THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Chennai, July 11: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday took aim at foreign media for what he described as biased coverage of India’s military actions during Operation Sindoor, while also underlining the importance of indigenous technology and artificial intelligence in shaping India’s future.
Speaking at the 62nd convocation of IIT Madras, Doval said foreign reports misrepresented the outcome of the operation by suggesting damage to Indian infrastructure, despite a lack of visual evidence.
He noted that available satellite imagery only showed the impact of Indian strikes on Pakistani air bases, with no signs of any damage on the Indian side.
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“Pakistan did this and that” but images only show damage done by Indian Air Force on Pakistan’s bases. Foreign press said that Pakistan did that and this. You tell me one photograph, one image, which shows any damage to any Indian (structure), even a glass pane having been broken. They wrote these things. The images only showed 13 air bases in Pakistan before and after 10th May, whether it was in Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan, Chaklala. I am only telling you what the foreign media put out on the basis of images. We are capable of doing it (damage to Pakistani air bases),” he said.
He used the opportunity to highlight India’s growing self-reliance in defence technology, referring to the extensive use of domestically developed systems in Operation Sindoor. These included advanced missile systems, radar networks, and integrated command and control setups, all of which played a central role in the precision strikes carried out by Indian forces deep inside Pakistan. The operation, executed in under half an hour, targeted specific terrorist locations away from the border.
Shifting focus to the future, Doval called artificial intelligence a key driver of transformation across sectors. He urged India to treat AI as a strategic priority, noting its relevance not just in defence but also in medicine, finance, robotics, and technological innovation. According to him, AI will reshape global systems annually, and India must position itself at the forefront of this shift.
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“AI is one of the great game changers. AI will change the world at a rate of every year. It will become unrecognisable from everything we do today, and its application will be diverse, not only required for research and development, but also for machine learning, LLMs, defence, robotics, medicine, finance, and everything. If India is going to lead and develop, make it a focal point. This is the one area that we have to develop,” he said.
