New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Jacob Helberg, on 24 February (local time), said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump set a goal to increase trade between the US and India to $500 billion.

Speaking during a congressional hearing in Washington DC, Helberg expressed strong confidence in the future of US-India trade and outlined the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" policy on Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

"The administration has instated a policy of maximum pressure on Russia. The administration is goal is to bringan end to the war in Ukraine. That included the imposition of secondary sanctions, which affected a number of different Indian interests. Ultimate...