During his closing speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, US President Donald Trump criticised the USAID funding of USD 18 million funding for helping India with its elections.
Earlier, Trump hinted that the previous Biden administration could have been meddling in Indian general elections. He said that the previous US government was trying to elect somebody else.
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he will soon impose reciprocal tariffs on countries like India and China, asserting that the United States will charge the same tariffs these nations impose on American goods.
Amid the ongoing controversy over the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding of $21 million for increasing ‘voter turnout’ in India, Congress said on Friday that the “funds narrative” was perpetrated by the BJP-led government to divert attention from its own sins of using foreign funds to destabilise the previous Congress governments.
After Indian-origin Kash Patel was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Patel expressed his gratitude and vowed to rebuild the agency into one that is "transparent, accountable, and committed to justice."
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper, said President Trump was still willing to 'sit down and discuss without precondition a new way forward' with Iran.
Shringla, played a key role in bringing the India-US relationship back on track, especially in the second half of his year long stint.
At best, the world can reasonably expect an end to unilateral action, once again a departure from the strategy in Iraq.
"To the brave, long-suffering people of Iran: I've stood with you since the beginning of my Presidency, and my Administration will continue to stand with you," Trump further tweeted.
These protests come amid an escalation of tensions in the Middle East which was set off by the killing of Soleimani on January 3.
