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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicIndo-US ties

Topic: Indo-US ties

HAL, General Electric sign MoU to manufacture jet engine, mark new era for India-US defence ties

Deal is one of big highlights of PM Modi's visit to the US. While India & other countries manufacture their own fighter aircraft, only a select few make jet engines.

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'.

‘Derogatory attitudes, role of academia’ — what US state’s resolution condemning ‘Hinduphobia’ says

Georgia first US state to pass such a resolution. It was sponsored by Republican representatives, and comes a year after India called upon UN to address danger of 'religious phobias'.

India, US will work together to advance clean energy goals, says climate envoy John Kerry

Speaking at launch of Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD), Kerry says both nations will collaborate on achieving green energy goals and promoting bilateral trade.

Trump visiting India when Chinese economy is down. Modi govt must seize trade opportunities

In his post-impeachment avatar, Trump has grown more powerful. Can New Delhi make the US president commit much more than mere photo shoots and optics?

India is said to overhaul export programme to allay US concerns

Apart from complaining to the WTO that India's export subsidies were hurting US companies, the latter has also put India on its currency manipulators watch-list.

General Dunford says military leaders need to be apolitical & intellectually empowered

Joseph Dunford, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, engaged with the academia recenlty, and addressed topics like North Korea, cyber security & space.

On Camera

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.