Guwahati, Aug. 26 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly declined at least four phone calls from US President Donald Trump in recent weeks, according to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).

The report attributes Modi's refusal to both "the depth of his anger and his caution" in handling US pressure.

The calls came amid escalating tensions after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs on Indian goods-the highest for any country other than Brazil. These measures targeted India's trade surplus and included penalties for New Delhi's crude oil purchases from Russia.

Thorsten Benner, co-founder of the Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute, highlighted the FAZ report on X, noting that Trump's repeated a...