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25/05/22 08:36 AM IST

India, US announce major partnership for cooperation in critical areas

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  • India and the US announced a major partnership to boost cooperation in critical and emerging technologies between their leading security agencies after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden vowed to work together for a more prosperous, free, connected and secure world.
Areas of Cooperation 
  • India and the US also extended the longstanding Vaccine Action Programme (VAP) until 2027.
  • Separately, the White House announced India joining the Combined Military Forces-Bahrain as an associate member.
  • Both sides launched an India-U.S. Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) to facilitate outcome-oriented cooperation.
  • Co-led by the National Security Council Secretariat in India and the U.S. National Security Council, iCET would forge closer linkages between government, academia and industry of the two countries in areas such as AI, quantum computing, 5G/6G, biotech, space and semiconductors.
  • US plans to join six of India’s Technology Innovation Hubs to support at least 25 joint research projects in 2022 in areas such as artificial intelligence and data science to advance progress in applications such as agriculture, health and climate.
Source- PIB 

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