While addressing the NASSCOM Technology and Leadership Forum,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the world is increasingly
looking at India with greater expectation, adding that not only did Indian
science and technology prove itself during the challenging COVID-19 affected times, but also evolved.

“However tough may be the challenge, we should not think of ourselves as weak or move away fearing challenges. During COVID, our science & technology not only proved itself but also evolved”,  he said.

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Further highlighting the
time when India relied on other countries, Modi pointed at Indian vaccines being
circulated to various countries in the present scenario to note the developments in the country.

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“At a time when every sector was affected due to Corona, you achieved a 2% growth. It’s commendable if India’s IT industry adds 4 bn dollars to its revenue at a time when suspicions of de-growth were being cast”, ANI quoted the Prime Minister as saying to leaders of the Information Technology (IT) industry present at the event.