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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicIndo-US relations

Topic: Indo-US relations

India & US are walking shoulder-to-shoulder in every field, says Modi in Oval Office

'Real engine' of India-US relations is the strong people-to-people ties, he adds. Modi further praises President Biden's commitment to building ties with New Delhi.

40% of Americans haven’t heard of Modi, 37% have ‘little or no confidence’ in him, finds Pew survey

Survey finds younger Americans are more likely to have never heard of him. Democrats & Democrats-leaning independents more likely to see India in better light, it adds.

Modi & Manmohan only Indian PMs to go on ‘official state visit’ to US. Here’s what that means

Under protocol, state visits are only for foreign heads of state & not heads of government like PMs. To get around this, US has come up with another category: 'official state visit'.

US keen to partner more with India on defence, wants specific pact for air force, says top Pentagon official

Visiting US Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall also flags American concerns about Make in India programme & the challenges it poses to US companies.

US ‘concerned’ over India’s Covid crisis, says will ‘rapidly deploy additional support’

Biden administration has been under pressure from think tanks to ease restrictions on items needed by India to manufacture Covid vaccines.

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to visit India this month, Indo-Pacific talks on agenda

The visit will take place keeping in mind Joe Biden govt’s larger foreign policy focus in which Indo-Pacific initiative plays a key role & hence Llyod’s deepening of ties with India is important.

Special forces, capacity-building, Indo-Pacific — how India-US ties will grow in coming days

India and US, which concluded the third 2+2 dialogue Tuesday, are expected to undertake a more collaborative effort in coming months and years in the Indo-Pacific.

Will the spectacle of Trump visit without a trade deal boost India-US ties?

Five days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to India, he has said that “the big (trade) deal” is being saved for “later”.

Ahead of Modi-Trump meet, a look at eight ongoing trade issues between US and India

From 1999 to 2018, trade between US and India surged from $16 billion to $142 billion. But the relationship is marred by disagreements on several issues.

US, India unlikely to finalise deal on Iranian oil imports

The US government has already given India a deadline for ending oil imports from Iran before November. 

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

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.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

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.