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The Biden administration is in the final stages of its tenure in America. Before the end of its tenure, America is giving not one but two important gifts to India. America has decided to remove three big institutions of India from the list of nuclear sanctions…read more
What gifts did Joe Biden give to India while leaving?
highlights
- America lifts ban on 3 Indian nuclear institutions.
- US gives India unrestricted access to advanced AI chips.
- America imposed sanctions on 11 Chinese institutions.
New Delhi. Joe Biden’s tenure is about to end. Before this, his government gave two big gifts to India on Tuesday. America has excluded important institutions of India from the nuclear control law. Also, the US government has allowed India unrestricted access to AI chips. Earlier, the Biden administration is in the process of removing the rules that prevent civil nuclear cooperation in America. News is coming that new rules were brought to prevent China and other adversaries from having access to the most advanced semiconductors.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan had talked about removing the entity list. Only after a week the news is coming that America has removed the list of rules and restrictions on many important nuclear institutions of India. The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has removed three Indian nuclear institutions, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) and Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) from its ‘Entity List’. At the same time, America has kept its strategic partner India out of the list of 18 countries that are allowed unrestricted access to advanced AI chips.
Who is in the entity list?
Let us tell you that the US ‘Entity List’ is used to control trade with organizations that are considered risky to US national security or foreign policy. The US uses this list to prevent the use or trade of goods that are used in terrorism, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other prohibited activities that the US considers against its foreign policy or national security interests. At the same time, America has added 11 Chinese institutions to this list.
It was decided on PM Modi tour
While speaking at Delhi IIT, Sullivan said that during PM Modi’s last visit to America, I had met NSA Ajit Doval and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar. At the same time, indications were given to lift the ban. Sullivan said, ‘Although former US President Bush and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid out a vision of civil nuclear cooperation nearly 20 years ago, we have not yet been able to fully realize it… The Biden administration decided that That the time has come to take the next big step to strengthen this partnership.
January 16, 2025, 07:45 IST
Biden was kind to India in the last moments, gave 2 gifts, big update on nuclear ban