Modi and Trump Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Over Phone
Leaders reviewed trade, defence, energy, and critical technologies during their September 30, 2026 call.
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Modi and Trump Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Over Phone
Photograph: The Hindu (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone on September 30, 2026.
- The leaders reviewed cooperation in trade, defence, energy, and critical technologies.
- Both leaders agreed to continue close engagement to advance their Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.
- They also exchanged views on regional and national issues, and global peace and security.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 23 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 45 of the 68 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
20/100
68 sources · methodology
Missing from the left
Only 3 of the 23 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation on September 30, 2026. The leaders reviewed bilateral cooperation across several sectors, including trade, defence, energy, and critical technologies. Both leaders affirmed their commitment to maintain close engagement to advance their Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership.
During the call, Modi and Trump also exchanged perspectives on regional and national issues. Discussions also covered global peace and security efforts. Prime Minister Modi described the conversation as productive.
Coverage comparison
What the coverage left out
None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mention any specific details about regional or national issues discussed, beyond stating that such exchanges occurred. The digests also do not provide specific details on the nature of the discussions regarding global peace and security.
Coverage settled. We checked this 73 times and stopped on 6 Oct 2026, 09:30. The figures above are what it finished at.
How other outlets pictured it
Which photograph to run is each newsroom’s own choice. The leaning beside a name is that outlet’s published rating, not a claim that the pictures divide along it. Every picture is shown from the outlet’s own server and links to the article it ran in.

PM Modi said he and Donald Trump reviewed India-US cooperation across key sectors and agreed to maintain close engagement to advance their Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. (File photo)
The Economic Times — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
3 rated outlets
- The Hindu, the sole left-rated report, led with the specific areas of bilateral cooperation discussed: trade, defence, energy, and critical technologies. The report quoted Prime Minister Modi's post on X stating, 'We agreed to maintain close engagement to take our Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership forward.' It also noted that the leaders exchanged perspectives on regional and national issues and discussed global peace and security.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports from The Economic Times and Hindustan Times both highlighted the leaders' agreement to maintain close engagement to advance their Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. The Economic Times' digest mentioned the call occurred in the context of the Russia sanctions law and ongoing trade deal negotiations. Hindustan Times' digest noted the discussion of global peace alongside trade and defence.
Right
16 rated outlets
- Eight right-rated reports focused on the core elements of the conversation: the telephone call between Modi and Trump, and their review of bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, energy, and critical technologies. Several digests, including those from Latestly, Anadolu Ajansı, ABP News, rediff.com, India Today, Times of India, Moneycontrol, and NDTV, stated that the leaders agreed to maintain close engagement to advance their Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. Anadolu Ajansı's digest additionally noted the context of trade deal negotiations and concerns over US sanctions on Russia.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Modi and Trump Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Over Phone?
- Of the 23 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 13% are rated left, 17% are rated centre, 70% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 68. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Modi and Trump Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Over Phone left or right?
- The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 70% of the 23 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.
- Is the coverage of Modi and Trump Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Over Phone biased?
- Modi and Trump Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Over Phone is one event reported by 68 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Modi and Trump Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Over Phone?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Modi and Trump Discuss Bilateral Cooperation Over Phone?
- 68 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- When did Prime Minister Modi and President Trump speak?
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation on September 30, 2026. The call was described as productive by Prime Minister Modi.
- What did the leaders discuss?
- They reviewed bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, energy, and critical technologies. They also exchanged perspectives on regional and national issues, and discussed global peace and security.
- What was the outcome of the discussion?
- Both leaders agreed to maintain close engagement to advance their Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. Prime Minister Modi stated that the conversation was productive.
