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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

India’s Modi pushes for self-reliance in Independence Day speech amid threat of US tariffs

Prime minister Narendra Modi marked India's 78 years of Independence on Friday by urging the nation to move towards more self-reliance amid the looming threat of additional US tariffs.

Addressing the country from New Delhi's 17th-century, Mughal-era Red Fort, he said everything from fertilisers to jet engines and EV batteries should be manufactured in India.

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