Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a phone conversation with US Vice President JD Vance over the weekend to discuss deepening their countries' comprehensive global strategic partnership. During the call, Modi congratulated Vance and his wife Usha on the birth of their son Alec Neel Vance. The conversation comes amid geopolitical developments such as a mutual defense pact signed between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, and concerns raised by US Congressman Riley Moore over proposed changes to India's Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. The exact details of the call are not yet available. Modi's last known conversation with Vance was in May 2025 during Operation Sindoor when Vance warned Modi about a potential attack by Pakistan, to which Modi responded that India would respond strongly. This is the first time in over 150 years that a sitting US Vice President has welcomed a child. The two leaders also discussed expanding the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, which was formally elevated during Donald Trump's visit to India in February 2020 and covers various sectors including defense, trade, critical technologies, space, energy, healthcare, education, and people-to-people ties. The partnership has seen initiatives like COMPACT and TRUST to expand cooperation in defense, commerce, AI, semiconductors, quantum technology, and other emerging sectors, with a target of $500 billion in bilateral trade by 2030. Negotiations are ongoing for a broader trade agreement, making the India-US partnership one of India's most wide-ranging strategic relationships.