Modi invites Biden to India’s Republic Day parade

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited US President Joe Biden to be the chief guest at the January 26 Republic Day celebrations during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit, America's ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said yesterday. Earlier, sources had said that India is planning to invite the leaders of the Quad countries for the Republic Day celebrations. Besides India and US, the other two members of Quad are Australia and Japan. Notably, India had invited the then US president Donald Trump for the Republic Day parade in 2018.