Modi in US- Day 2 highlights: PM says Quad leaders gathered for welfare of humanity

US President Joe Biden announced Quad fellowship for students from each of our Quad countries to pursue advanced degrees in leading stem programs in the United States.

"Our four nations met for the first time after 2004 Tsunami to help the Indo-Pacific region. Today, when the world is fighting against Covid-19 pandemic, we have come here once again as Quad for the welfare of humanity," PM Modi said.

The Indian delegation has arrived at the East Room of the White House for the first in-person Quad Leaders' Summit.

Quad Leaders' Summit is expected to begin shortly where the leaders are expected to discuss various issues including climate change, critical infrastructure, supply chains and regional security.

Biden called Kamala Harris' mother ‘a remarkable woman’. 

PM Modi lauds US president Joe Biden's ‘leadership on critical global issues’. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for his hotel after the bilateral meeting with Biden ended. He will return to the White House for Quad Summit later today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed the visitor book in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, said the ministry of external affairs.

PM Modi said that Biden's leadership will certainly play an important role in shaping this decade. “The seeds have been sown for an even stronger friendship between India and USA,” he added.

“I would like to thank you for the warm welcome. I recall our interactions in 2014 and 2016. That time you had shared your vision for ties between India and the United States. I am glad to see you are working to realise this vision,” says PM Modi in his opening remarks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that trade will continue to play a major role.

“Mahatma Gandhi always used to say about trusteeship of the Planet. This sentiment of trusteeship is the need of the hour globally, ” said PM Modi during the meet.

The bilateral meeting between PM Modi and US President Joe Biden has started. The meeting is expected to be an hour long.

PM Modi has arrived at the White House for a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive at the White House shortly for a bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden. Upon his arrival, the White House Acting Chief of Protocol will greet the prime minister at the West Wing door. The two leaders are expected to hold an hour-long meeting at the Oval Office.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden, supporters have gathered outside the White House to welcome the leader.  "We feel privileged to welcome him here. He's a promising leader, can take India to greater heights," news agency ANI quoted a supporter as saying.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during their first in-person meeting as part of the US visit, gifted US Vice President Kamala Harris a copy of old notifications in a handcrafted wooden frame, related to her grandfather, who was a senior Indian government official, along with a 'meenakari' chess set, government officials said on Friday. Read more…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden are set to hold a bilateral meeting at the White House, the first meeting between the two leaders before the Democrat took the office in January earlier this year.

Vijay Chauthaiwale, In-Charge of BJP's foreign affairs department, told ANI September 25 is slated to be a very important day for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US and it will “send an unambiguous message to the world that India and US not only remain strong strategic partners but they are in sync on several global issues."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day tour to the United States, said on Wednesday that top American CEOs appreciated India's reform measures. The Prime Minister held meetings with American CEOs and business leaders on investment in India. "Through the morning, had extensive discussions with top CEOs and business leaders on investment in India. They were appreciative of India’s reform trajectory. Closer economic linkages between India and the USA benefit the people of our nations,” PM Modi tweeted.

PM Narendra Modi met Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Washington to review the multi-faceted relationship between the two countries and and exchanged views on global issues like the developments in Afghanistan, reported ANI.

US vice president Kamala Harris, during her maiden meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ‘suo moto’ referred to Pakistan's role in terrorism. According to the PTI news agency citing the ministry of external affairs, Harris mentioned that there were terror groups working in Pakistan and that she had asked Islamabad to take action so the matter does not threaten the security of India and the United States. Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet US president Joe Biden on Friday during his packed three-day trip to the United States and the two leaders are expected to discuss the situation in Afghanistan at length along with other bilateral issues.

This will be Modi's first meeting with Biden after he became the US president in January this year. Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised US vice president Kamala Harris as a “source of inspiration” while extending an invitation to her to visit India.

“Your election as vice president of USA has been an important and historic event,” he told the Indian-origin US veep. “You are a source of inspiration for many across the world. I am confident that under President Biden and your leadership our bilateral relations will touch new heights.”