EU & India have been planning a free trade deal since 2007. Now, as PM Modi virtually meets EU leaders, high-level trade dialogue expected to be announced.
Bilateral relations between New Delhi and Brussels have been strained in recent years over issues ranging from trade and investment to Kashmir and CAA.
Merkel plays a key role in passing a EU-wide stimulus package that would see the bloc issue as much as 750 billion euros in joint debt to be used by pandemic-hit nations.
The atmosphere has become gloomier since the last EU-China summit in 2019, when both sides pledged unity in the fight against Trump’s 'America First' agenda.
The EU’s findings are based on a study by its foreign and diplomatic wing, which said it had proof of a coordinated push by official Chinese sources to deflect blame for coronavirus.
India and 62 other countries have backed a draft resolution led by Australia and the EU to 'identify the zoonotic source' of Covid-19 and its 'route of introduction' to humans.
EU's Ambassador to India Ugo Astuto also said that EU and India have converging interests and shared values and need to together unleash their full potential.
Ambassador Ugo Astuto says EU and India agree that health emergency comes first but economic fallout of Covid-19 also needs to be confronted in parallel.
While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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