Congressmen Ami Bera and George Holding, two co-chairs of the influential Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans, would be present at the SAP Center reception which would be attended by a record 18,500 crowd of Indian-Americans.
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During his tour, Mr. Modi will visit Google’s headquarters and have a first-hand experience of inventions in healthcare and new smart-grid technology.
“Modi also needs Silicon Valley in a way that Xi does not.” said Galani.
“Today, around 15 pecent of startups in Silicon Valley have been founded by Indians. Therefore, this is an additional dimension to the potential for cooperation between India and the USA”, the Ambassador notes.
The Indian Prime Minister also referred to climate change negotiations, reasserting India’s position that developed nations must do more to help countries like India to deal with the impact of climate change. So, that would be an area of interest.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gives a presentation to PM Narendra Modi.
While his country may be smaller in size, Modi comes with outstretched arms to invite the tech sector and other foreign companies to open shop in India. USA tech has long had a presence in the country, but some in the government do not see the latest giants, like Facebook and Google, as “good corporate citizens”, one Indian tech veteran and investor told me. He has proved himself an effective user of social media and has no hesitation embracing snazzy tech toys, like the Tupac-at-Coachella-style holographic projections that he used during his 2014 election campaign. India’s per capita emission is still 1.7 and US’ is 16 or 17, and so the issue is of equity and justice “that you can not now condemn the developing world which is still at a very low carbon stage” for their developmental objectives and say that there should be pollution, he said. Asians now hold 25 percent to 43 percent of the USA technology jobs at Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook, according to the companies’ most recent disclosures. “The Indian premier is relying on investment and technological know-how to realize ambitious development programes like “Digital India” and “Make In India”.
Modi outlined India’s climate change goals saying he represents a culture that calls the earth “mother” and that India over the next seven years will create 175 GW of renewable energy capacity.
“Thanks to the efforts of Modi, and Rousseff and Merkel we are getting together, we must respond to voices of the majority of nations” seeking reform of the UNSC. “It was a clever way to represent all major regions and festivals of India”, Khanna said.
“The Prime Minister must look within and take corrective action as respect for the national flag is the responsibility of 125 crore people, more so for the Prime Minister”, party communications chief Randeep Surjewala said.
“We have a unique tie with India”. The organization is planning a protest at SAP Center that invites attendees to “stand up for India’s religious minorities, women, LGBTQ people, historically marginalized castes, Dalits and adivasis”.
On July 14 last year, the Union home ministry appeared to raise the punishment to three years even for first-time offenders.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has charmed the world’s most influential media baron and chairman of 21st Century Fox and News Corp, Rupert Murdoch. He’ll return to the East Coast on Monday to meet with President Barack Obama.
