PM Modi meets Elon Musk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to the US, met Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday. Musk arrived at the Blair House with his three young children, who were sitting with Musk when he met PM Modi. Notably, US President Donald Trump chose Musk to head a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) last month. PM Modi and Musk discussed strengthening collaboration between Indian and US entities in innovation, space exploration, artificial intelligence, and sustainable development. Their discussion also touched on opportunities to deepen cooperation in emerging technologies, entrepreneurship and good governance.
On his meeting with Musk, PM Modi posted on X, "Had a very good meeting with @elonmusk in Washington DC. We discussed various issues, including those he is passionate about such as space, mobility, technology and innovation. I talked about India’s efforts towards reform and furthering ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance."
Earlier, Modi met US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz. The meeting with Waltz was the first engagement of the day. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval were also present at the meeting.
Modi arrived in the US capital Wednesday evening for a bilateral meeting with President Trump. After arriving at Blair House, the President’s Guest House, Modi met the US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Just hours before she met with Modi, Gabbard took the oath of office as the 8th Director of National Intelligence in the presence of Trump.