'Agriculture, Dairy Protected': Piyush Goyal Cheers India-US Pact; Jaishankar Meets Trump Top Aides

Amid roaring protests in the Lok Sabha, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal mounts a fierce defence of the India-US trade deal, insisting farmers and dairy interests are fully protected, a day after Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of buckling under US pressure. Even as politics erupts at home, diplomacy heats up abroad with EAM S Jaishankar meeting top Trump aides in Washington to reset ties. Meanwhile, high drama grips the Supreme Court as Mamata Banerjee personally takes on the Election Commission, alleging selective targeting of poll-bound Bengal and declaring that “justice is crying behind closed doors.