Suhsma Swaraj's early engagements included a meeting Sunday with World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to discuss global health issues.
PM Modi said that the digital revolution is essential to invest in artificial intelligence and big data analytics to reap the benefits.
The two leaders had a comprehensive discussion on bilateral issues of mutual interest, especially in trade, investment, energy, defence and tourism, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar
PM Modi Meets Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping on sidelines of BRICS Summit in South Africa
BRICS is a grouping of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Originally the first four were grouped as "BRIC", before the induction of South Africa in 2010.
India extended two lines of credit worth nearly USD 200 million to Uganda in energy infrastructure, agriculture and dairy sectors on Tuesday.
This will be Modi's second visit to mainland Africa after he visited Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya in 2016.
Swaraj, who is on a five-day trip to South Africa, attended the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Foreign Ministers' meeting.
Swaraj will also attend a series of events marking the 125th anniversary of the historic incident where a young Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of a train compartment in Pietermaritzburg railway station, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.
The report highlighted that India's economic stability is further reinforced with its approximately $420 billion (as on February 9, 2018) foreign exchange reserves which provides sufficient cover for almost 11 months of imports for India.
Chinese envoy to India Luo Zhaohui said on Saturday that Beijing and New Delhi needed to work on the "consensus" reached at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen to start a new chapter in bilateral ties
Since China's anti-money laundering law became effective in 2007, supervision has improved, covering almost every financial sector, such as banking, securities, insurance, non-banking payment institutions and bank card clearing institutions.
He further said that Chinese President Xi Jinping met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit in Xiamen earlier this month, and the two leaders sent a clear message of "reconciliation" and "cooperation".
The development comes almost a fortnight after the US announced to double down on its military campaign and issued the sternest warning to Pakistan for providing safe havens to terrorists.
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said Pakistan needs to restrict the activities of terror groups like LeT and JeM
The government in Pakistan’s Punjab province demolished offices of Hafiz Saeed's Falah-e-Insaniat in Lahore
Pakistan Defence Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan said no terror group operates freely inside the country
Asked how Russia would feel if Trump were impeached, Putin said it would be "absolutely wrong" for Russia to discuss domestic U.S. politics
Warning against imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that such steps would be “useless and inefficient”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping reaffirmed that it was in the interest of both countries to have good relations, Foreign Secretary S Jaishanker said
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