PM Modi’s US visit not to ‘counterweight’ India to China: White House

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US was not about leveraging India to be a “counterweight” to China but to deepen ties, including defence cooperation, between the largest democracies of the world, a top White House official has said. Prime Minister Modi on Saturday left for Egypt after concluding his state visit during which…

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PM Modi’s address to joint session of US Congress elicits multiple standing ovations

Washington:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nearly hour-long address to the US Congress evoked multiple standing ovations, applauses and cheers from American lawmakers and chants of ‘Modi, Modi’ from members of the diaspora community sitting in the grand House Chamber at the US Capitol here. Modi became the first Indian leader to address the joint session…

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