"In 2014, six crore people had access to broadband. Today, it is 80 crore. From six it has gone to 80. Internet was used by 25 crore people. It is today 85 crores. We have laid optical fiber table of 25 lakh kilometres in this country," Jaishankar said.
"The motto of us hosting the G20 is about getting the world ready for India and India ready for the world," the EAM said while interacting with the public in Bengaluru.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday spoke at length on India's muscular, independent foreign policy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an interaction with the youth at Bengaluru's Cubbon Park.
"Delighted to share that the Embassy of India, Vilnius has started operations today. Our resident Mission will further strengthen the India-Lithuania partnership," tweeted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Saurabh Kumar also discussed cooperation in wide-ranging areas including trade, tech, renewable, space, mining, and education with Secretary General for Foreign Policy of Chile Alex Wetzig Abdale.
The Iftaar was hosted by Shehzada Ammar Jamaluddin, President Anjuman-e-Burhani, London. HC Doraiswami also presented a replica of one of the oldest Holy Quran Sharifs from the Raza Library Rampur, Uttar Pradesh.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on Friday joined the inaugural session of the 2nd Sherpa meeting under India's G20 Presidency in Kumarakom, Kerala.
While addressing a seminar on the "Constitution of India" MoS Lekhi on Tuesday said, "We have more than 1.4 billion people, and that's going to have its own cost. But with all that cost, I must say secularism as enshrined in the constitution of India is a lesson to many other countries where
Speaking at the Diamond Jubilee of the India International Centre (ICC), Jaishankar said, "When in foreign policy, we speak about neighborhood first, it's not just a slogan, it's not something you put in a report it is a practical manifestation of the importance of standing by each other, of
The seminar was organised to commemorate the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (75 years of Independence of India) in coordination with the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) in the PRIDE Main Lecture Hall of the Parliament Library Building.