New York: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a key meeting on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, reaffirming the importance of the U.S.-India partnership despite recent tensions sparked by Washington’s new visa policy.

The talks came just days after President Donald Trump’s administration imposed a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, a move that has sent shockwaves through India’s information technology sector. The steep fee increase, which disproportionately impacts Indian tech firms dependent on U.S. markets, triggered a decline in shares of major Indian IT companies and raised concerns over operational costs and competitiveness.

During the meeting, Rubio described India as a relationship of “cr

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