Trump Praises PM Modi’s Opium Crackdown as India Remains on US Drug List
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Trump lauds India's efforts to curb poppy cultivation
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, September 16, welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to curb illicit poppy cultivation even as he identified India, China and Pakistan among 23 major drug transit and illicit drug producing countries and urged their respective leaders to address the issue. In a Presidential Determination to the US Congress, … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, Technology, Entertainment, Spo…
US President Donald Trump has praised the steps taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to stop opium production in India.
Trump praises PM Modi’s opium crackdown as India remains on US drug list
US President Donald Trump praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for tackling opium production, even as India remains on Washington's major illicit drug transit list. Meanwhile, Trump highlighted his administration's strict border security, declining overdose deaths, and aggressive crackdowns on international narcoterrorists.
<p style="text-align: justify;">US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) welcomed the efforts being made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against illegal opium cultivation. The US has included India in the list of major producers of illegal narcotics and psychotropic substances.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">An official statement has been issued by the US government in this regard, in which President <a title="Donald Trum…
Trump kept India on the list of major transit or drug-producing countries in the United States, but in the same document he commended Nrentru Modi separately for combating illicit opium poppy cultivation.
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