The House and Senate Armed Services Committee have asked the Defense Secretary and the U.S. Secretary of State to conduct an assessment of India’s capabilities to support and carry out military operations of mutual interest, and to take steps necessary to recognize India as America's major defense partner in a...
President Obama Lights Up Diwali!
On October 30, 2016, President Obama lit the first-ever diya or lamp in the Oval Office at The White House to celebrate the festival of Diwali, reports IndiaWest. Speaking on the occasion, the president said,“To all who are celebrating the festival of lights across America and around the world, happy...
U.S. Officials Call for Bi-Lateral Investment Treaty with India
At an event hosted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, an association of business organizations in New Delhi, India Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs and Deputy Assistant to President Obama, said, "One of the things that would help attract Smart Capital is a bilateral investment treaty." He...
Westinghouse to Build Six Nuclear Power Plants in India
At a meeting at the White House between President Obama and Prime Minister Modi of India it was announced that Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse Electric Corporation and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd., will begin engineering and site design work immediately for six AP1000 reactors in India which will be operational...
U.S. and India Come to an Understanding on the Nuclear Energy Agreement
In 2006 Washington and India first reached a nuclear energy understanding which was to have allowed New Delhi access to nuclear technology and fuel without giving up its weapons program. Then, in 2008, a 45-state Nuclear Supplies Group approved a policy of nuclear cooperation with India and another nuclear power...
Make in U.S. and Make in India: A Win-Win Situation?
According to India’s Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, President Obama has tried to create a "win-win situation”. Mahindra says that both “Make in U.S.” and “Make in India” are not conflicting slogans, but in reality are win-win situations, reports Business Today magazine. American companies can benefit by supplying technology, and...