The Ideas Page: India-US trade deal seals farmers’ slide — provider to poor relative 13 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2026 Journalism of Courage NEW DELHI, LATE CITy, 24 PAGES ₹7.00 (₹8 RAIPUR, ₹15 SRINAGAR) l www.indianexpress.com DA I Ly F R O M : A H M E DA B A D , C H A N D I GA R H , D E L H I , j A I P U R , KO L K ATA , L U C K N O W , M U M B A I , N AG P U R , PAT N A , P U N E , VA D O DA R A Happening today lAFTER THEIR close shave against Nepal, England take on West Indies in the T20 World Cup league game at Mumbai. Another interesting clash pits Australia against Afghanistan. TRACK THESE AND MORE ON www.INDIANExPrEss.cOm Journalistgets yearinjailin caseofAdani defamation Press Trust of India Gandhinagar, February 10 THE MAGISTRATE court in Mansa, Gandhinagar, has convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case and sentenced him to a year’s imprisonment and imposed a fine. The case followed a complaint filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), the Adani Group's flagship company, alleging that Ravi Nair published and disseminated a series of tweets containing false and defamatory statements intended to damage the reputation of AEL and the Adani Group. AEL argued that the impugned tweets did not amount to fair comment or legitimate criticism but were designed to undermine the credibility of the company in the eyes of the public and investors. ThecourtheldthatAELhad successfullyestablisheditscase and found Ravi Nair guilty of criminal defamation. 118 OPPOSITION MPs SIGN NOTICE SUBMITTED TO LOK SABHA SECRETARY GENERAL Opp’s no-trust notice against him, Speaker to stay away until decision TMC did not sign, wanted to give Speaker more time to address Opp concerns Liz Mathew New Delhi, February 10 HOURSAFTERtheOpposition gavenoticeforano-confidence motion against him Tuesday, SpeakerOm Birla,sourcessaid, has decided not to chair Lok Sabha proceedingsuntil adecision is taken on the notice. The notice, signed by at least 118 Opposition MPs, has been submitted to Lok Sabha Business as Usual By EP UNNY Asad Rehman New Delhi, February 10 Last week, Speaker Om Birla suspended 8 Opp MPs. ANI FILE SecretaryGeneralUtpalKumar Singh. TheSpeakerhasbeenunder Opposition fire ever since he suspended eight MPs protesting in Lok Sabha and for stating later he had “credible information that several »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 For social media firms, content blocking time now cut to just 3 hours Soumyarendra Barik New Delhi, February 10 THE GOVERNMENT’S newly notified regulatory framework for social media companies is a mixed bag for them: While the IT Ministry has diluted an earlier proposed requirement to display labels on content gen- Gen shares publisher note saying book not out after Rahul’s remark on ‘lying’ erated through artificial intelligence (AI), social media companiesnowhaveastrictertimeline to take down problematic content — from the earlier 36 hours to just three hours. The IT Ministry Tuesday notified amendments to the Information Technology »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 PArlIAmENT morE rEportS, pAGE 7 BREAKING HIS silence on the row over his unpublished memoir Four Stars of Destiny, former Army chief General M M Naravane (retired) Tuesdaysharedapostbypublishing housePenguinRandomHouse Indiainwhichitsaid“nocopies of the book — in print or digital form — have been published, distributed, sold or otherwise made available to the public”. Sharingthepublisher’sstate- Former Army Chief General M M Naravane’s unpublished memoir is at centre of storm ment, General Naravane said: “This is the status of the book.” Hope US deal won’t mean Delhi-Moscow ties suffer: Russia Divya A New Delhi, February 10 EXPRESSING CONCERN over the India-US trade framework and statements by US President Donald Trump about India committing to cut its import of Russian oil, Russia's DeputyForeignMinisterSergei Ryabkov told The Indian ExpressthatMoscowhopestheresult of the deal is “not that we (India-Russia ties) suffer”. The remarks by Ryabkov, who is in New Delhi for the first BRICSSherpasmeeting,comea day after Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said India's energy sourcingwouldbeguidedbynational interests. Edited excerpts from an interview: India and the US have ExPrEss interview SERGEI RYABKOV RUSSIAN DEPUTy FOREIGN MINISTER agreed on a framework for an interim trade pact, which also refers to India’s dealings with Russia. What do you make of it? Well,Ihopetheresultofthis deal would not mean that we (India-Russia ties) suffer or »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 White House fact sheet Bangladesh set to vote, worried adds ‘certain pulses’ to Hindus ask: ‘Who will protect us?’ reduced/ zero tariff list ExPrEss IN DHAKA Shubhajit Roy Dhaka, February 10 l AT THE 900-year-old Dhakeshwari temple, a 36-year-old man has come with his threeyear-old daughter to pay obeisance to the “Goddess of Dhaka”. As the young girl plays in the tiled courtyard, her father prays for the “safety” of his family. “My parents were teachers and well-respected here. In 2001-2006, when I was in school, there were many incidents against Hindus during the BNP-Jamaat coalitionruledgovernment.Atthattime, we had thought of moving out of Bangladesh but my parents said, 'We love Bangladesh, we belong here, so why should we leave?' Today, when I think of my child's future, I feel we madeamistakebystaying,”the father, who did not wish to be identified, said. »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Harikishan Sharma New Delhi, February 10 DAYS AFTER India and the US announced a framework for an interim agreement on reciprocal, mutually beneficial trade, the White House has released a fact sheet which states that Delhi “will eliminate or reduce tariffs” on American industrial goods and a wide range of food and agricultural products including “certain pulses”. The mention of “certain pulses” in the US fact sheet, released Monday, is significant because it was not mentioned in the joint statement of February 6. The ‘Fact Sheet: The United States and India Announce Historic Trade Deal’ states: »CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Scan to watch the magic unfold! BISCUITS New Delhi