She said the agreement was still being “hard and very rigorously negotiated”, while highlighting the trade imbalance as a key feature of India-US economic relations.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed several pleas linked to the 2020 Delhi riots and Jamia violence, including demands for independent probes, FIRs against political leaders and action against police personnel. Know more about the hearing here.

The court intervened amid a series of cases involving women and minors in NCR. It had taken suo motu cognisance on September 28 of incidents including the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old at Aastha Kunj Park near Kalkaji.