Trade, Defence, Energy on Modi, Vance Agenda

New Delhi: Hours after landing in New Delhi on Monday morning along with his Indian-origin wife Usha and their three children, US vice-president J.D. Vance held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the evening at his official residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, during which the two leaders "reviewed and positively assessed the progress in various areas of bilateral cooperation and welcomed the significant progress in the negotiations for a mutually beneficial India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement focused on the welfare of the people of the two countries". The pact is likely to be finalised by autumn this year. A…