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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.

$100 bn investment pledge, tariff cuts on industrial imports — what EFTA trade deal means for India

Deal signed Sunday will also see reduction in tariffs on chocolates, wine. However, dairy & agricultural sectors and gold — India's largest import from EFTA by value — are excluded.

India & EFTA ink free trade agreement, ‘1st in world with binding commitment of $100 bn investment’

India & EFTA countries (Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway & Switzerland) signed a trade & economic partnership agreement to open up their markets for to each other.

Deepening economic & cultural ties, promoting shared history — new Irish envoy’s mandate in India

Ambassador Kevin Kelly, the Irish envoy to India highlights areas of focus for Dublin in the near future. He also explains Ireland’s stance on the EU-India FTA and the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

‘What about my domestic lobby’ — Jaishankar dismisses ‘naysayers’ narrative’ on India-UK FTA talks

Speaking at book launch, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar says India engaged in ‘fairly serious negotiations with some fairly serious partners regarding free trade pacts’.

On Camera

What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.