Narendra Modi in Washington, DC: Ahead of crucial Donald Trump meet, PM tears into Pakistan and Opposition
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoTwenty four hours ahead of his summit meeting with US President Donald Trump, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dressed in a grey bandhgala suit, used a Sunday afternoon speech to the Indian diaspora in Virginia to blast Pakistan on US turf, and riffed on India’s rising clout - “Kashmir se Kanyakumari tak, Attock se Cuttack tak” - sparking bewilderment and applause among the adoring audience.
Narendra Modi arrives in Washington: All eyes on PM's first meeting with Donald Trump
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoWhen Prime Minister Modi touches down in Washington DC Saturday evening, it coincides with a rare weekend when the US President is staying in the capital city instead of wandering away to his favourite weekend getaways at one of his luxurious properties in New Jersey or Florida.
Narendra Modi App key tool for Indian PM connect with US audiences
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoModi’s energetic social media team has stiched together a three course offering - Modi’s radio address Mann Ki Baat will also feature this weekend so that’s Modi playing on loop in multiple formats - audio, video and text during both the morning and evening hours of Sunday IST.
Narendra Modi in US: Indian diaspora meet on 25 June at most exclusive location in Trump backyard
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoDuring the upcoming visit of Narendra Modi to the US on 25 and 26 June, his signature address at a 'community reception' organised by the Indian diaspora in the US will be comparatively quieter.
F-16: What it takes to build this fighter plane in India
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoJohn Losinger from Lockheed’s Integrated Fighter Group ( F-16, F-22, T-50, F-2) in Texas and Abhay Paranjape, Executive Director of International Business Development at Lockheed spoke with Nikhila Natarajan in New York on everything from the production line to the typical employment generation and gestation period in the making of these fighter jets which could potentially lead to “thousands of jobs”.
Narendra Modi US visit: When foreign policy lexicon takes wing
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoExpect the lexical treasures of Indo-US strategy talk to spin merrily this week until Modi leaves the US on June 26 after his summit meeting with Trump.
Will angry Trump cool down before June 26 meeting with Modi?
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoTrump is said to be “yelling at television sets in the White House over the Mueller probe reportage, fuming at the same man who advised him to fire Comey, annoyed that his big anti-Obama legislative agenda has been backburnered by the Russia investigations and is troubled enough to have appointed yet another outside lawyer to douse the fires licking the main door of the White House.
Narendra Modi US visit schedule for June 25, 26
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoOn the morning of Sunday, June 25 is Modi's signature meeting with CEOs in Washington D.C and his afternoon will be spent in neighboring Virginia where he speaks to Indian community leaders around 2 pm EST.
Modi-Trump June 26 summit: Your go-to guide of expert views
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoTaken together, these are the opinions that will inform almost every preview on the Modi visit to the US. History, strategy, plainspeak, hedging, black swans - it’s all here.
Modi-Trump meeting seen through the lens of Indo-US summit history
Nikhila Natrajan • 8 years agoSrinath Raghavan, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research speaks to Firstpost on the Modi-Trump summit against the backdrop of Indo-US summit meeting history.