3 dead, no apology: US strike strains relations with India
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
3/25
Freshness
23/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
12/15
Depth
6/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
For years, Washington described India as an indispensable partner, a democratic counterweight to China and a strategic anchor in the Indo-Pacific. Then the US Navy killed three Indian sailors and America’s top diplomat could not even bring himself to apologise. India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar raised the deaths directly with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a phone call last Fri
