India & Canada's frosty relations & how Trump shooting has BJP praying for his safety — global media

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New Delhi:An opinion piece inTheGlobe and Mail,titled Canada-India relations: Where do they go from here?, hopes that the meeting between Indian and Canadian prime ministers on the sidelines of the G7 summit is a sign that the frosty relationship between the two nations is finally beginning to thaw...

With the (Indian election) vote now past, such nationalistic rhetoric may soften, Vincent Rigby and Aftab Ahmed write, while noting that the relationship had begun to blister since the Air India Bombing in 1985...

Strong GDP growth and a soaring stock market have created more wealth for Indias rich but not that many new jobs or wage gains for its poor, it says.. The wedding contributed handsomely to Indias booming matrimony business, which generates perhaps $130bn a year in revenues (only food makes up a bigger share of Indians retail spending), the article says, while listing the long string of celebrities, pop stars style icons and politicians that graced the occasion, some with their presence, others with performances...

Claiming that Koo gained popularity after the governments conflict with Twitter over the farmers protests, the report titled India shifts its strategy on tech, underscores the Indian governments policies on tech companies and plans to regulate the internet...

Calling it an opportunity for India to create its own AI tools, he speaks of the importance of Indias vast population and internet users to tech giants for them to comply with Indias changing policies and even creating India-specific tools such as introducing Indian language AI...