India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.
Interpretation
India is leading in using technology to enhance democratic accountability.
This quote highlights India's position as a leader in leveraging technology and innovation to promote and strengthen democratic processes. It suggests that the country's advancements in tech can contribute to greater transparency, citizen engagement, and accountability in governance, exemplifying how modern tools can support and enhance democratic ideals.
In practice
A politician can use this quote to discuss India's leadership in tech during a campaign speech.
Sanctions did indeed help to bring Iran to the negotiating table. But sanctions did not stop the advance of Iran's nuclear program. Negotiations have done that, and it is in our interest not to deny ourselves the chance to achieve a long-term, comprehensive solution that would deny Iran a nuclear weapon.
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In technology, we spend so much time experimenting, fine-tuning, getting the absolute cheapest way to do something - so why aren't we doing that with social policy?
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People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for the basic things we think everyone should get.
The illiterate of the future will not be the man who cannot read the alphabet, but the one who cannot take a photograph.
With the cloud, you don't own anything. You already signed it away.
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