President Joe Biden stated on Thursday that his comments about Chinese leader Xi Jinping being a “dictator” will have no real impact on the U.S.–China relationship. During a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Biden said that he stood by his remarks on Xi. When asked by a reporter if his words […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has signaled interest in making a “significant investment” in the world’s most populous country, India, after meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New York on Tuesday. Musk told reporters that he had an “excellent conversation” with Modi and suggested that he would bring his electric vehicle manufacturing business to […]
In a June 12 Breaking Points interview, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the Indian government threatened to shut Twitter down if the social media company failed to take action against voices critical of the Indian government’s handling of farmer protests in 2020 and 2021. However, India’s Minister of State for Information Technology said the […]
Congressional leaders in the United States have invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting when he visits Washington on June 22 as the U.S. works to strengthen ties with India. In a letter on Friday, the Congressional leaders said the address would provide an opportunity for Modi to share his vision […]
MUMBAI—Indian tax officers searched the BBC’s bureaus in New Delhi and Mumbai for a second day on Wednesday, the NDTV channel reported, as controversy swirled over a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in deadly riots two decades ago. Weeks earlier the government banned the documentary that focused on the Hindu nationalist […]
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now was not the time for war, with nations worldwide facing food and fuel security threats amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the coronavirus pandemic. Modi made the remarks to Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan on […]
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that he aims to make India a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain, with the country’s consumption of semiconductors estimated to exceed $110 billion by 2030. Modi urged industry leaders and investors to “seize the opportunity,” saying that semiconductors play a critical role in the formation of […]
The United States and India on Monday signed a bilateral space situational awareness arrangement, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced. The two countries signed the agreement during a U.S.–India 2+2 ministerial that was held by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Austin on Monday with their Indian counterparts, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and […]
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on March 10 that his party’s victory in four state elections demonstrated the people’s support for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “pro-active governance.” The BJP won four of the five states that held elections in February and March, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur. The Aam Aadmi […]
Narendra Modi’s Twitter handle was “very briefly compromised,” his office said, when a tweet was sent from the Indian Prime Minister’s account saying his country had adopted Bitcoin and would be distributing the cryptocurrency. “The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured,” the Indian prime minister’s office said in a […]
President Donald Trump met with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting on Sept. 24, rebuffing suggestions Johnson should resign after he was found to have acted unlawfully. Later he also attended a bilateral meeting with India’s Prime minister to further trade talks between the nations.
President Donald Trump joined tens of thousands of Indian-Americans on Sept. 22 who were packed into a Houston stadium for a rally with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trump and Modi were presented with a deafening mix of drums and cheers as they took to the stage at NRG Stadium around noon. The event was a massive […]
NEW DELHI—India will launch its first manned space mission by 2022 and roll out a health insurance scheme from September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Aug. 15 in his last Independence Day speech ahead of next year’s general election. Modi, a powerful speaker who will seek re-election in the world’s biggest democracy early next […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Israel July 4–6. He will meet with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. Modi will not be visiting the Palestinian Authority, which could indicate a change in overall policy for the East Asian nation. Terrorism will be the headline topic of the meetings with Netanyahu. “Terrorism is always on […]
