New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- In a significant display of diplomatic and technological backing for India's AI framework, 86 countries and two international organisations have adopted the "New Delhi Declaration," Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday.

The India AI Impact Summit was held in the national capital from February 16-20. Highlighting innovation and the advancement of skilled human resources as priority pillars for collaboration, the minister noted that these areas have been identified as central to future cooperation.

Addressing the media at Bharat Mandapam, the venue for the AI Impact Summit, Vaishnaw said that the principle of ''Sarvanjana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaaya'' (welfare for all, happiness for all) was...