Responding to a question at IMF headquarters, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a totalisation agreement with the US has always been on the cards.
During a joint session at India Economic Summit, both ministers had a stern exchange of words over some of the Indian polices and regulatory mechanisms.
The ‘limited’ trade package was given final shape when Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in New York Monday.
Trade continues to remain a difficult spot in US-India ties, especially amid Trump’s campaign to bridge the US’ trade deficit with countries around the world.
PM Modi told President Trump that $4 billion worth of imports were already "in the pipeline" as India and US seek to overcome their differences on tariffs and market access.
As US tries to counterbalance China's power in the region through India, it is also at a crossroads with the new Modi govt and needs to iron out several foreign policy challenges for smooth ties.
The test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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