Delhi and the adjoining parts woke up to unusually heavy rains causing massive water-logging on major roads. US Secretary of State John Kerry, who’s on his fourth visit to India, was among the lakhs of people who bore the brunt of crippled traffic movement in the city.
His lecture – that was scheduled to start at 10 am – at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was delayed by more than an hour. That led to Kerry making a jibe on his arrival. “Have you come here in boats?” Kerry asked the students and other members of the audience.
But the focus of Kerry’s visit has been on pushing for better military cooperation and increasing trade between US and India five-fold to 500 billion dollars.
India and the US this week sealed a deal to share each other military bases for repair and resupplies.
Kerry lauded India’s spirit of enterprise and also warned Pakistan to rein in the terror outfits operating from its land.
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