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US Extradites Indian in Pannun Plot as Sullivan Visits India to Boost Tech Ties

Doval, Sullivan set vision for next chapter of strategic tech partnership

NEW DELHI: India and the US on Monday agreed on the next steps in their strategic technology partnership and pledged to remove long-standing barriers to strategic trade, while moving forward with key initiatives in defence, space and critical technologies. While preventing the leak of sensitive and dual-use technologies to countries of concern, India and the US committed themselves to concrete …

Tech, defence US-India pacts on track: Official

Washington: The United States-India initiatives to elevate and expand strategic technology partnership and defence industrial cooperation between the governments, businesses and academic institutions of the two countries are making steady progress, according to top US officials. When Deccan Chronicle asked them about the recent initiatives of US-India and how they are being translated into action, Dr Seth Center said, “National …

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Technology was a major focus of PM Modi’s U.S. visit, yet why are U.S tech firms sceptical about digital trade with India?

The story so far: During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s U.S. state visit, cooperation on technology emerged as a prominent talking point and yielded some of the most substantive outcomes, according to Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra. However, digital trade is also the area where some of the biggest U.S. tech companies have recently flagged multiple policy hurdles, including “India’s patently protectionist …

Explained | What is the India, U.S. initiative on future tech?

The story so far: Earlier this week, India and the United States unveiled a roadmap for enhanced collaboration in high-technology areas, with a focus on addressing regulatory barriers and aligning export controls for smoother trade and “deeper cooperation” in critical areas. The Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies is a framework agreed upon by India and the U.S. for cooperation …

India Defence Modi Areas Initiative Icet Technology Cooperation

A tech boost to US-India ties

When India and the US launched the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies in January, hardly anyone thought it would become the platform helping shape the deliverables for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington just six months later. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and his American counterpart Jake Sullivan, who heads the new initiative, this week outlined an ambitious …

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The first-ever meeting of the India-United States Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, held on the 31 January in Washington D.C., provided an indicative roadmap for future technology cooperation and diplomacy between the two states. With semiconductor technology remaining an integral part of the ongoing tech war between the US and China, there have been increased efforts at revamping the …

A new chapter in defence and tech through ICET

Earlier this month, the U.S. and India inaugurated their initiative on critical and emerging technologies. Among the more consequential areas of cooperation was in nuclear energy where the U.S. helped build India’s first reactors for research and power. The massive aid provided by the U.S. to modernise Indian education, especially engineering and management, should have led to a growing industrial …

India Nuclear Indian Soviet Major Icet Technology Initiative

Doval-Sullivan launch tech talks in the U.S., as senior U.S. official visits Delhi

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met with his counterpart in the U.S. Jake Sullivan and other senior officials in Washington on Tuesday for the inaugural Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies dialogue that was announced last year. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland’s visit to Delhi on Tuesday, where she met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, …