18% U.S. tariff on ‘Made in India’ products, says PM Modi after phone call with President Trump
Indicating a positive turn in a bilateral relationship that had been under strain because of multiple issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that “Made in India” products will “now” attract a “reduced tariff of 18%” in the U.S., after a telephonic conversation with President Donald Trump on Monday. The move is expected to significantly reduce the impact of the 50% penalty tariffs that Mr. Trump had imposed on India in August 2025.
Rajasthan SIR: Bulk Form 7 applications for voter name deletion surface in Barmer; BJP BLAs deny filing them
Subhan Khan, a BJP worker at the sleepy village of Janpaliya in Barmer district in Rajasthan, was stunned when his Booth Level Officer informed him that an application had been filed seeking the deletion of his name from the State’s electoral rolls through Form 7. Even more surprisingly, the form was submitted in his name. Hundreds of such forms have surfaced in this village as well as certain other villages of this district. While booth-level agents of the BJP in whose names these forms had been filed denied signing them, many said the forms had created a furore in the villages, and worried voters had sought answers from them.
