Washington: African American singer and longtime India admirer Mary Millben has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “the most influential and the most important leader right now in geopolitics,” praising his handling of this week’s New Delhi summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and urging Washington to reset its approach toward India.

In an interview with IANS, Millben said, PM Modi-Putin engagement reflected a “deep alliance” between the two countries and must be read in the broader context of India’s expanding global role. “From the perspective of Prime Minister Modi and President Putin, it was a great meeting,” she said, adding that “this is certainly a deep alliance between India and Russia, similar in the context of the deep roots and alliance that the United States sha

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