UAE minister says future of technology will have 'Indian fingerprint everywhere'
Bengaluru, Nov 16: United Arab Emirates Minister Omar bin Sultan Al Olama on Tuesday said the future will have Indian fingerprints for "everyone and everywhere", as he praised the country for the strides it has made in the field of technology.
Al Olama was addressing the inaugural session of the 25th Bengaluru Tech Summit here.
"Our belief is that India is not just past and present but India is also the future. The future will have (an) Indian fingerprint on it for everyone and everywhere," he said.
Al Olama said technology is driven from places such as Bengaluru but technology has come from the rest of the world as well.
"But it has an Indian fingerprint because there are Indians shaping the future of technology in different places across the world," the UAE Minister of State, who holds the portfolio of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications, said.
According to him, there are other areas as well which will be India-driven.
"I don't think that it's just the future of technology that is going to be driven by India. It's going to be the future of technology, education, finance and many other sectors (that's going) to be reshaped by India," Al Olama told Asia's largest technology event.
He was optimistic that the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that was signed between the UAE and India earlier this year was a great stepping stone to forge together a new era of technologies.
The UAE minister also opined that the 'I2U2' (which stands for India, Israel, the UAE, and the US) partnership will be a one-of-a-kind role model that many countries are going to build their collaborations on.
Referring to the technology industry, Al Olama said if those players want to take their ideas to the rest of the world including places in Africa and the Middle East, then the UAE will be their "natural springboard".
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Dakshina Kannada: Two girls drown while bathing near Kolyadakatta dam in Kadaba
Mangaluru: Two girl students drowned while bathing near the Kolyadakatta dam area of the Gundya river on Friday evening here in the Kadaba Taluk of the district.
The deceased have been identified as Arpita (15) and Sunita (21), both residents of Vimalagiri in Kutrupadi village.
According to reports, five girl students had visited the river along with their friends as it was a holiday. While bathing in the river, the two students reportedly entered a deeper portion of the water without realising the depth and began drowning.
Those accompanying them tried to rescue the duo, but were unsuccessful, leading to the tragedy.
After receiving information about the incident, Kadaba Police Station personnel visited the spot and conducted an inspection. The bodies were later recovered with the help of local residents.
