<p class="title">Newly-crowned badminton world champion P V Sindhu on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called her India's pride.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sindhu defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 in the final of the world championship in Basel, Switzerland to become the first Indian to claim a gold at the showpiece.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Hyderabadi had won two silvers and an equal number of bronze medals in the previous editions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"India's pride, a champion who has brought home a Gold and lots of glory! Happy to have met @Pvsindhu1. Congratulated her and wished her the very best for her future endeavours," Modi tweeted after the meeting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sindhu was accompanied by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and national coach Pullela Gopichand among others during the meeting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She returned to the country on Monday night and was welcomed by a large gathering of fans at the airport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am really happy, I am very proud of my country. It's a much-awaited win and I am very happy about it," she said in response to media queries at the airport.</p>
<p class="title">Newly-crowned badminton world champion P V Sindhu on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called her India's pride.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sindhu defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 in the final of the world championship in Basel, Switzerland to become the first Indian to claim a gold at the showpiece.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Hyderabadi had won two silvers and an equal number of bronze medals in the previous editions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"India's pride, a champion who has brought home a Gold and lots of glory! Happy to have met @Pvsindhu1. Congratulated her and wished her the very best for her future endeavours," Modi tweeted after the meeting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sindhu was accompanied by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and national coach Pullela Gopichand among others during the meeting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She returned to the country on Monday night and was welcomed by a large gathering of fans at the airport.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am really happy, I am very proud of my country. It's a much-awaited win and I am very happy about it," she said in response to media queries at the airport.</p>