DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE `7.00 (`8 RAIPUR, `15 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 ‘STRUCTURAL FORCES DRIVING INDIA-U.S. RELATIONSHIP’ Jaishankar:Hopefulofadealwith USbeforetariffpauseendsJuly9 SET FOR LIFT-OFF TODAY The Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station, with India’s Shubhanshu Shukla and three other astronauts, is expected to be launched on Wednesday. @SpaceX PAGES14,18 Man, two kids jump from 10th floor to escape blaze; all dead The fire in the Dwarka area of Delhi. PTI New Delhi: Three members of a family, including two children, diedwhentheyjumpedfromthe balcony of their duplex apartment, on the ninth and tenth floors,toescapeafire,inDwarka area of Delhi on Tuesday. FULL COVERAGE PAGE 4 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY On China, says ties can improve step by step; warns Pak on terror attacks DIVYA A & RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, JUNE 10 CONFIRMING THE progress on an interim trade deal between IndiaandtheUS,ExternalAffairs MinisterSJaishankarhassaidthe governmentis“hopefulof reaching an agreement before the tariff suspension ends on July 9”. OnApril2,theUSannounced 26 per cent reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods and later effected a 90-day pause period that ends July 9. In an interview with French daily Le Figaro, Jaishankar, who is on an official visit to Belgium and France until June 14, said, “The threat of reciprocal tariffs was Indus treaty: More storage for projects in first stages, no change Week after UK deal, EU in others, says Govt and India wrap up IPR, talks on carbon tax left RAVI DUTTA MISHRA NEW DELHI, JUNE 10 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Belgium. PTI raised on April 2, but we had alreadybegunbilateralnegotiations HYDEL PROJECTS IN JAMMU & KASHMIR A WEEK after India announced its trade deal with the UK amid tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, the European Union and India have made significant progress in their trade talks between May 12 and May 17, closing as many as five chapters including the challenging area of intellectual property rights (IPR), a status report released Tuesday by the EU said. Theconclusionof theUKdeal isan“importantfactor”inDelhi’s tradenegotiationswithBrussels,a government official told The IndianExpress,sinceUK’sexitfrom theEUsinglemarketin2020had given rise to tensions between London and Brussels over new checks, paperwork and delays that particularly affected goods trade between the two partners. Indiahasgivenmarketaccess to a number of product categories where the EU and the UK arecompetitors,particularlyspirits, medical equipment and cars. An early deal with India has already given the UK a first-mover advantage in the Indian market. AGGAM WALIA NEW DELHI, JUNE 10 UNION POWER Minister Manohar Lal said Tuesday that India will plan more water storageforhydroprojectsinJ&Kthat are still in the initial stages, but no changes will be made for projects already in the pipeline. At a media briefing, the Minister said, “Where Indus Waters Treaty is concerned, no changes will be made for projects that are in the pipeline, because the technical details have been finalised. There are some projects that are in the initial CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 E EXPLAINED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 24 PAGES ● Why Pak is worried LONG BEFORE the Pahalgam terror attack, India sent Pakistan a notice seeking “review and modification” of the 1960 treaty. Pakistan has now expressed willingness to hold a discussion because India has indicated it has plans, short-term and long-term, to utilise the waters and increase storage. Recount castes, earlier data old, Congress brass We can’t seek justice for Meet first woman ADC to President: tells its Karnataka govt past, has to be forgotten: ‘Never dreamt this would be possible’ MANOJ C G & AKRAM M Ram temple’s top officer DIVYA A NEW DELHI, JUNE 10 BHUPENDRA PANDEY & P VAIDYANATHAN IYER AYODHYA, JUNE 10 OBSERVING THAT there are “limits” to correcting historical wrongs, Nripendra Misra, Ayodhya Ram temple’s officerarchitect-in-chief, has said that once people “realise that the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 THE EXPRESS INTERVIEW NRIPENDRA MISRA AYODHYA RAM TEMPLE’S OFFICER-ARCHITECT-IN-CHIEF BETWEEN MAY 7 and 10 last month, as Colonel Sophiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh took centrestage to brief the nation on Operation Sindoor, another quiet change happened away from the spotlight, at the country’s highest office. On May 9, Lieutenant Commander Yashaswi Solankee Lieutenant Commander Yashaswi Solankee. Praveen Khanna CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 (27) became the first woman officer to be appointed as an Aidede-Camp (ADC) to the President of India. While the President, typically, has five ADCs — three from the Army, and one each from the Navy and Air Force — none of them have been a woman officer so far. “The thought started with PresidentDroupadiMurmuherself,astheSupremeCommander CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 NEW DELHI, BENGALURU, JUNE 10 THE CONGRESS high command directed the party’s government inKarnatakaTuesdaytoconduct a recount of castes, two months after the findings of a report on a 10-year-old survey created a rift in the party and drew criticism from the politically dominant Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities and some nonKuruba backward classes. The decision on a recount KarnatakaCMSiddaramaiah, DeputyCMDKShivakumar andKCVenugopalinNew DelhionTuesday. Anil Sharma wastakenatameetingCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge CONTINUED ON PAGE 2