Read it at the source
68 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
3- PM Modi, Donald Trump talk trade, defence as US tariff threat over Russian oil looms (opens Indian Express in a new tab)
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- Modi and Trump Discuss Trade and Defense. India Wants to Reach a Deal with the US (opens IndexHR in a new tab)
- Modi, Trump discuss bilateral cooperation in trade, defence, energy, critical technologies (opens The Hindu in a new tab)
Centre
4- Modi, Trump discuss India-US trade, defense, energy ties (opens The Express Tribune in a new tab)
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- PM Modi speaks with Trump: India-US trade, defence, energy and critical tech cooperation reviewed (opens Live Mint in a new tab)
- PM Modi, Trump review bilateral ties; discuss global peace, trade, defence (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
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- PM Modi and Trump hold first telephonic talks since Russia sanctions law; discuss trade, defence (opens The Economic Times in a new tab)
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Right
16- Modi, Trump discuss trade, energy ties in first call since June as new tariffs loom (opens The Print in a new tab)
- PM Modi, President Trump Phone Call: Trade, defence, energy and critical technology take centre stage (opens organiser.org in a new tab)
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- Modi and Trump Discussed Cooperation in Defence and Trade (opens vz.ru in a new tab)
- Modi, Trump Talk Ties Days After US Sanctions Russia, Iran (opens Deccan Chronicle in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, President Trump hold “productive” telephone conversation; discuss cooperation across trade, defence, energy, critical technologies - The Tribune (opens Tribune India in a new tab)
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- Modi, Trump review India-US ties in phone call (opens The Hindu Business Line in a new tab)
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- PM Narendra Modi Speaks to Donald Trump, Reviews India-US Trade, Defence and Energy Ties | 📰 LatestLY (opens Latestly in a new tab)
- Modi, Trump Discuss India-US Trade, Defense, Energy Ties (opens Anadolu Ajansı in a new tab)
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Show 8 more
- PM Modi, Donald Trump Speak On Phone, Discuss Trade, Defence And Energy (opens ABP News in a new tab)
- Modi, Trump talk on phone, discuss bilateral ties (opens rediff.com in a new tab)
rediff.com — is rediff.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Important Talks Between PM Modi and President Trump, Discussing Trade, Defense and Critical Technology (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- PM Modi, Trump discuss trade, defence, energy; agree to deepen strategic ties (opens India Today in a new tab)
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- PM Modi and Trump hold first telephonic talks since Russia sanctions law; discuss trade, defence (opens Times of India in a new tab)
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- PM Modi discusses trade, defence and efforts to advance global peace in phone call with Trump (opens India TV News in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, US President Trump hold 'productive conversation', review trade, defence ties (opens Moneycontrol in a new tab)
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- Spoke To Trump, Reviewed Trade, Defence Cooperation: PM Modi (opens NDTV in a new tab)
Not rated
45- Modi, Trump review ties amid sanctions and trade concerns - News Today (opens newstodaynet.com in a new tab)
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- Modi speaks with Trump as India seeks interim deal with US (opens newsindiatimes.com in a new tab)
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- From 'Done and Dusted' to Interim Deal: Why India-US Trade Agreement Goals Shifted in Milwaukee (opens indiaweekly.biz in a new tab)
indiaweekly.biz — is indiaweekly.biz biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Modi and Trump are trying to stabilize a relationship still short on deals (opens quatrostrategies.ca in a new tab)
quatrostrategies.ca — is quatrostrategies.ca biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Modi, Trump hold phone call, review India-US ties across trade, defence and energy - Hello Entrepreneurs (opens helloentrepreneurs.com in a new tab)
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- PM Modi-Trump Telephone Call: Charting Next Phase of Global Strategic Partnership Amid Regional Challenges, Will It Ease Tariff Row (opens dnpindia.in in a new tab)
dnpindia.in — is dnpindia.in biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Modi-Trump call focuses on trade, defence and India-US relations - The Canadian Media (opens thecanadianmedia.com in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, President Trump Reaffirm Strategic Partnership Across Trade, Defence, Energy, Critical Technologies (opens indiandefensenews.in in a new tab)
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- PM Modi and Donald Trump discuss India-US Partnership in latest phone call (opens India Shipping News in a new tab)
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- Trump and Modi Spoke on the Phone - Naya India-Hindi News, Latest Hindi News, Breaking News, Hindi Samachar (opens Naya India in a new tab)
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- Modi and Trump discuss trade, defence and critical technology ties - Tamil News | Online Tamilnadu News | Tamil Cinema News | Chennai News | Chennai Power shutdown Today (opens Tamil Nadu News, Chennai News, Tamil Cinema News, Tamil News, Tamil Movie News, Power Shutdown in Ch in a new tab)
