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During his Friday speech, Modi also hinted India would continue its unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. The treaty, which India suspended after the April massacre, allows sharing of the Indus River that runs about 2,897 kilometers (1,800 miles) through South Asia and is a lifeline for both countries.

The White House's abrupt move to double duties on Indian goods over its Russian oil purchases came with little warning and no clear path forward.

India on Wednesday test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, a government statement said, in an apparent show of strength ahead of a threatened US tariff increase.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed India's biggest tax reform in eight years to lower consumption levies on everyday goods and small cars from October, in a move seen as boosting his his image amid trade tension with Washington.

The Indian prime minister has said his country "is ready" to react to President Donald Trump's additional 25 percent levy on goods entering the U.S.

India would not accept any compromise when it comes to the interests of its farmers, cattle-rearers and fishermen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday as the country wrestles with steep tariffs imposed by the US following breakdown of trade talks.

"On his birth anniversary today, my tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji," PM Modi wrote on 'X'. Apart from PM Modi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi shared a post on her official 'X' handle and paid tribute to her father and late India PM Rajiv Gandhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed India's biggest tax reform in eight years to lower consumption levies on everyday goods and small cars from October, in a move seen as boosting his image amid trade tensions with Washington.