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US Discusses Potential Missile Defence Cooperation With India
The Pentagon's announcement in the 81-page 'Missile Defense Review' report released by President Donald Trump gains significance in view of India placing a USD 5 billion order to purchase S-400 air defense system from Russia, for which the US has publicly expressed its displeasure.
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China And U.S. To Hold Trade Talks In Beijing On Jan 7-8
China And U.S. have been locked in a trade war for much of the past year, disrupting the flow of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods and stoking fears of a global economic slowdown
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US Proposes Changes To H1B Visas; To Be Given To Most Skilled, Highest Paid Foreign Workers
Under the new proposed merit-based rule, a notice for which was issued on Friday, companies employing foreign workers on the H-1B visa - under the Congressional mandated annual caps - would first have to electronically register with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) during a designated registration period
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Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush Dead At 94
Bush, the 41st president of the United States, lived longer than any of his predecessors
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US Announces USD 5 Million Reward For Information On 26/11 Perpetrators
The Trump administration announced this major reward (of over Rs 35 crore) on the 10th anniversary of the 26/11 terror attack
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India Says Ready To Import More Gas And Oil From The United States
“We expressed our readiness to import more gas and more oil from United States as a way of expanding trade,” Gokhale told reporters on the sidelines of an Asian summit attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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U.S. Says India Paid Bigger Cotton Subsidies Than WTO Allows
“It appears that India provides MPS for cotton vastly in excess of what it has reported to the WTO,” the U.S. filing said
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Saudi To Cut Oil Output As Producers Discuss Price Dip
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih announced the kingdom was cutting its supplies by 500,000 barrels per day from December
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U.S. And Others Denounce Dissolution Of Sri Lanka Parliament As Undemocratic
Sirisena dissolved parliament on Friday night, only five days before it was due to reconvene and he was in danger of losing a vote of no confidence. He has also called a general election for Jan. 5
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US Sanctions On Iran Come Into Force; Pompeo Dodges Question On Commitment From India, China
India and China -- the two biggest buyers of Iranian crude, have so far appeared to have skipped the punitive American sanctions targeting the Iranian oil and financial sectors
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US Accuses China, Taiwan Firms With Stealing Secrets From Chip Giant Micron
The indictment released in the US district court in San Jose, California alleges that a Chinese and Taiwanese firm conspired to steal Micron trade secrets to develop DRAM chips used in many computer processors
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US To Become Key Source Of Global Energy Supplies: U.S. Government Official
“In the next 5-10 years, we expect to see improved recovery rates and even a doubling in some of our most prolific (gas) basins,” said Frank Fannon, assistant secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources in the U.S. Department of State
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India’s US-Iran Dilemma
India has already reduced its imports from Iran to appease Washington but bringing them down to zero is impossible
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U.S. To Exit Nuclear Treaty, Citing Russian Violations: Trump
Trump said the United States will develop the weapons unless Russia and China agree to a halt on development
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India, US Have Goal Of Denying Iran Money It Needs To Destabilise Middle East: Official
President Donald Trump in May pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear accord, saying it had "failed to achieve the fundamental objective of blocking all paths to an Iranian nuclear bomb" and did not deal with Tehran's "malign activities, including its ballistic missile programme and its support for terrorism"
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