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Lok Sabha Polls: The former ambassador to the US is being seen as a potential candidate from Amritsar, a seat which the BJP hasn't won since 2009
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He joined the party in the presence of its general secretaries Vinod Tawde and Tarun Chugh.
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Outgoing Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu highlights revolutionary changes in India-US ties, emphasizing vast, untapped potential beyond current achievements.
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India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu made the remarks after unfurling the national flag at India House at a ceremony attended by a large number of Indian-Americans.
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The remarks by India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu came during his address to the annual India Ideas Summit of the US India Business Council.
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Taranjit Singh Sandhu's comments come ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US next week. Modi has been invited by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for an official State Visit, which will include a State Dinner on June 22.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on April 11 visited NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland during her official visit to the US. She was accompanied by the US Ambassador of India Taranjit Singh Sandhu
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During the roundtable, FM Sitharaman underlined the reality of a global acknowledgement of “New India” and the renewed role India is poised to play in the global economic order, besides India as an investment destination going forward into “Amrit Kaal.”
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In October, Nadella, 55, was presented with the prestigious Padma Bhushan by India's Consul General in San Francisco, Dr TV Nagendra Prasad. The CEO of Microsoft was named one of 17 awardees earlier this year.
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Speaking at an event dedicated to tea lovers organised at the Indian Embassy here on Tuesday, Sandhu spoke about the significance of tea for Indians and also about its linkage to the American Revolution.
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As the head of 1.4 billion citizens, our Prime Minister has encouraged each of us to dream big. In a real sense, he has gone on and has shown us that these dreams can be achieved if pursued with determination and persistence as seen in India's rise on the global map, Sandhu said at an event in Chicago on Sunday.
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Observing that vaccinating the world must be the priority strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic, Sandhu on Tuesday said the world's map of vaccinations presents a story of disparities with the under-developed countries, including those in Africa, lagging at 10 per cent or below.
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This was preceded by the first ever leader-level Quad Virtual Summit, in March. The joint statements issued, after each of these summits, captured the depth and breadth of this bilateral engagement, he said.
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Tarnajit Singh Sandhu was delivering a keynote address to a webinar on Opportunities in the Indian Startup Ecosystem and the deepening of India-US partnership.
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The total trade between India and Pennsylvania in 2019 was $3.21 billion. Over 18 Indian companies, with investments of $540 million, are supporting 3,000 jobs in Pennsylvania.
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During the meeting, the Indian envoy briefed the governor about the initiatives India has taken in healthcare and education and discussed collaboration in these sectors.
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India has been a reliable partner, during the crisis, and stepped up to supply medicines, and equipment, to over 150 countries including the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu said.
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Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu, speaking at the Hudson Institute, an influential American think-tank, said India and the US were bound by “shared values - democracy, liberty and equality of opportunity, all under the rule of law.”
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Speaking on the occasion of the release of the report “Indian Roots, American Soil” by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Monday, India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu noted that the coronavirus pandemic has given both countries new opportunities to step up bilateral cooperation.
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Addressing the virtual West Coast Summit of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), Sandhu said that India's supply of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to the US has given the two countries enough confidence and have played an important foundation.
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India's Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu also underlined that as global strategic partners, India and the US are prepared to face this public health crisis together.
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The deadly coronavirus that first emerged in China's Wuhan city has drastically spread around the world, infecting 471,518 people and causing 21,293 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker.
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"Today, the US-India relationship, is being seen, as the most transformational relationship of our times," India's new Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu said in his address to a gathering of American business community at a reception hosted in his honour by US India Business Council (USIBC) on Thursday.
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He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the goal for India to grow from a USD 3 trillion economy today to a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024 and a USD 10 trillion economies by 2030.
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Trump, during the Oval Office credentials ceremony, warmly welcomed Sandhu, a career foreign service official, back to Washington DC and wished him success in his responsibilities as India's ambassador to the US.
