Japanese Nobel Laureate Takaaki Kajita on Monday praised India’s consistent rise in the Global Innovation Index (GII) in the past decade and attributed the changing dynamics to the Modi government’s focus and vision.

The Japanese Physicist and Nobel prize winner agreed with the view that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visionary leadership has led to enhanced focus and spending on research and development (R&D) in the past few years, news agency ANI said.

Takaaki Kajita was among the 20 renowned Japanese scientists who signed a resolution to extend support to the Indo-Japan joint partnership in the field of research and innovation.

Kajita, 66, is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory – Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande. In 2015, he w

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