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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know Trump Implies Talks With India Continue, Praises Modi, Says He Might Visit That Country P resident Trump during a press conference at the White House, indicated he may visit India next year. He also repeated that applying tariffs on countries was a national security measure and that it was a tool he used to stop wars, reiterating his reference to India and Pakistan as an example of his success. Trump was speaking during a press conference he held to announce a deal to lower the price of weight-loss drugs. Asked about the Supreme Court’s ongoing hearing on whether the tariffs his administration had applied on countries were legal, Trump said tariffs were akin to a national security initiative. “I use them for national defense. I ended …. say five or six (wars) were ended because of tariffs.” He repeated the example of the recent India Pakistan conflict. “If you take a look at India and Pakistan, they started to fight. The two nuclear nations, they were shooting each other. Eight planes were shot down. There was (sic) seven. Now it was eight, because the one that was sort of shot down is now abandoned, and eight planes were shot down. ” “And I said, Listen, if you guys are going to fight, I’m going to put tariffs on you. And they both …. were not happy about that, and within 24 hours they settled the war. If I didn’t have tariffs, I wouldn’t have been able to settle that war.” Asked if he was planning to go to India, Trump said, “Prime Minister largely stopped buying oil from Rus- sia when you plan.” The President went on to say, “He’s a friend of mine, and we speak, and he wants me to go there. We’ll figure that out. I’ll go. I had a great trip there with Prime Minister…Modi’s… great man, and I’ll be going.” Asked if he would be going there next year, Trump responded, “”It could be, Yeah.” ADDON FROM THE WASHINGTON POST “I do not have anything on this to share,” Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesman for India’s Ministry of External Af- fairs, said at a briefing in New Delhi on Friday regarding Trump’s visit. “I will let you know when I have.” During his February visit to theWhite House, Modi had invited Trump to India. “On behalf of 1.4 billion Indians, I invite you to come to India,” the Indian leader had said at a joint press conference inWashington during his visit. But relations between the two countries deteriorated rapidly after that. Trump earlier this year slapped 50% tariffs on India’s exports to the US in part to pressure New Delhi to stop buying Russian oil. That added tensions to an already contentious negotiation over what the US has cast as India’s high levies and other barriers on American goods. In recent weeks, Trump has said that Modi has pledged to wind down purchases of crude from Russia and ex- pressed optimism about trade talks. While some officials in New Delhi have indicated that India is close to signing a trade deal withWashington, others - including the Minister of Commerce and Indus- try Piyush Goyal - have sent mixed signals, saying the country won’t be pressured into finalizing any agreement. It is also unclear if the recent warmth between the two leaders will last. Despite sharing a close relationship, the alliance between Trump and Modi has been strained by the US leader’s repeated claim that he deserves credit for brokering a truce in a four-day armed conflict between India and Pakistan. Trump’s last presidential visit to India came over five years ago, during his first term. “The people of India still remember your visit of 2020, and hope that President Trump will come to them once again,” Modi had said at the February press conference. From News Dispatches PHOTO:SCREENGRAB FROMVIDEO OF PRESSER PHOTO:PRAKASH SINGH/BLOOMBERG President Trump responding to a question on India, November 6, 2025, at a White House press conference on drug prices, when asked about tariffs and trade deal with India. India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. India Signs Deal To Buy 113 US Engines For Its Tejas Fighter Jets I ndia signed a deal on Friday to buy 113 engines from General Electric to power an advanced variant of its home-produced Tejas fighter jets, in a sign of warming ties with the U.S. following months of tariff- induced tensions. The Tejas Mk-1A fighters are crucial for India’s efforts to shore up its air force’s depleting fighter squadrons and replace ageing jets in the face of neighbouring China’s growing military strength and support for New Delhi’s arch-rival Pakistan. But the rollout of the fighter has been delayed due to slow deliveries from GE of 99 engines ordered in 2021, of which only four have arrived so far. GE has blamed sup- ply chain issues following COVID-19. FOLLOW-ON ORDER Friday’s deal is a follow-on order to power more of the fighters, with the engines expected to be delivered over five years from 2027, Indian state-owned warplane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd said in a statement after the signing. It did not mention the deal value. India’s relations with the U.S. had soured after Presi- dent Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50% in August as punishment for New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil, which led New Delhi to pause purchases of U.S. defence equipment. Trump said last month that he planned to reach a trade deal with India, and on Thursday told reporters inWashington that trade talks were going well, and he could visit India next year. The comment followed a reduction in purchases of Russian oil by Indian refiners after U.S. sanctions last month on Russia’s top two producers. Trump was due to visit India this year for the summit of leaders of the Quad grouping, which comprises Aus- tralia, Japan, India and the United States. But Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last month that the summit would likely be held in the first quarter of 2026, and that Trump “has a busy period” ahead in 2025. -Reuters PHOTO:REUTERS/FRANCIS MASCARENHAS/FILE PHOTO Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Tejas Mark 1A, a light combat aircraft takes off ahead of its maiden flight at HAL Nashik, India, October 17, 2025. By Shivam Patel US - India News India Times (November 8, 2025 - November 14, 2025) November 14, 2025 5