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Modi Receives State Honors in Washington Amid Rights Concerns and Bolstered Defence and Tech Ties

  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a state visit and addressed Congress during his trip to Washington, D.C., praising cooperation between India and the United States.
  • President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Modi announced initiatives spanning technology, energy, and military hardware across meetings at the White House.
  • The lavish welcome was accompanied by calls from lawmakers, activists and rights groups for Biden to press Modi on treatment of minorities and dissent in India.
  • The nations touted deals on semiconductors, critical minerals, technology, space cooperation, and defense to boost high-tech manufacturing and counter China.
  • Modi aims to shift India's manufacturing out of China, with deals from Tesla, Apple and defense contractors on the horizon and billions in new investments as the relationship cements the US's tilt toward India in the Indo-Pacific.
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