Indian media focused on escalating US-India tensions, beginning with former US NSA John Bolton's assertion that the Trump-Modi friendship was "gone" due to tariff policies. India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarified that recent Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms were planned and not a response to US tariffs, while India pursued new trade partners. Later in the day, President Trump claimed the US had "lost" India and Russia to China, a statement India countered, particularly Peter Navarro's "misleading" remarks on tariffs and Brahmins. The narrative culminated with a Trump aide issuing an ultimatum, predicting India would apologize and comply with US demands regarding Russian oil and BRICS within two months. Domestically, severe flooding persisted across North India, notably Delhi-NCR. Separately, Mumbai faced a new terror threat, and Punjab's Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was hospitalized.