U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participate in a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on September 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Joe Biden on Thursday during his first state visit to the U.S.High on the agenda will be deepening of defense ties, partnerships in technology and India’s role in the Indo-Pacific.Ties between India and the U.S. are at a turning point and the relationship between the two nations have improved in the last decade, said Harsh V. Pant, vice president of studies and foreign policy at Observer Research Foundation, a Delhi-based think tank. “This is a very important visit, it is as much about India reaching out to the U.S., as it is about the U.S. reaching out to India,” Pant said.Biden has only hosted two state visits during his presidency, the first with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in December 2022, and the second with South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol in April. “This visit symbolizes the unwavering comm …
