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| Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg attends India students' meeting | |
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| Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is attending a town hall meeting with students of a leading Indian engineering college in Delhi. | |
| Reports say some 900 students are attending the session at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). | |
| Last month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the headquarters of Facebook in California. | Last month, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the headquarters of Facebook in California. |
| With more than 130 million users, India is Facebook's largest market outside the United States. | With more than 130 million users, India is Facebook's largest market outside the United States. |
| Mr Zuckerberg gave a short speech before taking questions from the students on Wednesday. | |
| Last month, Mr Modi hailed the political power of social media during his visit to the Facebook headquarters. | Last month, Mr Modi hailed the political power of social media during his visit to the Facebook headquarters. |
| Mr Modi has said he wants to connect all India's villages to the internet - around a billion Indians currently lack internet access. | Mr Modi has said he wants to connect all India's villages to the internet - around a billion Indians currently lack internet access. |
| Facebook says its internet.org project, which offers free access to a bundle of mobile phone web apps, can help get the developing world online. | Facebook says its internet.org project, which offers free access to a bundle of mobile phone web apps, can help get the developing world online. |
| But it has drawn criticism in India, accused of favouring Facebook over local services. Mr Zuckerberg has promised to open the scheme to a wider range of apps. | But it has drawn criticism in India, accused of favouring Facebook over local services. Mr Zuckerberg has promised to open the scheme to a wider range of apps. |
| Mr Zuckerberg visited the Taj Mahal on Tuesday. | Mr Zuckerberg visited the Taj Mahal on Tuesday. |
| "It is even more stunning than I expected. It's incredible what people can build - and what love can motivate us to build," he wrote on Facebook. | "It is even more stunning than I expected. It's incredible what people can build - and what love can motivate us to build," he wrote on Facebook. |