Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair have been selected for an upcoming Indo-US mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Friday.
India and the US are working with renewed trust in areas of new and emerging technologies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he thanked the American leadership for giving him a grand welcome.
Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion' into Tawang at the LAC in December 2022, helping India thwart China's expansionist designs, show how operationally effective the USA-India friendship has become on the ground. A engaging excerpt from Sreeram Chaulia's must-read new book, Friends: India's Closest Strategic Partners.
Biden praised India's Covid vaccination efforts.
Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has said that Islamabad is worried by the strengthening Indo-US ties.Describing Indo-US ties as 'robust' and 'multifaceted', Haqqani pointed out that strong ties between India and the US is one of the biggest causes of worries for Islamabad. Pakistan is wary of the Indo-US relationship, which is robust and multifaceted, and the US would have to treat Pakistan at par to win over Pakistani trust.
'His contribution not only elevates our institution but also serves as an inspiring example of how our alumni community continues to drive meaningful change.'
India and the United States can work together not to fight an 'authoritarian' China but to make it observe the rule of law, former US diplomat and Harvard professor Nicholas Burns said on Friday in a conversation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The USNS Salvor was welcomed with a ceremony at the shipyard on Monday, and it is the first ship to arrive after the signing of the MSRA.
Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Tayiba will be mentioned in the Indo-US joint statement later in the day, a senior government official dealing with Pakistan told this correspondent.
The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the BJP.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Joe Biden at the White House on Friday in his first bilateral meeting with the US president during which the two leaders are expected to discuss a wide range of priority issues, including combating Covid-19, climate change, economic cooperation as well as Afghanistan.
The Indo-US CEO forum which is scheduled to meet in New York later this year is expected to discuss some contentious issues related to the trade and investment between the two countries, David Bohigian, US assistant secretary of commerce said at an interactive session with the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.
Dr Kakodkar made light of the suggestion that the NSG would meet only in April 2007, which could possibly impact the deal.
The Indian industry has thus joined hands with the government in urging Americans to lift stringent export controls on high-technology transfer.
It said it was only after the announcement that the Bush administration began briefing members of Congress and in the process created lasting problems.
The talks come at a time when US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice all set to take over as the next secretary of state and her deputy Stephen Hadley ready to replace her in the wake of the resignation of Colin Powell.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said the unprecedented level of cooperation between the investigative agencies of India and the United States following the Mumbai strikes has strengthened Indo-US ties.
With Indo-US relations in its "spring", the two countries should use their resources for common good, science and technology Minister Kapil Sibal said in New Delhi on Thursday.
The two sides also signed six agreements, including in the field of defence and civil aviation.
Stating that over 1,00,000 Indians travel to the US for higher education every year, he said American students were also visiting India for studies and it was the 14th most preferred destination in the group.<
"Our bilateral engagement with the United States has witnessed remarkable transformation and has matured into a strategic partnership of global dimensions," Rao said in her speech at the American University on 'India's role in a Changing World'
By signing the 123 Agreement, India is effectively giving up it 34-year-old nuclear deterrent at a time when China is enhancing its own nuclear capability. (So is Pakistan; both China and Pakistan are, unsurprisingly, delighted with the 123 Agreement). In return, we will be "allowed" to give Western and Russian civil nuclear infrastructure companies business (from Indian taxpayers' money) worth over $120 billion
Earlier, China had stated that the N-deal 'smacked of double standards'.
Flynn is believed to have expressed his 'high respect' for India's growth in modern times.
'I do not see this turning into a strategic alliance because I doubt if India would let this partnership dilute its strategic relations with other nations including Russia and China.'
A major Indo-US agreement that provides for assistance by American civil aviation bodies to their Indian counterparts in modernising airports
US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj after she took over the external affairs ministry and discussed re-energising of the Indo-US ties.
'There are a number of different interests that we have in common'.
Identifying 10 areas that could help triple Indo-US trade by 2010, industry body Assocham has prepared a roadmap to boost trade between the two countries to over $120 billion from the current $40 billion.\n\n
Cyprus and India also finalised an agreement on combating terrorism, illicit drug trafficking and organised crimes.
China's stand on the Indo-US nuclear agreement could be crucial as there should be 'consensus' within the NSG members to amend its rules to pave the way for the implementation of the deal.
He hoped that relations between the two countries will not be adversely affected if the Indo-US civil nuclear deal does not go through the American Congressional processes.
The deal, the Times said, would have been "bad enough on its own and disastrously ill timed" but the "most immediate damage was done" on Bush's next stop, Pakistan.
The India and US delegation level talks finalised many issues taking the partnership forward in the 21st century, Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry, said while talking to rediff.com.
He said the networking through EDUSAT was the first step towards creating universities that could meet the demands of the knowledge era.
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