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Topic: FTA

Age no bar? Why Indian liquor body wants India-UK FTA to remove whisky maturation standard

Pia Krishnankutty -
If New Delhi is offering tariff cuts on liquor, London must remove non-tariff barriers on Indian exports, says Vinod Giri of the Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies.

Boris Johnson ‘won’t lecture’ Modi on India’s stand on the Russia-Ukraine war

Nayanima Basu -
Johnson is arriving in Ahmedabad early Thursday, where he is expected to have a day-long programme, and then leave for New Delhi in the evening for his Friday summit with PM Modi.

Won’t be silent if rules-based order challenged, envoy Lindner says as German warship visits

Nayanima Basu -
In an exclusive interview, the German ambassador to India said port call of the German warship Bayern in Mumbai shows the significance of the Indo-Pacific region.

Alcohol, dairy, Brexit complications — these are challenges an India-UK FTA faces, say experts

Pia Krishnankutty -
India and UK launched negotiations for an FTA last week when Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan came to New Delhi. Target is to finalise it by 2023 and double trade by 2030.

With RCEP now in force, India must strengthen trade & engage with other blocs, say experts

Pia Krishnankutty -
The world’s largest trade agreement, including China and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations, came into effect on 1 January. India had quit it in 2019, fearing a glut of cheap imports.

Trade imbalances, then pandemic — why Modi govt changed strategy on free trade agreements

Pia Krishnankutty -
Disproportionate imports & exports as well as foreign investors’ China Plus One strategy may have pushed the Modi govt to adopt a new strategy towards FTAs, say analysts.

Shringla reviews India-UK Roadmap 2030 with British counterpart during London visit

PTI -
Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla holds meetings with his counterpart Lord Tariq Ahmad and other officials in London, discusses ties in key areas of trade, defence, climate change, among others.

Next gen FTAs are all about labour, environment protection. Only way India can edge China out

Akshay Sinha -
Adopting Trade and Sustainable Development committments as part of India-EU FTA could help Indian exporters differentiate from competition such as China.

India, EU put focus back on FTA, vow closer security ties under Indo-Pacific

Nayanima Basu -
During the virtual India-EU annual summit, Brussels and New Delhi also launch agreements on human rights and connectivity.

EU set to push for ‘resumption’ of FTA talks with India from where they were left off in 2013

Nayanima Basu -
The Modi government wants to begin talks with a clean slate, but Brussels is opposed to a ‘new set of talks’ for concluding the trade pact.
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More Dalit students going to Oxfords, Harvards. West now gets the caste divide

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There are five primary factors driving an increasing number of students from marginalised communities entering the Western institutions.
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Narmada dam activism helped villagers get better compensation. But not how you think

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Economy

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RBI tells state refiners to reduce dollar buying in spot market, contain sharp fall in rupee

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RBI has ensured that $9 billion has been made available at overseas branches of some Indian banks for the country's three state-run refiners to tap, according to sources.

Defence

File photo of former Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria after flying a MiG-21 of 51 Squadron at the Srinagar airbase | ANI

Famed IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman’s MiG-21 Squadron bows out from Srinagar today

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Known as the ‘Sword Arms’, number-plating of the squadron was done Friday. It has made way for MiG-29s to be the new 'guardian of the Valley'.

National Interest

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AAP’s filling a big vacuum in Indian politics. Question is how long it can sustain without ideology

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If you find admiration for AAP qualified, if not muted among many of the Modi-BJP’s critics, it is because they question it for its lack of ideological clarity. Especially on secularism.

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