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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

India adopted the GST in 2017, sweeping in more than a dozen domestic state taxes in a bid to unify the economy on the principle of "one nation, one tax, one market". It was hailed as the biggest tax reform since independence from Britain in 1947.

"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.

India's 79th Independence Day 2025 President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi Speech Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from Red Fort, speaking about India's achievements in the past year.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s complicity in the violence against India’s Muslims is the easy part of this story. The hard part is what has happened to our community.

It is one of the biggest job-creation programs rolled out in recent years, signaling the government’s intent to court India’s young workforce. At the launch, the PM Modi called the plan a 'transformational step,' saying it was about more than just jobs ...