During the call, Austin expressed his condolences on the demise of CDS General Bipin Rawat and reaffirmed the US commitment to strengthening bilateral defence ties with India.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai hold India-US Trade Policy Forum, four years after it was junked by Trump administration.
List includes a copper anthropomorphic object dating back to 2000 BC and a 2nd CE terracotta vase. About 45 of the antiques belong to the BCE period, govt said.
Before departure, PM Modi had said he will review the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership with President Biden, apart from discussing other issues of mutual interest.
Atul Keshap, the Charge d'Affaires at the US Embassy, also met Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra among others during a series of farewell meetings as his tenure comes to an end.
According to the defence ministry, the project agreement for air-launched UAV was signed on 30 July under the overall framework of the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on a visit to India with an extensive agenda featuring the security situation in Afghanistan and boosting Indo-Pacific engagement among others.
The focus of the visit would be to prepare grounds for an in-person summit of leaders of the Quad grouping comprising India, Japan, Australia and the US in Washington later this year.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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