India, July 16 -- Amid intensifying global tensions, India and the US are working to resolve over $5 billion in pending defence deals critical to India's military modernisation. At stake are engine transfers, joint production agreements and strategic collaborations that could redefine India's self-reliance goals

In what could become one of the biggest boosts yet to India's push for military modernisation and strategic self-reliance, New Delhi and Washington are racing to untangle a massive backlog of pending defence deals, with high-level talks intensifying over the past week. The pending figure - estimated by officials to be well over $5 billion - has emerged as a symbol of both the promise and the unfinished business at the core of the...