The diamond, gifted to Jill Biden, was placed in a box made of paper pulp, known as kar-e-kalamdani.<\/p>\n
According to the report released by the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States, Mrs Biden also received a brooch valued at $14,063 from the Ukrainian ambassador to the US and a bracelet, brooch and a $4,510 photograph album from the President and First Lady of Egypt.<\/p>\n
The US law states that<\/a> any official from the executive branch, including the President, has to declare gifts they receive from foreign leaders and counterparts that are more than $480.\u00a0<\/p>\n The $20,000 diamond was retained for official use in the White House East Wing, according to a State Department document, while the other gifts to the president and first lady were sent to the archives, news agency AP reported citing the report.<\/p>\n In 2023, Prime Minister Modi visited the US <\/a>on its first-ever state visit to the country, where he was hosted by outgoing President Joe Biden and Mrs Biden.\u00a0As the official gift, the Prime Minister gave a handcrafted sandalwood box to President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n The sandalwood box gifted to President Biden contains a silver idol of Lord Ganesha, a diya (oil lamp) and ‘Das Danam’.<\/p>\n The Prime Minister also gifted Joe Biden a copy of the first edition print of the book ‘The Ten Principal Upanishads’.\u00a0<\/p>\n PM Modi received a handmade, antique American book galley from the Bidens.<\/p>\n The first couple also gifted him a vintage American camera, a hardcover book of American wildlife photography and a signed, first-edition copy of ‘Collected Poems of Robert Frost.<\/p>\n \u200bUS First Lady and wife of President Joe Biden, Jill Biden, received gifts worth thousands of dollars in 2023, including a diamond worth $20,000 (Rs 17.15 lakh) from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his official state visit to the US in 2023.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" US First Lady and wife of President Joe Biden, Jill Biden, received gifts worth thousands of dollars 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