India, Sept. 2 -- In what appeared to be a veiled reference to the Donald Trump tariffs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Indian has been performing better than expectations at a time when the world is facing challenged created by "economic selfishness".

US President Donald Trump has imposed 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods going to the United States, in a bid to "Make America great again".

Citing the GDP numbers for the first quarter of this year, PM Modi said at Semicon India 2025 in Delhi, "Once again, India has performed better than every expectation, every assessment. At a time when there are concerns in the economy of the world, there are challenges created by economic selfishness; in that environment, India has...