H1-B visas, trade wars, S-400 missile defence systems from Russia, Iranian oil - after a steady high, a few hugs between Modi and Trump, these are a handful of thorns in the India-US relation and today US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar met to smoothen out the differences.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is one a three-day visit to India. On day one, he met both PM Modi and EAM S Jaishankar.

Before the visit Pompeo seemed to have done his homework as well because in a statement, he said, “Modi hai toh mumkin hai.”

Well done, but is restoring India-US ties going to be mumkin? Let’s dive into that question with today’s edition of The Big Story.