Indian and US defence officials and business people have focused on partnering in space and artificial intelligence at a virtual expo as part of their diversified strategic defence cooperation
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Beijing had regional dominance (e.g., the Shanghai Xingshu LEO projects). India has built a counter-weight. It now offers competitive, on-demand orbital routing through NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of ISRO, and IN-SPACe, its regulator.
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Nepal does not need to become Silicon Valley. It does not need to copy India, China, Singapore or Canada. Nepal needs an AI strategy rooted in its own realities: young talent, hydropower potential, local problems, growing IT services, tourism, agriculture, small businesses and a global diaspora.
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