Amid, India-US fallout over Trump's tariffs, The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs convened for a key meeting on August 11. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri were present in the meeting. Officials from the Ministries of External Affairs and Commerce briefed MPs on India's evolving foreign policy. The focus was on US-India trade negotiations, tariff-related developments and Asim Munir's nuke threats to India. Post meeting, at the India Bloc dinner hosted by Kharge, Tharoor reacted to Munir's threats and said, "India won't surrender to nuclear blackmail.