India to get F-35 jets from US deal

India and the US rekindled their relationship on a high note Friday with a summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump yielding a range of benefits including US sale of oil gas and F35 fighter aircraft to India a possible mega trade deal and the immediate extradition of Tahawwur RanaAt his Oval Office in the White House on Thursday Friday India time Trump warmly welcomed Modi with a long handshake and a bear hug and described the prime minister as a ldquogreat friendrdquo for a long time and a ldquoterrificrdquo manReciprocal TariffsTrump said after talks with Modi that India will buy more oil gas and military hardware from America to bring down the trade deficit while asserting that Washington will not spare New Delhi from reciprocal tariffs ldquoWhatever India charges we will charge themrdquo Trump saidNew partnershipsTrump said he and Modi have reached an agreement that could potentially make the US the ldquonumber one supplierrdquo of oil and gas to India He also said that both sides have decided to expand the overall defence partnershipTrump greets Modi at the White HouseldquoStarting this year we will be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollarsrdquo Trump said adding ldquoWe are also paving the way to ultimately provide India with F35 stealth fighters He also noted positive momentum in IndiaUS cooperation in the civilnuclear energy sector2611 terror attacksldquoI am pleased to announce that my administration has approved the extradition of one of the very evil people of the worldrdquo Trump said referring to 2611 Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Rana to India Rana currently detained at a metropolitan detention centre in Los Angeles is known to be associated with PakistaniAmerican terrorist David Coleman Headley one of the main conspirators of the terror attack in 2008RussiaUkraine warPM Modi has welcomed President Trumprsquos efforts to end the war in Ukraine insisting that a solution to the conflict cannot be found on the battlefield and that dialogue and diplomacy is the only way to bring peace ldquoI have always been in close contact with Russia and Ukraine I have met the leaders of both countries The world somehow feels India has been neutral but I want to reiterate that India has not been neutralrdquo he said at a joint media briefing with TrumpBorder row with ChinaForeign Secretary Vikram Misri reaffirmed Indiarsquos commitment to resolving its issues with China through bilateral dialogue dismissing the need for external mediation Asked about a potential offer from the US to mediate between India and China Misri said Indiarsquos preference for bilateral talks with its neighboursSituation in BangladeshModi also shared with Trump concerns over developments in Bangladesh and how India sees the situation ldquoWe hope the situation would progress for ldquostable and constructiverdquo relationsrdquo Misri said regarding their meedingThe donald trump effectTiktok returns to Apple Google app stores in USTikTok has returned to the app stores of Apple and Google in the US after President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a TikTok ban TikTok which is operated by Chinese technology firm ByteDance was removed from Apple and Googlersquos app stores on January 18 to comply with a law that requires ByteDance to divest the app or be banned in the US The popular social media app has over 170 million American usersTaiwan pledges to invest more in AmericaTaiwan President Lai Chingte said on Friday he would communicate more with the US over President Donald Trumprsquos concerns over the chip industry and invest more in the US hours after Trump ordered reciprocal tariffs on trade partners Trump said on Thursday that Taiwan had taken away the US chip business and said that he wanted it back in the country Taiwanrsquos TSMC is the worldrsquos largest chipmaker and produces chips for companies including Apple Intel and NvidiaUS foreign aid flows again for nowA federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a threeweek funding freeze that has shut down US aid and development programmes worldwide Judge Amir Ali issued the order on Thursday in a US district court in Washington in a lawsuit brought by two health organisations that receive US funding for programmes abroad Ali noted that the Trump administration argued it had to shut down funding for the thousands of US Agency for International Development programmes abroad to conduct a thorough review of each programme and whether it should be eliminated but have ldquonot offered any explanation for why a blanket suspensionrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever