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Finance Ministry: Withdrawal of fiscal stimulus programme in US will not affect much the foreign investments into India

The Finance Ministry has tried to lessen fears that the withdrawal of fiscal stimulus programme in the US will affect foreign investments into India. A report by the Finance...

May 6, 2014

US-Japan joint statement highlights importance of trilateral dialogue with India

A joint statement between Barack Obama (US) and Shinzo Abe (Japan) in Tokyo (Japan) has spotlit a trilateral dialogue between Japan, India and the US for “peace and...

April 27, 2014

READ (Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream): Indio-US alliance to improve reading skills at Indian Schools

READ (Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream): It is an alliance between India and USA to improve the Reading skills of millions of primary school-aged children in India. It is a US $3.2 Million...

April 6, 2014

U.S. – India Energy Dialogue 2014 to advance clean energy access: Promoting Energy Access through Clean Energy (PEACE)

India and the USA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a joint implementation committee to regularly monitor and boost the PEACE (Promoting Energy Access through Clean...

March 23, 2014

“Akron”: Indian-American owned firm developing zero pressure tyre for US army

An Indian-American owned engineering firm, Akron (Ohio-based American Engineering Group (AEG)) has received a $1 million Phase-II project grant from the US Department of Defense to develop tyres...

March 12, 2014

Solar mission: US again challenged India's solar export restrictions in WTO

On the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Government of India stated that it hadn’t violated global trading norms under the World Trade...

February 16, 2014

India ranked lowest in US chamber's global IP index

For the second consecutive year, Global Intellectual Property Centre (GIPC) International IP Index ranked India lowest amongst the countries assessed for protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property Practices....

February 1, 2014

‘Narendra Modi is America's other India problem': TIME

As per Time magazine, if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins in the upcoming election and Narendra Modi becomes India’s next Prime Minister, the atmosphere between India and...

January 20, 2014

India, US sign $1billion contract for six “Super Hercules” aircrafts

India and the US have signed another mega defence deal worth $1.01 billion in which the US will supply six additional C-130J “Super Hercules” aircraft. The “letter of offer...

December 30, 2013

Mr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Ambassador of USA

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar became the Ambassador of United States of America (USA) in December 2013. He succeeded Ms. Nirupama Rao and his position in Beijing was taken by...

December 28, 2013

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