US legislator Jaishankar refused to meet says India’s actions ‘wholly inappropriate’, criticises NRC

Pramila Jayapal said it was ‘a sign of weakness for any great democracy to refuse’ to engage with its critics.

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· Dec 24, 2019 · 12:33 pm

Diwali is an important reminder of US commitment to religious liberty: Donald Trump

The president said his government would continue to defend the constitutional rights ‘that enable people of all faiths to worship according to their beliefs’.

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· Oct 26, 2019 · 08:19 am

What does Modi’s gushing photo-op with ardent India-hater Henry Kissinger say about politics today?

Politics has been reduced to spectacle and denuded of meaning.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 24, 2019 · 06:41 am

S Jaishankar and US State Secretary Mike Pompeo discuss bilateral relations and Kashmir

The two leaders met at the US Department of State on Monday. A readout of the meeting was issued only two days later.

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· Oct 03, 2019 · 09:33 am

Those mocking Trump for calling Narendra Modi ‘father of India’ are not Indians, says Union minister

Jitendra Singh said Indians living abroad were now proud of the country because of the ‘personality and personal outreach of Prime Minister Modi’.

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· Sep 25, 2019 · 08:04 pm

‘Ab ki baar, Trump sarkar’: Did Narendra Modi really endorse the US President for re-election?

The BJP leader might point to a technicality, but the whole event acted as a tacit endorsement for Trump in the run-up to the 2020 US polls.

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· Sep 23, 2019 · 01:20 pm

Donald Trump says India’s tariffs on US products are ‘no longer acceptable’

The US president said India ‘has long had a field day’ with tariffs.

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· Jul 09, 2019 · 06:54 pm

United States Senate passes provision to give India status of NATO ally

The amendment will result in increased defence cooperation between both the countries in the Indian Ocean.

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· Jul 02, 2019 · 06:15 pm

G20 summit: PM Modi and Donald Trump discuss trade, 5G networks, defence ties and Iran

The US president said the two countries had become ‘great friends’ and had never been closer, while Modi thanked him for expressing his ‘love towards India’.

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· Jun 28, 2019 · 08:02 am

Donald Trump asks India to withdraw recently imposed tariffs, calls them unacceptable

The United States president is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the city of Osaka in Japan.

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· Jun 27, 2019 · 10:01 am

Mike Pompeo and S Jaishankar discuss frosty bilateral trade relations, S-400 deal and Iran

Asked about American concerns about the defence agreement with Russia, the minister of external affairs said India would do what was in its national interest.

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· Jun 26, 2019 · 05:16 pm

US secretary of state says India should remove trade barriers, seeks a ‘partnership of true equals’

Mike Pompeo also praised new External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and said Washington wants better relations with New Delhi.

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· Jun 13, 2019 · 08:35 am