Goyal took to Twitter to post, "Addressed an industry gathering at the @USISPForum reception in Washington DC, along with U.S. Trade Representative, @AmbassadorTai. Spoke about the deepening of India-US trade engagement and the tremendous opportunities that lie ahead for both nations."
India has been designated as a major defence partner of the United States. It puts India on par with the closest allies and partners of the US. India's Major Defence Partner status has been made a part of the India Amendment in the National Defence Authorization Act (NDAA), 2017 of the US.
Indian stock indices have extended losses for the second straight session, largely due to continued selling by foreign investors on concerns over higher stock valuations.
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal, demanding arrests in the recent incidents of drunk men urinating on women on flights, issued a notice to the Delhi Police, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Air India on Friday.
Delhi Police has written a letter to the authority concerned seeking issuance of Look Out Circular (LOC) against the man who urinated on an elderly lady onboard an Air India flight between New York and Delhi on November 26 last year, said sources on Thursday.
Top officials of India's aviation regulatory body DGCA and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) are fuming that Air India did not report two shocking incidents of a passenger urinating on a co-passenger within a span of 11 days.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday issued Show Cause notices to Air India, crew members and pilots of the New York-Delhi flight in connection with the urination incident onboard on November 26 last year.
Air India has submitted the report to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) pertaining to the incident of an inebriated male passenger urinating on a female co-passenger in its business class on November 26 last year, said DGCA officials on Thursday.
Taking serious note of the Air India urination incident, the Ministry of Civil Aviation directed the airline to do an internal probe into the matter and submit the report as soon as possible, said top government sources on Thursday.