With purpose
Given its favourable demography and vast talent pool, India will be in a win-win proposition if it enters into collaborative activities with countries that have a good research and development track record. Thus, it is heartening to have the Prime Minister holding a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from an array of developed countries — Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland — for furthering cooperation in sectors including clean energy and health care (Inside pages, “Modi holds bilateral talks with Nordic leaders”, May 5). It is prudent on the part of the leaders to address, through cooperation and collaboration, the twin challenges facing the global community in this century — climate change and health-care crisis. What is more important is that the talks have not been hijacked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Successful outcomes will not only be beneficial to the countries concerned but also for humanity itself.
A.Venkatasubramanian,
