PM Modi leaves for home after G7 Summit; 'Melodi' continues to trend on X
Bari (Italy): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday departed for home after concluding his visit to Italy, where he attended the G7 summit and held bilateral meetings with several world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Pope Francis.
During an address at an Outreach session of the G7 summit in Italy's Apulia region, Modi called for ending the monopoly in technology, emphasising that it must be made creative to lay the foundation of an inclusive society.
The Prime Minister spoke extensively on the importance of ending monopolies in technology, particularly emphasising artificial intelligence. Modi noted that India is among the first few countries to formulate a national strategy on artificial intelligence.
On the sidelines of the summit, Modi met US President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Macron, British Prime Minister Sunak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Pope Francis, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, among others.
The meeting with Macron marked Modi's first official bilateral meeting with an international leader since commencing his third term as Prime Minister earlier this month.
Besides India, Italy invited leaders from 11 developing countries in Africa, South America, and the Indo-Pacific region to attend the G7 summit.
As anticipated, #Melodi began trending on social media in the backdrop of the Modi-Meloni meetings. This trend, which gained momentum following their interactions at the G20 Summit in Delhi and COP 28 in Dubai, is filled with memes linking the two leaders and showcasing their apparent rapport. Despite the light-hearted nature of these memes, some, including Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, criticised them as "absolutely cringe," reflecting what she perceives as a low level of humour.
The hashtag #Melodi continues to hold the second position in trending topics on the X platform.