- Trade, Visas, and Pakistan: Jairam Ramesh Details Key Omissions in Modi-Trump Phone Call (opens The CSR Journal in a new tab)
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- Trump-Modi Phone Conversation: 'Excellent,' Says US Ambassador Sergio Gore (opens Mathrubhumi in a new tab)
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- Modi, Trump talk trade, tech, and energy in first phone call since US ... (opens The Week in a new tab)
- Modi and Trump Discuss Global Issues in Phone Call (opens Udaipur News in a new tab)
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- Modi speaks with Trump as India seeks interim deal with US (opens The Frontier Post in a new tab)
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- US envoy calls Trump-PM Modi phone conversation ‘very good’ (opens Indian Abroad News in a new tab)
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- US envoy calls Trump-PM Modi phone conversation ‘very good’ (opens Social News XYZ in a new tab)
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- Congress accuses PM of appeasing ‘Donaldbhai’, dodging India-US ties questions - OrissaPOST (opens Orissa POST in a new tab)
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- Modi, Trump Hold ‘Productive’ Call on India-US Ties (opens India West in a new tab)
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- Modi and Trump Discuss Strategic Alliance While India Pursues Trade Agreement (opens Business AM in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, President Trump hold “productive” telephone conversation; discuss cooperation across trade, defence, energy, critical technologies (opens KalingaTV in a new tab)
- PM Narendra Modi Speaks with Donald Trump; Discusses Trade, Defense Ties, and US Tariffs (opens madhyamam.com in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, Prez Trump review India-US ties, vow to maintain close engagement (opens The Legitimate in a new tab)
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- PM Modi Holds Phone Conversation with US President Trump; Discusses Trade, International Issues (opens TV9 Kannada in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, Trump review India-US ties, discuss global peace efforts (opens madhyamamonline.com in a new tab)
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- Modi Spoke with Trump as India Seeks Interim Trade Deal with US - Croatian Media Service - Now I Know More! (opens Hrvatski Medijski Servis in a new tab)
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- Trump and Modi Discuss Trade and Energy Relations in the Face of New Tariffs (opens La República in a new tab)
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- PM Modi and Trump Spoke on the Phone, What Was Discussed Regarding India-US Relations? (opens navbharatlive.com in a new tab)
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- PM Modi-Trump Phone Call: Phone Conversation Between PM Modi and Donald Trump, Many Important Issues Discussed (opens Hindi Samachar in a new tab)
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- Modi Discusses Multiple Issues with Trump over Phone, From Trade to Defense, Eases Tariff Concerns? (opens Sangbad Pratidin in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, US President Trump hold 'productive conversation', review bilateral ties (opens Sambad English in a new tab)
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- Breaking News: 'Special Conversation' Between PM Modi and US President Trump, Many Major Issues Discussed (opens tv9gujarati.com in a new tab)
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- Important Talks Between PM Modi and Trump... Discussion on Trade, Defence and Technology Cooperation (opens TV9 Hindi in a new tab)
- Modi, Trump hold ‘productive’ call on trade, defence, energy, tech cooperation (opens awazthevoice.in in a new tab)
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- Important Talks Between PM Modi and US President Trump, Many Major Issues Were Discussed (opens uttamhindu.com in a new tab)
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- PM Modi and President Trump Review Strategic Ties, Focus on Global Peace (opens Zoom News in a new tab)
- Modi, Trump discuss India-US trade, defense, energy ties (opens Sada El balad in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, Trump Hold ‘Productive Conversation’, Review India-US Cooperation Across Key Sectors (opens Yes Punjab in a new tab)
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- Narendra Modi Holds Telephonic Conversation with Trump Amid US Tariff Threat; Trade, Global Issues Discussed (opens Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd in a new tab)
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- PM Modi and Trump Spoke on the Phone, the Prime Minister Himself Explained the Issues Discussed. (opens News Nation in a new tab)
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- Modi says he had 'productive' talk with Trump (opens BizToc in a new tab)
- PM Modi, US President Trump hold 'productive conversation', review bilateral cooperation across key sectors (opens bhaskarlive.in in a new tab)
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- Important Talks Between PM Modi and US President Trump, Many Major Issues Discussed - India TV Hindi (opens India TV Hindi Hindi in a new tab)
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- PM Modi, Donald Trump Discuss Energy, Defence Ties Amid Ongoing India-US Trade Negotiations (opens NDTV Profit in a new tab)
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