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  • On the next ThruLine from NPR.

  • She becomes, for lack of a better word, a Tupperware queen.

  • It just never seemed to occur to her that her growth in any endeavor could be stunted

  • because she happened to be a woman.

  • The Tupperware tycoon, Brownie Wise.

  • Listen to ThruLine in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

  • Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

  • 50% tariffs on Indian goods take effect today, some of the highest in the world.

  • NPR's Diya Hadid reports the Trump administration says the move is in response to India's ongoing purchases of Russian oil.

  • The tariffs signal a stunning collapse in relations after decades of bipartisan policy to strengthen India to counter a muscular China.

  • America is India's largest export market and the tariffs are likely to impact half that trade,

  • worth between $50 billion to $60 billion.

  • Traders have already halted some exports to the US, including frozen shrimp.

  • Washington accuses India of fuelling the invasion of Ukraine through its purchases of Russian oil.

  • But it has not sanctioned the other chief buyer, China.

  • India says it will not halt its purchases for now.

  • Dear Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai.

  • President Trump held a marathon cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday to highlight his crime-fighting efforts in Washington,

  • D.C. NPR's Tamara Keith reports that Trump also received plenty of praise from his top officials.

  • Trump boasted that bringing in thousands of National Guard troops and federal agents has made the nation's capital safe and said he wants any murders committed in the district to be punished by the death penalty.