Tech-ties between India and France

Via FinancialExpress:
New Delhi is exploring technology alliances with Paris on a range of areas including smart cards, e-governance, tele-medicine, telecommunications and open-source software.

In a joint statement after a meeting of the fourth Indo-French joint working group (JWG), communications and IT minister Arun Shourie has solicited the support of France “for reversing the rising tide of protectionism in the western world, which could inhibit innovation, impose additional costs on cross-border exchanges and reduce competitiveness of IT products and services.” More...