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India’s Modi vows to protect farmers, cuts tax, pushes self-reliance amid Trump tariff tensions

Aug. 15, 2025 at 11:21 am CDT

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country on Friday to move towards more self-reliance, manufacture everything from fertilisers to jet engines and EV batteries, and vowed to protect farmers in the face of a trade conflict with Washington.

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