Doha: Digital connectivity is helping India to take giant economic strides, Dr Borge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum (WEF), said here today. Digital connectivity has reached virtually every Indian citizen, Brende, who has been Norway’s foreign minister till 2017, said. Now, a grandmother in Assam can reach her grandchildren in different parts of the country, he added. And the access is remarkably cheap…almost free., India News, Times Now
Months after PM Giorgia Meloni called Italy’s participation in China's Belt and Road Initiative “a mistake”, the G7 country has officially pulled out from the flagship programme. Italy has become the latest and only Western country to join and leave the Chinese flagship programme. The Philippines also announced its exit from BRI a month ago. , World News, Times Now
According to Chandrasekhar, targets and ambitions set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he launched the 'Digital India' programme in 2015 have transformed "qualitatively as well as quantitatively our economy, our innovation ecosystem and our position as a nation in the world"., India News, Times Now