India calls on BRICS nations to enhance innovation and cooperation in information and communications technology

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KUNA) -- India on Friday called on the BRICS countries to enhance innovation, cooperation, and transformation in the field of information and communications technology (ICT) to achieve a future characterized by resilience, reliability, innovation, empowerment, and inclusiveness. This appeal came during its hosting of the 12th meeting of BRICS ministers of communications in Pune, chaired by Indian Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. During the meeting, Scindia outlined India’s vision for the Digital India initiative and urged the member states to work toward a future marked by resilience, reliability, innovation, empowerment, and inclusiveness. On the sidelines of the meeting, India and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on ICT cooperation. The MoU was signed by Scindia on the Indian side and by Brazilian Communications Minister Frederico de Sequeira Filho on the Brazilian side, with the aim of deepening cooperation in areas such as universal connectivity, cybersecurity, public digital infrastructure, emerging technologies, capacity building, and the exchange of best practices. (End) a.t.k / m.n.f