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READ (Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream): Indio-US alliance to improve reading skills at Indian Schools

April 6, 2014

READ (Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream): It is an alliance between India and USA to improve the Reading skills of millions of primary school-aged children in India. It is a US $3.2 Million alliance between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Indian ..

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SEBI: To issue guidelines for FATCA compliance for fiscal year 2014-15

March 29, 2014

To combat possible tax evasion by Americans through Indian entities, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) planned to issue the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) compliance norms in the fiscal year 2014-15.  For the implementation of the ..

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U.S. – India Energy Dialogue 2014 to advance clean energy access: Promoting Energy Access through Clean Energy (PEACE)

March 23, 2014

India and the USA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a joint implementation committee to regularly monitor and boost the PEACE (Promoting Energy Access through Clean Energy) initiative in New Delhi. This new initiative PEACE was launched in ..

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Update on Khobragade case: US court dismissed visa fraud charges against Indian diplomat Ms. Devyani Khobragade

March 15, 2014

The US Court ruled that the Indian diplomat Ms. Devyani Khobragade had full diplomatic immunity at the time of indictment on visa fraud and underpaying her maid. As per the judgment, Ms. Khobragade who served as Consular officer in the ..

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“Akron”: Indian-American owned firm developing zero pressure tyre for US army

March 12, 2014

An Indian-American owned engineering firm, Akron (Ohio-based American Engineering Group (AEG)) has received a $1 million Phase-II project grant from the US Department of Defense to develop tyres that will continue running even after being shredded by roadside bombs or ..

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Solar mission: US again challenged India's solar export restrictions in WTO

February 16, 2014

On the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM), the Government of India stated that it hadn’t violated global trading norms under the World Trade Organization (WTO), even as the US filed a second case against India ..

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‘Narendra Modi is America's other India problem': TIME

January 20, 2014

As per Time magazine, if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins in the upcoming election and Narendra Modi becomes India’s next Prime Minister, the atmosphere between India and the US may become more tense which is already charged up following ..

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US scientists ‘re-engineering’ Tulsi

January 20, 2014

At the Western Kentucky University, an Indian-American scientist Chandrakanth Emani along with his team is genetically engineering tulsi or basil to raise its pharmaceutical value. They have genetically engineered tulsi to produce eugenol, a compound in tulsi that has a ..

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India, US sign $1billion contract for six “Super Hercules” aircrafts

December 30, 2013

India and the US have signed another mega defence deal worth $1.01 billion in which the US will supply six additional C-130J “Super Hercules” aircraft. The “letter of offer and acceptance” for the six new four-engine C-130Js, which will be delivered ..

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Mr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Ambassador of USA

December 28, 2013

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar became the Ambassador of United States of America (USA) in December 2013. He succeeded Ms. Nirupama Rao and his position in Beijing was taken by Ashok K. Kantha.  About Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar An Indian Foreign Service (IFS) ..

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