Technology cooperation featured very prominently in the discussions between US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a special briefing in  Washington D.C., on Mr. Modi's US visit, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said, India and US have identified around 25 areas of technology partnership in the joint statement as a direct result of the discussion between the two leaders.<br />''<br />''He informed that Mr. Modi said that even after the two decades of 9/11 and one decade of 26/11, the problem of terrorism remains a pressing challenge for the global community. The Foreign Secretary added that what the Prime Minister was highlighting was the need for the international community to recognize that the people who sponsor and support terrorism, continue to pose a serious challenge to the safety and security of societies and have to be very firmly dealt with<br />''<br />''The Foreign Secretary also said that the two countries have agreed that the US will start the process to open two new consulates in India – one in Ahmedabad and one in Bengaluru, while India will open its consulates in Seattle and two other places in the US.<br />