Moment when senators applauded PM's 'AI' quip

June 23, 2023 10:24

US Congressmen lined up to take autographs and selfies with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his address to the joint sitting of the US Congress, earlier today. The picture alongside is the moment when Modi, addressing the Congress says "there have been even more momentous developments in another AI: America and India."

He was given a standing ovation and a loud round of applause.

"We were strangers in the defence cooperation at turn of the century. Now, the US has become one of our most important defence partners," Modi, who is currently on his maiden state visit, said. Modi said democracy is one of their sacred and shared values.

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