|
Latest updates: August 30,
2008
News Updates on India and United States Relations
Biden
as Obama's VP: Why India can breathe easy
Rediff India Abroad, August 28, 2008
"I am Indian, I am Indian," Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama's [Images] running mate Senator Joe Biden exclaimed jokingly.
His light-hearted comment was to address India's apprehension over the
landmark legislation to provide a massive $7.5 billion economic aid
package to Pakistan over five years, unveiled by Biden and his colleague
on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Richard Lugar, 'to
promote an enhanced strategic partnership with the people of Pakistan'.
US,
India natural strategic allies: Democratic Draft Platform
The Indian Express, August 12, 2008
Describing India as America's "natural strategic ally", the
Democratic Party Draft Platform for 2008 has suggested that under the
Presidency of Barack Obama the US will seek effective collaboration
on pressing global issues with all major powers including New Delhi.
US
has dramatically improved ties with India: Bush
Rediff India Abroad, August 7, 2008
US President George W Bush on Thursday said in a major speech on his
government's Asian policy that the United States under his administration
has dramatically turned around Washington-New Delhi ties, citing the
landmark Indo-US nuclear deal.
IAEA
clears India safeguards agreement
Rediff India Abroad, August 1, 2008
The India-specific safeguards agreement was on Friday approved by the
Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency by consensus
in a key step to implement the Indo-US nuclear deal.
USIBC
pledges to have nuke bill fast-tracked in Congress
India Post, July 27, 2008
The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has pledged to energize its US
Chamber-sponsored "Coalition for Partnership with India" (StrategicPartnership.org)
in response to India's Parliamentary "Vote of Confidence"
in favor of moving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to
reach a "safeguards agreement" covering India's atomic power
plants - a crucial step towards ending the 35-year technology denial
regime that has been imposed against India.
Closing
N-deal very difficult now: US Senator
Rediff India Abroad, July 16, 2008
Senator Joseph R Biden, Jr, the chairman of the powerful US Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, who will be the key player in moving the
US-India civilian nuclear agreement forward in Congress if India succeeds
in getting in back on the Congressional court expeditiously, says it
may be possible to get the deal consummated this year, but that it's
going to be in terms of a best-case scenario a photo-finish.
Indian
firms have created 30,000 jobs in US: Report
Rediff India Abroad, July 7, 2008
Indian companies, led by the Tata group, Essar and HCL Technologies
[Get Quote], among others, have created more than 30,000 jobs and made
large investments in the United States, a joint report of the Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the US India Business
Council said.
New
Life for the India Nuclear Pact
Washington Post, July 7, 2008
Less than a month ago, unnamed U.S. officials hit the front page of
the Financial Times by indicating that the U.S.-India nuclear pact was
"almost certainly dead."
NRI
push for N-deal
Daily News and Analysis, July 3, 2008
While the government is all set to push through the India-US nuclear
deal, the Indian-American community, which played a significant role
in getting the 123 Agreement passed in the US Congress, is trying to
ensure the deal in both the Congress and the Nuclear Suppliers’
Group (NSG) goes through.
Next
steps in the nuclear deal
Rediff India Abroad, July 2, 2008
P Sreenivasan, a former governor who represented India at the International
Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, discusses the next steps in the nuclear
deal in an eloquent explanation, exclusive to rediff.com
US
to remain 'absolutely committed' to BIT with India
The Economic Times, June 26, 2008
Terming the Indo-US relationship as a major factor for the growth and
success of the global economy, the Washington has said that it remains
"absolutely committed" to a bilateral investment treaty with
New Delhi
Rice
lauds 'historic' change in Indo-US ties
Hindustan Times, June 19, 2008
Terming the "historic transformation" of the US' ties with
the "rising democratic power" India as among its key strategic
accomplishments, the Bush administration has said it will enable Washington
to advance its "interests and values" in the region in future.
Survey
says US still most favoured nation for Indians
The Indian Express, June 14, 2008
The popularity of the United States in India has shot up dramatically
since 2002, a period in which Uncle Sam’s image took a beating
globally, a survey has said.
'India
created more jobs in US than US did here'
Rediff Abroad, June 13, 2008
Taking on critics of outsourcing to India and the alleged loss of American
jobs in the process, India's Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal
Nath asserted that Indian investments in the United States in the last
two years had created more jobs in the US that American investment in
India has.
India,
US agree to bridge Doha differences
Hindustan Times, June 13, 2008
Ending their public acrimony, India and the US have agreed to intensify
efforts to "narrow the differences and to build on convergences"
to find the elusive breakthrough in the Doha round of world trade talks.
Pacific
Council, FICCI Host U.S.-India Brainstorming
India West, June 13, 2008
A joint task force met at the Stanford Park Hotel here June 2-3 to
thrash out strategies to boost collaborations between the U.S. and India.
N-deal:
'The clock has virtually run out'
Rediff India Abroad, June 12, 2008
While scrupulously eschewing acknowledging publicly that the US-India
civilian nuclear deal that lies comatose due to domestic politics in
India is all but dead, senior Administration officials have privately
said, "The clock has virtually run out," and it's "highly
unlikely" that the US Congress will be able to act on it now, thus
leaving President Bush sans one major positive foreign policy legacy
he was so much hoping for.
US-India
nuclear deal dead
Financial Times, June 10, 2008
The historic civil nuclear deal with India that George W. Bush saw
as one of his signature foreign policy achievements is almost certainly
dead, according to senior US officials.
Experts
Affirm Bright Future for Indo-U.S. Ties
India West, June 8, 2008
A distinguished panel of experts provided thoughtful, substantive insights
at the India Community Center here into Indo-U.S. relations that suggested
that while the future of relations between the world’s oldest democracy
and the world’s largest democracy appears to be very bright, it
is by no means a given, and continued efforts need to be sustained to
ensure the two nations continue to nurture a harmonious and mutually
beneficial relationship.
Indian
envoy says Indo-US ties to remain on upward trajectory
The Hindu, June 1, 2008
India's relationship with the US has progressed profoundly in the last
four years to emerge as a truly strategic partnership and will continue
to remain firmly on an upward trajectory, Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen
has said.
|
