These days we see the worst of the relations between India and US. It is all because, India continues to buy Russian oil and does not support war in Ukraine. To complicate the matter further and exert greater pressure on India, the US invented the Pannu Affair. They have sent CIA chief, the FBI chief to India to exert more pressure on a minor issue. On top of that a big Democratic Party politician was made to drum up the matter politically. He is known to exert pressure to withhold MQ9 and GE engine deliveries to India. That is unlikely to happen as it was simply a setup for pressure tactics.
Overall today the situation has been made as bad as during Madam Albright and Robyn Raphael days in nineties exerting pressure on Indian government which was under economic pressure to yield on Kashmir. That pressure did not work.
Today, same type of pressure is being exerted to pressure India. Pannu Affair is a minor worthless hiccup created artificially for pressure.
Today, India is neither weak nor dependent. With $4 trillion economy and rapidly growing, India can exert reverse pressure. All India needs is for Chinese to invade Taiwan. America will come running for Indian support. Again Biden losses the elections then the new administration will look at Ukraine war differently. All the enemies which Biden has made will be invited back to become friends. Pannu Affair will be forgotten. Rather he could be extradited back to India to face criminal charges.