US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has underscored India’s role as a preeminent U.S. partner in the Indo-Pacific and the importance of working together to expand regional cooperation, including through the Quad group of countries (USA, India, Japan and Australia).

The vice-presidential debate is over in the US. Though early polls indicate that Kamala Harris has won the debate, Joe Biden's pick of the India-origin Democrat senator as his running mate for the November 3 presidential election has elicited a variety of emotional responses in this country — from joy to disappointment to skepticism.