United States welcomes diaspora role in India’s development: Obama

The clip is believed to have been taken at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park at Silicon Valley before the he Townhall meeting on 27 September.

Modi has driven digitising of the Indian government and has garnered a large social media following, making him the second-most followed world leader after US President Barack Obama.

“We must bridge the digital divide and promote digital literacy in the same way that we seek to ensure general literacy”, Modi said.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the biggest tech companies in Silicon Valley, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft.

Anyone can sign up a form on this website in case they want to send Zuckerberg a sanitiser and it will be sent on their behalf. Apart from taking forward India’s bid for the coveted United Nations Security Council permanent membership, Modi is out wooing tech giants and investors to support his Digital India initiatives.

Experts say India’s position is key if a climate change deal is to be signed in Paris later this year.

He also addressed the Indian Americans at the SAP Centre in San Jose.

But there are about one billion people in India – or 80% of its population – without Internet access. Zuckerberg even mentioned his spiritual trip to India which has played a significant role in reaffirming Facebook’s goal which is to connect people from different parts of the world.

“We all know that the dynamic Asia-Pacific region will shape the course of this century”.

A standing ovation for the PM wrapped up the packed-house event, in which he also answered questions on the importance of social media in governance and invited investment in India.

“My gratitude to the American people for the very warm welcome & the hospitality wherever my delegation & I went”, he said in another tweet.

“We do every color under the sun”, said owner Joel Resnick, noting that he also carpeted the wedding of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka.

So that is when Zuckerberg flew to India, visited the temple, and spent nearly a month travelling around the country.