Climate change, terrorism biggest threats: Modi in Davos |
India`s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Jan 23, 2018, said that terrorism and climate change are the biggest threats that the entire world is facing in the present time, and added that the “artificial distinction” made by some people between “good and bad terrorists is equally dangerous as terrorism”. Delivering a keynote address at the opening session of the World Economic Forum`s annual meeting in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos, PM Modi said India`s position on the menace of terrorism is well known and he would not like to elaborate on that. Issues of peace, security and stability have also emerged as serious global challenges, he added. Underlining the importance of technology, Modi said data is the real wealth in the present era. He added that technology-driven transformation has been deeply affecting people`s way of thinking, working, international groups, politics, and economy. On social media, Modi said, the example of breaking, addition, and twisting of technology is being seen in the form of social media. He also made a comparison between World Economic Forum meeting in 1997 and 2018. “Last time an Indian PM came to Davos was in 1997 when Deve Gowda ji had come. That time our GDP was little more than 400 billion dollars, now its more than six times.
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