Overview
- - India’s commerce minister Piyush Goyal framed the new India–US trade agreement as strengthening strategic ties and giving India an 18% reciprocal tariff advantage over competitors.
- - Bangladesh’s interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus announced a US deal lowering reciprocal tariffs to 19% and opening zero-duty access for select garments made with US cotton or man-made fibres.
- - After a CAG audit flagged widespread data irregularities in the 2016–2022 PMKVY, Aajtak’s spot checks found many listed Skill India centres closed or missing, even as the ministry cited FIRs and actions against errant entities.
- - Penguin Random House India said General M. M. Naravane’s memoir has not been published and any circulating PDFs violate its rights, as Delhi Police registered a case over alleged online sharing.
- - Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath declared the Babri structure will never be rebuilt, while West Bengal’s Humayun Kabir vowed to build a ‘Babri’ model mosque in Murshidabad and police seized over ₹18 crore in properties tied to his daughter’s in-laws under NDPS proceedings; separately, NCP leader Rohit Pawar sought a transparent probe into Ajit Pawar’s fatal plane crash, raising technical and procedural questions.