India, Feb. 5 -- Days after securing a trade deal, India and the US seem to be moving forward together on yet another avenue - the Critical Minerals Ministerial, aimed at countering China's global dominance. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the critical minerals summit where India was among 54 countries hosted by the Trump administration.

The summit was convened by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US vice-president JD Vance also outlined plans for the new trading zone. "Over time, our goal within that zone is to create diverse centers of production, stable investment conditions and supply chains that are immune to the kind of external disruptions we have already talked about," Vance said.

During a media interaction l...