"They also discussed further opportunities for closer collaboration in key domains, including clean energy supply chains and defence cooperation," according to the statement released by the White House.
India has signed a deal with the US to acquire 31 Predator drones, enhancing its defense, surveillance, and combat capabilities. The MQ-9B drones will strengthen India’s maritime and border security, marking a major step in India-US defense ties.
A panel of judges of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the Non-Bis provision of the India-US Extradition Treaty was not applicable to Rana. The Pakistani-origin businessman faces charges for his role in the Mumbai attacks in 2008 and is currently lodged in a Los Angeles jail.
Rana faces charges for his role in the Mumbai attacks in 2008 and is considered to be a close friend of David Headley, one of the co-conspirators for the attack. He was detained in the US in 2020 and his extradition was approved before a US court stayed the order in 2023.
In his congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP, and the ruling NDA coalition on their successful election, Garcetti emphasised that Modi 3.0 presents an opportunity to transform bilateral relationship aspirations into tangible reality.
Last year in June when PM Modi visited the United States and met President Biden, he signed a memorandum of understanding with General Electric to make fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force in collaboration with Hindustan Aeronautics.
The proposed mega drone deal was announced during the historic State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in June 2023.
The Indian government has said that the removal of the additional duty will not have any negative impact on domestic apple producers.
The Defence Ministry on June 15 approved the deal for acquiring the 'Predator (MQ-9 Reaper) drones from the USA.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a toast for India-US friendship at the luncheon hosted by the State Department at the White House.
India-US drone deal: The deal to procure Predator drones is likely to be announced following talks between PM Modi and US President Joe Biden in Washington next week.
India-US drone deal: The deal for the Predator drones was given approval by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting on June 15.
In the works for more than five years, the “ball is now in India’s court”, officials familiar with the development said Wednesday, without explaining further.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are set to meet Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin for the Fourth 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue. The meeting was originally scheduled to take place in December 2021.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to strengthen the US-Indian strategic relationship and improve the security of a “Major Defence Partner”, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) of the Department of Defence said on Thursday.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal sharing light on the India-US trade deal on Tuesday said the package is near ready and can be finalised at any time. Speaking on the crucial matter, Goyal said that the whole package is near ready and can be finalised at any time when the local political situation in the US permits them to. India believes that it has to be a win-win situation for both India and US.
The United States has proposed to help India in addressing its most serious developmental challenges through innovative finance tools, a top Trump Administration official has said.
As Donald Trump made his way to India for his first-ever state visit, the US President announced a key Indo-US military deal worth $3 billion that would result in the Indian armed forces getting some state of the art military equipment manufactured in the US. This military equipment would add to India's cutting edge in defence equipment not only on the western front but also on the eastern front against China.
The second 2+2 India US ministerial dialogue here chalked out a pathway to take the bilateral relationship between the two countries in 2020 to a new level as they inked a number of agreements ranging from greater interaction between elected representatives, industrial security annex (ISA), to collaboration in space, science and water, people to people exchange.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will arrive here next week for the second round of the '2+2' dialogue on December 18 with their US counterparts Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department.
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