Johnson, who was scheduled to attend the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi as chief guest, has cancelled his visit to India later this month due to the growing health crisis created by the new coronavirus variant in the UK

Sandhu said according to a recent report, Indian startups raised $9.3 billion until mid-December this year

The US-India relationship was made all the stronger with a great diplomat and leader as my friend, Pompeo tweeted

This is an issue of particular concern to Sikh Americans linked to Punjab, although it also heavily impacts the Indian Americans belonging to other Indian states, the lawmakers said in their letter to Pompeo

The US has designated Pakistan and China among eight other countries that are of particular concern for violation of religious freedom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mark Esper had travelled to New Delhi for the ministerial with the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

India has an ambitious plan to increase its renewable energy capacity to 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, nearly three-fifths of which will be solar power

The Chinese Communist Party is a predator. The US comes in a different way, we come as a friend, Pompeo said in response to a question

The row is part of a wider dispute between the two sides, with Beijing repeatedly accusing Washington of \"unilateralism\", bullying and failing to meet its global obligations while emphasising its own multilateralist credentials

At a joint media briefing attended by his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Defence Secretary Mark T Esper, Pompeo also mentioned about his visit to the National War Memorial

Pompeo arrived in India on Monday along with Defence Secretary Mark T Esper for the third edition of the US-India 2+2 dialogue with their counterparts, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

The signing of the long-negotiated Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) during the third edition of the 2+2 dialogue between the two strategic partners also signals further boosting of bilateral defence and military ties

BECA, which is the last of four foundational agreements for boosting defence ties, will be signed during the third edition of the 2+2 dialogue between the two countries on Tuesday

Ahead of the third India-US 2+2 Ministerial dialogue on October 27, the ministers and the US secretaries held bilateral meetings on Monday. While Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his counterpart, Mark Esper, met early evening on October 26, the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to meet his counterpart, Mike Pompeo, at 7 pm at Hyderabad House, later in the evening. The two sides are expected to finalise the long-pending Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) agreement to further boost bilateral defence ties. Watch the video for more.Also Read: India's energy future is bright, secure: PM Modi at India Energy Forum

The first edition of the India-US 2+2 dialogue was held in New Delhi in September 2018 after the mechanism was approved by the head of state of both countries

The US State Department also said the US is looking forward to work closely with India during the latter's upcoming UNSC term, starting January 1, 2021

India is closing in on an agreement with the United States that will give it access to satellite data for better accuracy of missiles and drones

Pompeo will hold two-way talks in Colombo on Oct. 28, a spokesman for Sri Lanka's foreign ministry said

At a virtual summit on increased U.S.-Brazil cooperation aimed at post-pandemic recovery, Pompeo underscored the importance of expanding bilateral economic ties, given what he called \"enormous risk\" stemming from China's significant participation in their economies

India and China are locked in a bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh since early May that has significantly strained the bilateral ties