Macron showers praise on India's tech transformation, PM Modi spotlights France alliance

PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly inaugurated Bharat Innovates 2026 in the port city of Nice, the first stop in a nearly week-long tour of Europe by the PM that will also see him participating in outreach sessions of the G7 Summit. India and France unveiled a vision of jointly innovating solutions to global challenges in digital infrastructure, space, nuclear energy and artificial intelligence.