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Topic: Modi US visit

India-US trade ties deepening, but Modi may need to commit to easing protectionist policies

Both India & US will benefit from trade diversification initiatives and their common concerns about China’s coercive actions could further strengthen their economic and strategic relations.

‘Without minority rights, India may start pulling apart,’ says former US president Obama to CNN

BJP Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda slammed Obama for his remarks and said it is preposterous to see the former US president 'pander to the anti-India crowd'.

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.

‘An honour for 1.4 billion people of India’ — Modi thanks Biden for grand welcome at White House

Biden rolled out the White House red carpet for Modi as part of his effort to jump-start a stronger US-India relationship and counter China's global influence.

US semiconductor giant Micron to invest $825 mn for assembly, test facility in Gujarat

While the total investment in the plant is expected to be USD 2.75 billion, Micron’s investment will be up to USD 825 million over the two phases of the project, and the remaining amount will be funded by the Centre and the State government.

On White House state dinner menu, a Napa Valley wine by Gujarat-born Raj Patel

Founded in 2007 by Raj Patel, a former wealth management executive, Patel Wines produces no more than a few hundred cases of wine a year.

EVs cars, tech deals – Modi pitches ‘trusted partner’ India to American CEOs

Modi is expected to meet more business leaders, including from FedEx, Adobe and Mastercard, in the last two days of his visit to the US, which ends on 24 June.

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.

‘Brotherhood’ on US trip & countering the ‘triad’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

With series of defence, trade deals on card, Biden aims to strengthen ties with Modi

Senior Biden administration officials said the agreements to be announced on semiconductors, defense cooperation, etc. will ring in a new era in relations between the nations.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.