India, US to resume homeland security dialogue

India and the United States announced on Tuesday they will re-establish the Homeland Security Dialogue focused on issues such as cybersecurity, emerging technology and violent extremism.The announcement was made after a discussion between US secretary for homeland security, Alejandro Mayorkas, and the Indian ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
The two officials “agreed to re-establish the US-India Homeland Security Dialogue and to discuss important issues such as cybersecurity, emerging technology and addressing violent extremism”, the department of homeland security said in a readout of their discussion.Homeland security dialogue was part of the bouquet of bilateral engagements between the two countries till some years ago.The two countries had welcomed efforts to “reinvigorate” the dialogue - between the US department of homeland security and India’s ministry of home affairs - at the last 2+2 dialogue of foreign and defence ministers of the two countries held in New Delhi in 2020.