India, June 28 -- Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is currently present in the International Space Station, via video conference. The Axiom-4 mission pilot, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian on the International Space Station,said India looks grand and bigger from space than it is on the map.

"Aapke naam mein bhi shubh hai aur aapki yatra naye yug ka shubharambh bhi hai (Even your name carries the word shubh (auspicious), and your journey marks a new and hopeful beginning, a shubh aarambh, for the youth of our nation)," PM Modi told Shukla during the interaction.

"My voice carries the enthusiasm and excitement of all 1.4 billion Indians," the PM sai...