By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Shivangi Acharya and Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing additional tariff cuts ahead of a meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump that could boost American exports to India and avoid a potential trade war,

United States President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, said that India's import tariffs are “enormously high” amid the trade war raging between America and other countries, reported the news portal CNBC-TV-18 on Monday,

At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels and two police officials were killed on Sunday in the deadliest combat so far this year in central India, police said.

Rebels known as Naxalites have waged an insurgency that has ebbed and flowed over decades, but government operations have given them less space to maneuver.

A month after his poor form forced Rohit Sharma to drop himself from a test match in Sydney, the India captain can finally breathe easy after producing a faith-restoring hundred in Sunday's second one-day international against England.

India take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the one-day international series against England after Rohit Sharma's superb century in Cuttack.

Virat Kohli has returned from a knee injury as England won the toss and opted to bat against India in the second ODI at the Barabati Stadium on Sunday. India won the first ODI in Nagpur by four wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.