MODI MAY TALK TERROR, H1B WITH TRUMP NEXT MONTH
Minister Narendra Modi is expected to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington in the last week of June, with terrorism emanating from Pakistan dominating the agenda, sources said on Sunday.
In his first meeting with Trump after the developerturned-politician took over as the President in January, Modi is also expected to discuss India’s entry into the nuclear suppliers group, changes in the H-1B visa regime, defence ties between the two sides and China’s increasingly aggressive stance in east and south Asia.
While top Indian officials are tight-lipped about the dates of the visit, US government sources indicated Modi would be in Washington from June 26 to June 28.
The two leaders could meet again in Hanover, Germany on the sidelines of the July 7-8 G-20 meeting.
Discussions on the agenda of the Modi-Trump meeting had begun with Indian ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna extending his New Delhi visit beyond the heads of mission meeting on May 7, sources in the ministry of external affairs said.
Indication that terrorism will top the agenda came during the meetings US national security adviser HR McMaster, who was in Delhi recently, had with his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval, foreign secretary S Jaishankar and intelligence chiefs on April 17.
Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, too, was keen on exchange of evidence about terror groups during his India visit the same month.
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In yet another shocking incident in Rohtak district of Haryana, a 10-year-old girl was found pregnant after being raped allegedly by her stepfather. The girl was admitted to the local PostGraduate Institute of Medical Sciences where doctors confirmed her pregnancy on Friday.
The incident came to light when the victim’s mother, a migrant labourer from Bihar, took her to the doctor for a checkup and found her to be fivemonth pregnant. She then learnt that her husband had been raping her since a long time.
A case was registered and the man arrested by the police.
Members of the district child welfare committee visited the girl at the PGIMS. Two of them, Neelam Ahuja and Uma Nehra, said arrangements would be made for her counselling. Nehra said financial help as well as social security would be provided to the girl aand her siblings.