Brain Drain: From threat to opportunity
SAN JOSE (CALIFORNIA): If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the diaspora at the sprawling SAP Center in California on September 27, where he spoke about ‘brain drain being brain …
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Agenda for Modi, Obama talks
With India and the United States of America relations on a high, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama are all set to meet on the sidelines …
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India teams up with Google to provide free Wi-Fi at 500 stations
SAN JOSE (CALIFORNIA): With growing internet usage in India, the search engine giant Google will collaborate with Indian Railways to provide Wi-Fi services at 500 stations by next year. India-born …
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Modi in Silicon Valley: Launches ‘Bharat Fund’ to boost startups
SAN JOSE (CALIFORNIA): Emerging as a leading hub for startups in the world, India aimed at giving a further boost to startups at the India-United States (US) startup, Konnect. Giving …
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Modi tells Apple, ‘Make in India’
SAN JOSE ( CALIFORNIA): With leading tech giants looking to India as a major investment destination, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to tap into this growing sentiment. Apple’s CEO …
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Modi jams for Indian Century in California
The Modi frenzy swamped the sprawling SAP Center in California on Sunday evening as nearly 19,000 Indians watched the masterly performer weave a spell with his trademark oratory and his radiant vision of India’s Century. It was a captivating show in the heart of Silicon Valley, with music, dance and frenzied chants of ‘Modi, Modi’ filling the huge auditorium
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Modi in Silicon Valley: Tesla’s Powerwall dream for India
SAN JOSE (CALIFORNIA): It was an energising trip for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he visited the Tesla Motors headquarters in Palo Alto, California. The trip sparked Mr Modi’s …
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Modi in Silicon Valley: Digital India gets cheers from American IT Czars
SAN JOSE (CALIFORNIA): India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a big thumps-up from Silicon Valley, the world’s largest tech hub and the breeding ground of innovation and entrepreneurship. Endorsing the …
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Mapping next big steps in India-US Defence Partnership
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, the Cabinet Committee on Security approved the purchase of Boeing’s Apache and Chinook helicopters for the Indian Air Force. In a major impetus to defence ties, this deal worth $2.5 billion is the biggest defence contract signed by the NDA government after coming to power in May 2014.
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Modi’s Facebook Connect Moment: Tears, transformation and song of new India
It was the quintessential Facebook moment for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, eliciting thousands of likes. In a spirited townhall-style meeting at the Faceboook headquarters at the sprawling Menlo Park near San Francisco, the leader of the world’s largest democracy interacted with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and captive listeners as he waxed eloquent on the power of social media to connect people in a wired world.
Mr Modi, who deftly harnessed social media for his electoral campaign in the summer of 2014, spoke about his ambitious agenda for transforming India through digital revolution. But the moment that’s going to stay in memory of nearly 500 people present at the Facebook HQ and all those following it on TV is when the Indian prime minister got emotional when talking about his mother, his eyes moist with tears.