Sign up here.The US and India have been edging closer for years. Washington sees India as a key regional counterweight against a more assertive China, while for New Delhi, the US has become an increasingly important source of foreign investment and a partner for trade and security.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said he expects India to strike the first bilateral trade deal to avoid President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to the New York Post. A 26 per cent ‘reciprocal’ tariff on Indian exports to the US is currently on a pause set to expire on July 8.

President Donald Trump revealed that India is expected to lower tariffs on certain goods, signaling a positive shift in ongoing trade negotiations between the two countries. His statement follows US Vice President JD Vance's visit to Jaipur,

After expressing full support for India following the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, US President Donald Trump took a likely U-turn amid tensions between India and Pakistan. Speaking on the unrest between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack,

India and Pakistan will figure out relations between themselves, U.S. President Donald Trumpsaid on Friday as tensions soared between the two neighboring countries after an attack in India's Kashmir region that was the worst in nearly two decades.

President Trump comments on longstanding tensions between India and Pakistan following deadly terror attack in Kashmir.