<h1>Prime Minister urges 'buy local' self-reliance after foreign 50% tariff, highlights tech-enabled disaster response and cultural outreach</h1> The prime minister urged consumers to prefer domestically made products, promoting 'vocal for local' and self-reliance amid recent trade tensions after a foreign president imposed a 50% tariff on the country's exports, a move with potential trade-law and WTO implications. He highlighted deployment of national and state emergency forces and modern technologies (thermal cameras, drones, sniffer dogs) in monsoon disaster response, implicating intergovernmental coordination and disaster-management obligations. The broadcast also noted sporting and cultural events in a restive region, international cultural outreach, and foreign coaching offers, raising issues of cross-border exchanges and soft-power diplomacy.