India now faces a lower tariff rate of 10 per cent, down from 18 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a new global levy on items imported into America in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict against his sweeping tariffs.

In a proclamation titled 'Imposing a Temporary Import Surcharge to Address Fundamental International Payments Problems', Trump said he is imposing, for a period of 150 days.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Friday his office would launch several new investigations under the Section 301 trade provision, covering most major trading partners and areas such as pharmaceutical product pricing.

Greer said the administration was confident that all trade deals negotiated by President Donald Trump would stay in effect after the Supreme Court struck down on Friday tariffs ranging from 10 per cent to 50 per cent imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

US President Donald Trump on Friday said "nothing changes" with Washington's deal with India. Trump called the US-India trade deal a "fair deal" as he said the Supreme Court's ruling was "deeply disappointing" and "ridiculous".

Addressing a press conference after the Supreme Court's verdict, he said he was very proud of his work and had "powerful alternatives" to impose tariffs. He said he would sign an executive order to impose a 10 per cent global tariff over and above the existing tariffs, which would come into effect in three days.

The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs that he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies, undercutting his signature economic policy and delivering his biggest legal defeat since he returned to the White House.

The ruling came weeks after India and the US issued a joint statement towards an interim trade agreement on February 7 stating the contours of the deal. Delhi-based think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said the ruling should prompt India to re-examine its trade deal with Washington.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Friday expressed optimism about India's growing leadership in artificial intelligence, stating that the country is set to play a global leadership role in AI and related industries.

Speaking to ANI at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Naidu said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is actively promoting India's AI capabilities globally.

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's (TVK) general secretary for propaganda and policy, Arun Raj, on Friday said that at the party's first conference, Vijay had clearly declared the Bharatiya Janata Party as an ideological opponent.

Speaking to ANI, he said it takes courage to name both the ruling party in the state and the ruling party at the Centre as adversaries.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Barak Valley on March 14 to launch the Rs 22,000-crore expressway connecting Guwahati and Silchar.

The expressway will enable travel between Guwahati and Silchar in four-and-a-half hours from over eight hours at present, he told reporters on the sidelines of a programme in Silchar.

Stepping up his attack on the government over the interim US trade deal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the answer to why Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to a deal, where India gives so much and appears to get so little, and make an "abject surrender" lies in the "grips" and "chokes" placed on him.

The leader of opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha also claimed that with this deal, India is going to become a "data colony".

Google's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Sundar Pichai, on Friday said the United States (US)-India partnership has a "critical role to play" in shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI).

Delivering the keynote address at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Pichai said, "We are on the cusp of an era of hyper progress and new discoveries.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has urged the international community to work collectively to address the increasingly complex and interconnected challenges in the maritime domain, guided by mutual respect and a spirit of cooperation.

Addressing Navy Chiefs and Heads of Delegations from 74 countries during the inaugural ceremony of Exercise MILAN here on Thursday Singh asserted that traditional threats now coexist with emerging challenges such as piracy.

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