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JAIPUR CITY/001/2024-26 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2025, JAIPUR, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 U.S. OFFICIALS TO COME TO INDIA IN AUGUST FOR NEXT ROUND OF TALKS ON TRADE PACT Trump hits India with 25% tariff plus a Russia penalty SIDDHARTH UPASANI ln two weeks, a crucial test for India smartphone success story TARIFFS AS PER INTERIM DEALS 20% 19% 19% 15% 15% 10% India: Studying implications, will take all steps to secure our national interest NEW DELHI, JULY 30 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 UNSC report names TRF, cites Pahalgam terror attack SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, JULY 30 IN A first, The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba that had claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, has found mention in a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report monitoring sanctions on terror outfits. Accordingtothereportof the Monitoring Team (MT) of the UNSC 1267 [ISIS (Da’esh) & AlQaida]SanctionsCommittee,the entry under the Asia section reads: “On 22 April, five terrorists attacked a tourist spot in Pahalgam, in Jammu and Kashmir. Twenty-six civilians were killed. The attack was claimed that same day by The Resistance Front (TRF), who in parallel published a photograph CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 IN PARLIAMENT SPECIAL DISCUSSION ON OP SINDOOR PAGE 6 NEW DELHI, JULY 30 UK EU Japan Philippines Indonesia SOUMYARENDRA BARIK Vietnam* EVENASIndiaandtheUSnegotiate a trade agreement, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announceda25percenttariff on IndiangoodsfromAugust1,with an additional but unspecified “penalty” for its defence and energy imports from Russia. Inapostonsocialmediaplatform Truth Social, Trump said India has “the most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary Trade Barriers of any Country”. India’s Commerce and Industry Ministry said the government had taken note of Trump’sstatementandis“studying its implications”. “India and the US have been engaged in negotiations on concluding a fair, balancedandmutuallybeneficial bilateral trade agreement over the last few months. We remain committedtothatobjective.The governmentattachestheutmost importance to protecting and promoting the welfare of our farmers, entrepreneurs, and MSMEs,” the ministry said in a statement. *(40% for transshipment) BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY US President Donald Trump, accompanied by grandchildren Spencer and Chloe, disembarks from Air Force One as he returns from Scotland, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Reuters KEY UNKNOWN: WHAT’S THE PENALTY Road to October pact gets tougher, shrinks room to drive a better deal AANCHAL MAGAZINE & ANIL SASI FAILED FOREIGN POLICY: OPPOSITION UNFORTUNATE, SAYS INDIA INC PAGES 7, 15 NEW DELHI, JULY 30 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s announcement of a 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports along withapenaltyforprocuringmilitary equipment and energy from Russia comes barely a day before the intended deadline to concludeagreements.It has key consequences. One, it puts India at a disadvantage in comparison to competitors.Two,itputtheonus back on the Indian side to fasttrack its negotiations for an in- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ISRO’s launch vehicle GSLV-F16 carrying NISAR, the first joint India-US satellite, lifts off from Sriharikota, Wednesday. PTI ANONNA DUTT NEW DELHI, JULY 30 IN ITS most significant launch since the Moon-landing Chandrayaan-3 in 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday placed NISAR satellite, a first-of-its-kind collaborative project between India and the US, into its intended orbit. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ARREST OF TWO KERALA NUNS IN CHHATTISGARH Was coerced into filing complaint, says woman at centre of conversion row JAYPRAKASH S NAIDU RAIPUR, JULY 30 AMID A storm over the arrest of two Kerala nuns on allegations of forcible conversion and trafficking in Chhattisgarh, one of the women they are accused of targeting has told The Indian Express that she was coerced to file a complaint against them. The nuns, Preeti Marry and Vandana Francis, and another Catholic Forum members in Thiruvananthapuram protest against the arrest of the nuns. PTI person, Sukhman Mandavi, were arrested last Friday at the Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh. The FIR, registered under sections of the Chhattisgarh Religious Freedom Act and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, was based on a complaint by a local Bajrang Dal worker, who alleged that the accused forcibly converted three women from Narayanpur and were attempting to traffic them. THIRD TEST AT LORD’S Umpires give 30-overs-old substitute ball after 10 overs, India not happy EXPRESSIN ENGLAND SANDEEP DWIVEDI LONDON, JULY 30 INDIA’S TEAM management is not happy with the ball-change protocolduringtheongoingTest series in England and has conveyed its concerns to the ICC Bumrah bagged 3 wickets before ball went out of shape matchreferee.Themanagement also believes that England got preferential treatment when it PAGE 1 ANCHOR MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL NEW DELHI, JULY 30 Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned as Vice President July 22. File We Bring The Best Out Of You The Mentors who will take you to success CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 cametochoosingballsatthestart of thecrucialthirdTestof theseries at Lord's earlier this month. The Indian Express has learnt that during England's first inningsatLord’s,whenthesecond new ball went out of shape after 10overs,thereplacement turned out to be 30-35 overs old. The protocol states the replacement needs to be as old as the original but it is learnt that the umpires toldtheteamtherewasnoballin stock that was 10 overs old. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Request for new bulletproof vehicles on hold, Dhankhar went with regular Innova IN FEBRUARY last year, the VicePresident’s Secretariat sought newbulletproof vehiclesforthen V-PJagdeepDhankhar,citingthe age of his three high-security BMWcars.TheMinistryof Home Affairs (MHA) conveyed in June that a panel would be formed to lookintoit,butbyNovember,his terim deal with the US. Indicationsarethatthe outer limit for a deal, currently pegged at around OctoberfromNewDelhi’s perspective,mightneedto be brought forward. What complicates the equation for India is that the Chinese PRESIDENT DONALD Trump’s announcement on Wednesday of a25percenttariff rateonIndia fromAugust1hastriggeredconcerns in the government that electronicsexportstotheUnited States, particularly the growing smartphone exports — which currentlyattractnocustomsduty — could be affected. A senior government official said a review meeting on Section 232oftheUSTradeExpansionAct of 1962 is coming up in two weeks, after which there will be more clarity on whether smartphoneexportscouldbeimpacted. In 2018, the US had imposed an additionaltariffof25percentand 10 per cent on steel and aluminum respectively, globally underthesameprovision,whichhad impacted Indian exports. While smartphones are India’s top export to the US by value, Trump has threatened 25 per cent tariff on Indian-made Apple iPhones, which account ISRO-NASA satellite placed in orbit, to map Earth in detail office decided to opt for a nonbulletproof Innova, in which he hasbeentravellingeversince,The Indian Express has learnt. DhankharannouncedonJuly 22 that he was stepping down from his post as Vice-President, citing health reasons. 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