Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an eye for cleanliness even when he is outside India. He shows to the world that he practises what he preaches. He arrived at the George Bush Intercontinental airport on Saturday for the "Howdy Modi" community event. He was presented with a bouquet of flowers by an American dignitary. A flower fell off the bouquet and to everyone was in for a surprise when Narendra Modi bent down and picked it up himself.

The prime minister will be awarded the Global Goalkeepers award at the Lincoln Centre by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for leadership in the field of sanitation through Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.