Dick Schoof also held bilateral with PM Modi on margins of AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. He said dutch firms such as ASML are keen to invest in India.
Those agreeing to common declaration include India, France, EU, China, Japan, Australia. UK abstained over ‘statement not going far enough to address tech impact on national security’.
Modi will attend a dinner Monday as part of the AI summit, where industry leaders will meet with a number of global political figures, including US Vice-President J.D. Vance.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
On lessons from the ongoing West Asia conflict, he says that while US had superior technology and strike capability, Iran used geography to its advantage.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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