By Pranoy Krishna and Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) -Pressured by U.S. tariffs and foreign investor outflows, India's stock markets will manage to eke out only modest gains by year-end, according to a Reuters poll of equity analysts who have pushed back their forecast for a new record high to 2026.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs torched Senator Lindsey Graham on Breaking Points, branding him “the worst senator in the US Senate” and “just a fool,” while slamming Trump-era tariffs on India as “the stupidest tactical move of US foreign policy for a long time.”

India has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead deep into the territory of its geopolitical rival, China, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for his first visit there in years.

India's monetary policy committee members flagged evolving risks from global trade tensions and tariffs as a key drag on growth but said the economy remains resilient with the inflation outlook benign,

India on Wednesday test-fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, a government statement said, in an apparent show of strength ahead of a threatened US tariff increase.