India, Oct. 25 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that modern wars were no longer fought with weapons alone, saying attacks on a country's economy could also weaken it. He stressed the need to protect India's banking system from cybercriminals and what he called "cyber terrorists".

Modi was speaking after inaugurating the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Rs.169-crore data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

"As India grows economically stronger, it becomes equally important to protect our banking system from cybercriminals and cyberterrorists," he said, adding that evolving cyber threats required modern infrastructure, updated training methods and skilled personnel.

He said the new cybersecuri...