A tech-first approach for Viksit Bharat

From digitally issued vaccine certificates to the use of mass media to educate on vaccines, India, despite its socioeconomic disparities, a shining example to the world in countering vaccine hesitancy

Two recent public events of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were witness to the power of technology, with his speeches in Hindi being translated real-time to Tamil and other Indian languages using the home-gro­wn artificial intelligence (AI) system, Bhashini, develop­ed by the Ministry of Elect­ro­n­ics and Information Technology.
 

If concerns over AI deepfakes have found their way to the public debate, the nation has also been witness to the power of AI being harnessed for the greater good. With his public use of AI, a first by an Indian leader, PM Modi once again demonstrated his natural instinct for