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Sunday, August 10, 2025
TopicUS-India relations

Topic: US-India relations

US assures India it will ‘try and mitigate impact’ after putting freeze on student visas

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla raised the issue in a virtual meeting with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.

US restricts Air India’s ‘Vande Bharat’ flights citing ‘unfair’ limits on its airlines

US Transportation Dept accused Air India of selling tickets to the public on repatriation flights while US airlines are prohibited from flying to India.

US to ship 100 ventilators to India next week, Trump tells PM Modi

America has announced to donate a total of 200 repurposed ventilators to India through USAID as part of a $3 mn aid.

US will ‘donate’ 200 ventilators to India by June as part of Covid aid

US is repurposing ventilators and sending them to several countries as part of its Covid-19 aid efforts. India had sent consignments of HCQ and paracetamol to the US in April.

Need Covid data, facts out of China, best information flow coming from democracies: Pompeo

Speaking to South & Central Asian journalists, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praised the roles democracies are playing across the world to fight the pandemic. Read the full interaction.

IFS officer Devyani Khobragade pens book on Ambedkar to ‘teach kids about Dalit struggles’

The book focuses on B.R. Ambedkar's journey as a young child and how he comes to realise what it means to be identified as a member of the Dalit community. 

China to Islamic terror, Modi got Trump to say things never spoken by US presidents before

Considering the poor shape of Indian economy, to have Trump take a pro-India position, and not mention domestic issues, only works in Modi’s favour.

Trump says US-India to sign $3 billion in defence deals

The US State Department last week approved a potential sale of arms to India, including air-defence radars and missiles, rifles and other equipment.

Trump visit: Arun Singh & Kanwal Sibal see good times ahead & who will succeed Puri at HDFC

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Sanjaya Baru, Tamal Bandopadhyay, Ajay Shah, Sandipan Deb & many others.

Taranjit Singh Sandhu likely to be India’s next US envoy as Modi govt readies reshuffle plan

Modi govt has planned rejig of envoys, including MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar who is being considered as India’s next envoy to Singapore or Austria.

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Is getting back with an ex a bad idea? It’s Delusion Central

The idea of people ‘changing’ for the better is propaganda we all love to fall for. Everyone has a friend of a friend who ended up marrying their ex.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.