U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will visit India this month. He will meet his counterpart his Indian counterpart Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. A meeting with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar (who was previously India's Ambassador to the United States) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also planned. Lloyd James...
U.S, India Sign Another Defense Pact
Just one week before the presidential election, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signed a major military agreement last Tuesday in India. He was accompanied by Defense Secretary Mark Esper. The pact, known as BECA, or the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement on Geospatial Cooperation, enables India and the United...
India, U.S., to Accelerate Cooperation in the Energy Sector
In the wake of President Trump's and Indian Prime Minister Modi's meeting, the White House released a statement that said, "The United States and India are committed to realizing commercial civil nuclear cooperation, in particular through a contract for six Westinghouse Electric AP-1000 nuclear reactors to be built in Andhra...