With US President Joe Biden not able to make it to India in late January due to "scheduling demands", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that the visit was tied to the proposed Quad Summit and indicated that the dates did not work with all partners.
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, in a joint operation with Punjab Police, recovered a drone laden with a contraband item in the Tarn Taran district, officials said on Saturday.
The BSF troops on Saturday heard a buzzing sound of a suspected flying object coming from the Pakistan side after which a joint search operation was launched by BSF and Punjab Police on the outskirts of Mari Kamboke village in Tarn Taran district.
A Pakistani drone carrying narcotics was recovered from Amritsar in a joint operation by the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police, an official statement said on Thursday.
The United States, Australia, India, and Japan, are four like-minded regional partners which convene under the Quad to address urgent issues facing the area and to promote an inclusive, resilient, free and open Indo-Pacific.
US State Secretary Antony Blinken has said the US has deepened its partnership with India. He said the country has elevated cooperation with India, Japan and Australia through the Quad.
A spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy patient, Jeetu Kanwar, now 29, has been facing life's odds ever since she was in her mother's womb. Her form of spastic CP is the severest and it affects the movement of all four limbs, the trunk and the face.