U.S. and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to finalise a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over U.S. dairy and agriculture remained unresolved.

U.S. and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to try to land a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over U.S. dairy and agriculture remained unresolved,

Hectic negotiations between India and the US are underway in Washington, with the trade talks reaching a crucial stage. Sources have indicated that an interim trade deal between India and the US could be signed within the next 2-3 days.

The skipper scored a career best 269 at Edgbaston as the visitors ran up an imposing total before making early in-roads into England's reply

New captain Shubman Gill's unbeaten 114 led India's gritty effort to 310-5 against England on day one Wednesday of the second test at Edgbaston. The pressure was on Gill as India's last specialist batsman to prevent exposing the fragile bottom order in the last two hours of an extended day.