The former US President Barack Obama tweeted Wednesday that he was proud to work with Trudeau and described him as a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change. read more

The aircraft will be the first set of planes that will only be used by PM Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. read more

The minister, who is on a three-day trip to Washington DC, strongly refuted the notion that PM Modi used the phrase to endorse Trump’s candidature for his 2020 re-election campaign. read more

Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, called the grand celebration planned by the government ‘only symbolic’. read more

India maintains that Kashmir is a bilateral issue with Pakistan and no third party has any role in it. Prime Minister Modi has also categorically rejected any scope for third party mediation between India and Pakistan on Kashmir. read more

The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, added that Modi used the opportunity to demolish Khan’s unsubstantiated allegations and narrated his personal efforts to forge normal ties with Pakistan and how Islamabad responded to these with terror... read more

Geng also criticised a US State Department event to highlight the plight of ethnic Uighurs in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where human rights organisations say a million or more mainly Muslim minorities are being interned. read more

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House, had shown little appetite for impeachment during the first three years of Trump’s tumultuous presidency. read more

First Lady Melania Trump was also present amongst the audience when Trump made his speech, that pitched for nationalism. read more

Although Rouhani had refused to meet with the US president even before the attacks on the Saudi oil facilities, Trump had apparently held out hope of having a meeting similar to the one he had last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. read more

Trump joined the Indian PM at the mega event as a “special gesture” by him to underscore the special bond between the two countries. It is for the first time that Trump and Modi shared a stage together. read more

Trump also said the ties between India and America are stronger than ever while praising the Indian-American community for their contributions. read more

Every lectern from where a US President speaks, be it a joint press conference or an election speech or any speaking engagement either domestically or overseas, carries a presidential emblem. read more

Both the global leaders, PM Modi and President Trump walked to the centre of the dais waving to the 50,000 Indian Americans who had gathered at the venue to hear the two leaders speak. read more

The Prime Minister said Trump needed no introduction as his name was familiar to every person on the planet and came up every time global politics was discussed. read more