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India-Maldives open FTA talks as Modi set to visit island nation amidst diplomatic thaw

New Delhi: India and the Maldives have begun preliminary discussions for a Free Trade Agreement, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said Tuesday. Malé has drawn...

Piyush Goyal & EU commissioner hold ‘productive’ talks to discuss FTA progress

Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to concluding the long-awaited trade deal by the end of 2025.

Modi urges UK to hasten extradition of economic offenders in meeting with Starmer, restart FTA talks

India also announced the establishment of 2 new consulates, in Belfast and Manchester, as the Indian PM met British premier Keir Starmer on margins of G20 summit in Brazil.

EU needs to rethink FTAs, look for ‘shortcut’ for deal with India, says German vice chancellor

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck is in India as part of delegation for next round of intergovernmental consultations. He made remarks Thursday at press conference in New Delhi.

UK, Switzerland to begin negotiations on FTA

Switzerland is the UK's 10th largest trading partner and 7th largest export market, with £51 billion in trade in 2023.

Piyush Goyal hails India-Mediterranean Economic Corridor initiative

The minister said that various initiatives including PLI scheme, Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) through FTAs and economic partnerships have boosted India's manufacturing growth story.

Our take on UPSC aspirants’ death & delay in Tejas jets delivery — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

India to host first ever BIMSTEC Business Summit in August, agenda yet to be finalised

The Business Summit slated for 6-8 August comes at a time when BIMSTEC has gradually emerged as ‘preferred platform’ for regional cooperation in South Asia.

UK-India FTA to Indo-French defence ties, takeaways from Modi’s 1st set of G7 bilateral meetings

Modi, on his first overseas trip since becoming PM again met with Macron, Sunak & Zelenskyy in Italy Friday. Secretary (West) Pavan Kapoor will represent India at Geneva Peace Summit.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.