Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 January described NRIs as India's  brand ambassadors and said they were the symbols of the country's  capabilities. The prime minister was inaugurating the 15th Pravasi  Bharatiya Diwas convention in his parliamentary constituency of  Varanasi. For the first time, the three-day-long convention is being  organised from January 21 to 23 instead of January 9 to allow  participants to visit the Kumbh mela in Prayagraj and attend the  Republic Day parade in the national capital. The theme of this year's  convention is 'role of Indian diaspora in building new India'. The Prime  Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth is the chief guest of the  convention, while Himanshu Gulati, Member of Parliament of Norway, is  the special guest.  

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