/p>\n

US-India joint army training exercise<\/h2>\n

US Army band did play the Indian National Anthem, but it was during the concluding day of the Yudh Abhyas, a joint military training exercise of the Indian and US Army which was conducted at the Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington.<\/p>\n

Manish Prasad, India TV<\/em> Journalist covering Defence and National Security, was one of the firsts to tweet this video on September 19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Proud Moment for Everyone. Our\u201cNational Anthem\u201d played by @USArmy<\/a> Band in Exercise #YudhAbhyas19<\/a> @adgpi<\/a> @indiatvnews<\/a> #IndianArmy<\/a>#USArmy<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gMmx2WCcWY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Manish Prasad (@manishindiatv) September 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was also tweeted by ANI.<\/em><\/p>\n

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#WATCH<\/a> USA: American Army band playing Indian National Anthem during the Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2019 at Joint Base Lewis, McChord. pic.twitter.com\/J9weLpKD3X<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 ANI (@ANI) September 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A video of the US Army playing the Indian National Anthem during a joint military training exercise was shared by sections of mainstream media and social media as preparation for PM Modi’s event in Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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