New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- US President Donald Trump will participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the new US ambassador to India and his close aide, Sergio Gor. Gor is expected to take charge in New Delhi soon after the ceremony.

Confirmed by a Senate vote in October, Gor will be the youngest US ambassador to India. He previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office. He will also serve as a special envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.

After months of tense relations due to tariffs, India-US engagement is expected to receive a boost. Trump used tariffs as a diplomatic tool to "buy justice" and had urged India to "stop buying oil" from Russia to help end the Ukraine war, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick h...