A key focus area for the US during the Delhi summit is 'finalisation of a joint infrastructure deal that will involve not just US and India, but also Saudi Arabia, Turkey & possibly Israel'.
Senior US State Department official Melisa Doherty has said ‘India should have a diverse (military) supply chain in its efforts to maintain its own territorial integrity and security’.
Proton Improvement Plan-II is a particle accelerator enhancement being made to the Fermilab accelerator complex. 1st to be built in US with significant contributions from international partners.
Master Shipyard Repair Agreement is a direct outcome of 2022 US-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. USNS Salvor arrived at Kattupalli shipyard for repairs Sunday.
A formal treaty may actually have negative consequences. The present hugs, backslapping and plenty of economic, financial and technological linkages work just fine.
US once considered India the most ‘aggressive’ of nations, but relationship between the two countries has undergone a metamorphosis over five decades under various PMs.
While prominent dailies like NYT, WSJ noted the rise of 'autocratic' tendencies, they also acknowledged India’s 'geopolitical significance’ as ‘Washington courts New Delhi'.
Modi, who is on a visit to the US, has announced that India will be joining the Artemis Accords, an initiative with 8 member nations focusing on cooperation in space exploration.
While the Navy will get 15 MQ9B drones in maritime and anti-submarine warfare kits, the Army and the Indian Air Force will get 8 each of the land version.
Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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