India will soon start discussing a trade pact with the Donald Trump administration in the United States that will potentially be the ''mother of all deals'', Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced on Friday.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, on Wednesday, briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs about the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States and also on present foreign policy developments.
Addressing mediapersons in Bhopal on Monday, Nawab Khan, President of Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha, strongly pushed for Union Carbide’s waste to be sent to the USA.
The second lot of Indians, who illegally migrated to the United States through donkey routes, landed at Sri Guru Ramdasji International Airport in the holy city of Amritsar in a US plane late on Saturday night.
Informing the media that the Centre has registered objections raisedover the United States’ deportation of illegal Indian immigrants in handcuffs, Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar said such matters aresensitive and the government would resolve them through dialogue.
The advisory requires individuals who have travelled to New York from areas with significant community spread to quarantine for 14 days.
The Act, which helped millions of Americans obtain access to health insurance and stopped insurers from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, is opposed by Mr Trump and by several Republican-ruled states.
'US will stand with India as they confront threats to their sovereignty, liberty,' US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
'Today’s discussions will add new vigour to India-US defence relations and mutual cooperation,' Rajnath Singh tweeted after his meeting with Mark T Esper.
'The world has awakened. The tide's begun to turn. And the United States under President Trump's leadership has now built out a coalition that will push back against the threat,' he said.
