Daily Briefing: What Modi wants from Trump

On that note, let’s get to today’s edition.

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Much is riding connected the anticipated dialog betwixt Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Donald Trump. While an authoritative announcement is awaited, Modi will apt travel to the US connected February 12-14 aft his commitments successful France.

On the table: India hopes to onslaught a escaped commercialized woody with Trump, who has not stopped imposing tariffs connected cardinal trading partners. In the past, Trump has labelled India “tariff king,” a conception New Delhi is already moving to remove. In the Union Budget 2025, India softened import duties connected respective American goods.

Bright spot: The world’s largest economies—the US and China—are successful a commercialized war. On February 1, Trump announced 10 per cent tariffs against Chinese goods. Beijing retaliated with import duties of its own. India could capitalise on the commercialized diversion distant from China.

Expelled: There’s besides an urgent request to sermon the migration issue. On Monday, the US sent a subject level carrying astatine slightest 205 deported migrants to India. Most of them are said to beryllium from Punjab and Gujarat. The US’s usage of the subject level is important fixed its precocious outgo and departure from convention. But for Trump, it’s all astir the optics.

🎧 For much connected the deportation of Indian migrants, tune successful to today’s occurrence of the ‘3 Things’ podcast.

Only successful Express

There are respective pitstops on the mode to the 2036 Olympics for Ahmedabad. The Indian Express has learnt that India is contemplating throwing its chapeau successful the ringing to big the centenary variation of the Commonwealth Games 2030. Unlike 20 years ago, erstwhile the CWG was held successful Delhi (a archetypal for India), the spotlight is connected Ahmedabad, with Bhubaneswar besides successful the mix. But that’s not all. Ahmedabad has a slew of planetary multidisciplinary events connected its radar to summation hosting experience.

From the Front Page

Out! “Are you waiting for immoderate muhurat?” Coming down heavy connected the Assam government, the Supreme Court directed the authorities to deport 63 declared foreigners immediately. But tin the authorities authorities simply deport the overseas nationals? It’s complicated. There are limitations connected jurisdiction and respective diplomatic entanglements successful the process.

Next up: After Uttarakhand, it’s Gujarat’s turn. The Gujarat authorities has appointed a five-member sheet to hole a draught Uniform Civil Code (UCC), overmuch to the chagrin of the Opposition. Gujarat has picked the aforesaid retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Ranjana Desai, arsenic Uttarakhand, wherever the caller laws came into effect connected January 27. The enactment whitethorn beryllium completed sooner this clip around.

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It’s D-Day! Polling is underway successful 70 Assembly seats of Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to foil the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s bid for a 3rd consecutive word successful the nationalist capital. Who volition instrumentality the throne? Our contributing exertion Neerja Chowdhury writes that the aspirational mediate class mightiness clasp the cardinal to the outcome.

Fueling ambitions: India is keen to grow its atomic vigor sector. In a boost to its ambitions, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, successful her Budget speech, promised to amend 2 atomic Acts to destruct immoderate hurdles. In his play column, C Raja Mohan outlines what much India tin bash to emergence retired of its atomic slide.

Policy matters: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) volition huddle implicit 3 days to determine the adjacent steps. Is a repo complaint chopped connected the cards? Experts judge it’s highly likely. The repo complaint refers to the complaint the RBI lends to different banks and is simply a cardinal origin successful controlling inflation.

And Finally…

A 106-km agelong of Panama jungle strewn with half-eaten bodies and skeletons. A handsome magnitude of money. And a hollow committedness of harmless introduction into the US. This variation has already spoken a batch astir deportation. But earlier you go, instrumentality a infinitesimal to work this real-life account of a treacherous travel that ended successful deportation.

That’s each for contiguous folks! Until tomorrow,
Sonal Gupta

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