eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE Host with the Most NEWDELHI,LATECITY OCTOBER12,2025 Gourmet catering has become a marker of modern hospitality 20+4PAGES,`7.00 (`8 RAIPUR, ` 15SRINAGAR) U.S. AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE SERGIO GOR MEETS JAISHANKAR, DOVAL, MISRI ‘Incredible’ meet with PM, ‘optimistic’ about days ahead, says new US envoy Trump threatens China with 100% more tariffs over rare earth curbs E E X P L A I NE D Confident his tenure will further boost India-US global strategic partnership: PM RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 11 AHEADOFhigh-stakesUS–China tradetalkslikelylaterthismonth, fresh tensions erupted after China significantly expanded its export controls on rare earths and other critical minerals on October 9, to which President Donald Trump responded by threatening to raise duties on Chinese goods by 100 per cent. Thistriggeredasharpdecline in US stock markets on Friday with the S&P 500 falling 2.7 per cent, its biggest single-day drop in six months since early April. USAmbassador-designateSergioGorpresentstoPM Narendra Modiaframedphotograph signedbyUS PresidentDonald Trump,with a message:‘MrPrimeMinister,youaregreat’. PTI SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 11 INHISfirstoutreachtoNewDelhi amidtherecentbilateralchillthat hasseen50percentUStariffsand increased H-1B visa fees, US Ambassador-designate Sergio GormetPrimeMinisterNarendra Modi Saturday and framed his visit in warm and effusive terms. Last month, during his Senate confirmation hearings, Gor was bullish about the bilat- eralrelationshipandhadflagged India as a “strategic partner whose trajectory will shape the region and beyond." Gor, who is here from October 9-14, also met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Saturday. “GladtoreceiveMrSergioGor, Ambassador-designate of the US to India. I’m confident that his tenurewillfurtherstrengthenthe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Why this matters ● for Delhi BOTH CHINESE and American posturing on trade assumes significance for India, which is in midst of negotiations for a bilateral trade deal with the US. China’s curbs on rare earths also pose a threat to India’s automobile industry. While China is India’s largest import source, the US continues to be its largest export destination. President Donald Trump at the White House, Friday. AP Threatening a steep hike in tariffs, Trump said: “It has just been learned that China has taken an extraordinarily aggressivepositionontradebysending anextremelyhostilelettertothe CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 DATA FOR ARRIVALS IN PEAK AUGUST 44% dip in Indian student arrivals in US over last yr, sharpest since Covid ABHINAYA HARIGOVIND NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 11 AHEAD OF the start of the Fall semester at American universities, the number of Indian student arrivals in the United States in Augustfelltothelowestsincethe Covid pandemic (2020), registering an over 44 per cent decrease CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 DROP AHEAD OF FALL SEMESTER 100k 50k 0 93,833 49,797 40,911 41,540 Covid 2015 2,908 2020 2025 Source:International Trade Administration (US Dept of Commerce) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM FOUR-PAGE PULLOUT CANCELS MEDIA MEET AT DEOBAND Taliban team kept women out, Embassy premises gave shield MEAleanedoncurrentstaff toletMuttaqi holdmediabriefinginembassy:Sources SHUBHAJIT ROY & PRAGYNESH NEW DELHI, DEOBAND, OCTOBER 11 IT WAS the visiting Taliban delegation that had decided to exclude women journalists from the media briefing Friday, an event that was strongly resisted by current staffers, The Indian Express has learnt. Attheheartofthecontroversy is the venue: the Afghanistan CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at Darul Uloom Deoband in UP on Saturday. Gajendra Yadav From the Volga banks, a Russian republic calls India: Boost trade & ties Consulate opening in Kazan, Telangana makes a strong case for investment RAKESH SINHA KAZAN (RUSSIA), OCTOBER 11 IN KAZAN, where the Volga meetstheKamasouthof thecity, two teams met on the field for a T20 outing on a sunny morning this week. Vinay Kumar, India’s envoy to Moscow, was there to greet Team Russia and Team India, their playing 11s largely students, watched by most with little or no knowledge of cricket. It was soft diplomacy at play, Indiareturningtothecitywhere, MOSCOW RUSSIA KAZAN VOLGA RIVER a year ago, Prime Minister NarendraModiandPresidentXiJinpingmeton the boundaries of the BRICS summit, leading their CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E E X P L A I NE D DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA ● Women in shackles SINCE THEY returned to power in Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have issued over 100 edicts restricting rights of women and girls: banning them from higher education and work; out of public spaces. There are also restrictions on their travel without male escorts; on even being heard singing or reading aloud from inside their homes. DECISION 2025 BIHAR ● Prashant Kishor kicks off election campaign from Tejashwi bastion PAGE 10 EXPRESS NETWORK BENGAL: MBBS STUDENT RAPED OUTSIDE COLLEGE IPS OFFICER’S DEATH: ROHTAK SP SHIFTED PAGE 12
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