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UK court cleared the extradition of Dawood Ibrahim’s aide, Jabir Motiwala to the United States. For India, this decision comes as a shot in the arm, as the interrogation of Motiwala, will further expose Pakistan.
 

The Lautenberg Amendment (United States) allows positive discrimination by excluding majority Muslims from the former Soviet Union and Iran. It allows Jews, Christians and Baha’is to jump the queue to gain American Citizenship. 

During a telephonic conversation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he desires to continue to work with the US President for enhancing cooperation in all areas of mutual interest

Former President of United States Barack Obama on 30th December shared the list of his favourite music of the year which included the song 'Cold/Mess' by Indian musician Prateek Kuhad alongside Beyonce's 'Mood 4 Eva', The Black Keys 'Go' among others.

The United States on Tuesday (December 31) congratulated General Bipin Rawat on his appointment as India's first-ever Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and said the post would help in "catalysing greater" cooperation between the militaries of the two countries.Union minister V Muraleedharan on Tuesday slammed the Kerala Assembly's resolution demanding the scrapping of the  Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and termed it an "illegal and unconstitutional move." Do not miss the headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.
 

The Statue of Unity in Gujarat has seen a footfall of over 15,000 on an average (on a daily basis) surpassing that of Statue of Liberty in the United States (10,000 a day)  

The contours of the strategic partnership between India and the United States are founded on shared democratic political architecture – India being the largest democracy while the US the oldest one. Hello and welcome to this episode of The Handshake, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about the potential of the India-US strategic partnership.

US President Donald Trump stated that the relationship between India and the United States of America is “very good”. He further stated that he is considering visiting India at “some point”.  

A report from the US State Department Report (Country Reports on Terrorism 2018) said that India is experiencing attacks by Pakistan-based terrorist organisations that continue to operate, train, organise, and fundraise from Pakistan

Pakistan had earlier also denied Prime Minister Modi's aircraft access to its air space for his visit to the United States to attend the 74th UN General Assembly session on September 20.

According to reports, the operation was carried out around midnight in Syria. The US is conducting forensic tests to confirm that Baghdadi was among the dead.

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has cut visa requirements from many developed countries and India is one among them. Earlier this year, the Brazilian government ended visa requirements for tourists and businesspeople from the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. 

Indian rupee appreciated by 28 paise against the USD in early trade. On Friday, rupee had settled for the day at 71.02 against the US dollar. President Donald Trump on Friday had said that the United States has reached a "very substantial" Phase 1 trade deal with China.