US-India relations – Page 2

‘Without US, the world would die’: Donald Trump boasts of economic might, calls America ‘hottest and best’

US president Donald Trump made tall claims about the country’s economic and global influence, saying that “without US, everything in the world would die,” he said, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. He emphasized the rapid growth of the US economy during his first term, saying, “I made it really big in […]

‘Colonial-era trope’: Hindu group flags Peter Navarro’s Brahmin remark; urges Donald Trump to sack him

Peter Navarro (File photo) A Hindu advocacy group, HinduPACT’s American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD), on Tuesday demanded the dismissal of top US official Peter Navarro from President Donald Trump’s team, condemning his remarks as “inappropriate and Hinduphobic.” The group objected to Navarro’s reference to caste and his “portrayal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a […]

‘How do you feel?’: Lindsey Graham again blames India over Russian oil trade as Kyiv reels from deadly strikes; says it is ‘experiencing cost of supporting Putin’

File photo: US Senator Lindsey Graham (Picture credit: AP) US Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday renewed his warning to countries purchasing Russian oil, directly naming India as facing consequences for what he called support to Moscow’s war machine.In a post on X, Graham wrote, “India, China, Brazil and others who prop up Putin‘s war machine […]

Five episodes that soured the Trump-Modi bromance

TOI correspondent from Washington: The friendship between Donald Trump and PM Modi — dubbed a bromance by the media– began to come unstuck late in Trump’s first term, and continued to fray despite efforts to re-kindle it in the US President’s second term, according to multiple accounts from White House insiders and current and former […]

Who is Sergio Gor – Trump’s pick to be US Ambassador to India? | World News

There’s a ribald urban legend about the moon landing. Supposedly, when Neil Armstrong was a boy, he overheard his neighbour Mrs. Gorsky refusing a sexual favour to her husband with the barb: “You’ll get that when the kid next door walks on the Moon.” And so, the story goes, before stepping onto the lunar surface, […]

It’s T-Day: India braces for impact as Trump’s 50% tariff kicks in today | India News

The TOI correspondent from Washington: The United States on Monday declared what is effectively a limited trade war on India, notifying a 50% tariff (25% taxes plus 25% penalty) on most goods imports from India.Issued by the department of homeland security, the notification said the tariffs are in response to “threats to the United States […]

Nikki Haley says India should take US’ point seriously on Russian oil, Trump needs to speak to Modi ‘sooner the better’

Nikki Haley thinks India should tale Trump’s point seriously on Russian oil. Former US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said India should take Donald Trump’s point seriously and work with the White House to find a solution to the tariff war. The statement is from the same opinion piece that Haley wrote for […]

US envoy to India: Donald Trump picks Sergio Gor. Why did Elon Musk call him ‘a snake’ once?

File photo: Elon Musk (left) and Sergio Gor (Picture credit: AP, X) Sergio Gor, a close aide to US President Donald Trump, has been nominated as the next US Ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.However, amid the buzz of his announcement, his past clashes with Elon Musk have resurfaced […]

Trump names Sergio Gor as next US ambassador to India: Calls him key aide; senate confirmation awaited

US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that Sergio Gor, the current director of the White House Presidential personnel office, will be the next US ambassador to India and special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.Trump made the announcement through a post on his social media platform Truth Social. Gor will continue in his […]

US says ties with India good despite Trump’s tariff tantrums

TOI correspondent from Washington: The Trump administration on Friday maintained that the “historic relationship” between India and the US is “consequential and far-reaching” despite taking punitive steps over trade issues that shaken and undermined ties. The upbeat message came from the State Department on the occasion of India’s Independence Day. While such statements are typically […]