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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Topic: Switzerland

$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.

Switzerland houses highest number of Russian spies in Europe, says intelligence agency report

The FIS report said Switzerland has increased monitoring of India & Turkey, in the wake of the Ukraine war, since Russia has been using companies in these nations for procurement.

World lost Switzerland-size rainforest area in 2022, despite pledge to end deforestation by 2030

Global Forest Watch, which is backed by World Resources Institute & draws on forest data by University of Maryland, said about 41,000 sq km of tropical rainforest was lost in 2022.

Climate change activists glue themselves to road to Alpine tunnel, halt traffic

The group said it wanted the Switzerland government to take climate change seriously and renovate the country's buildings by 2035.

Germany asks Switzerland to sell mothballed Leopard 2 tanks to increase military aid to Ukraine

Germany, Poland, Portugal, Finland and Sweden are among countries sending tanks to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian attack, creating gaps in their own arsenals.

Threatened by war, Ukrainian paintings find safe haven in Switzerland

According to the Director of the Kyiv National Art Gallery, Yuri Vakulenko, this arrangement would allow paintings to be in a 'safe place' while the gallery fights 'on the cultural front'.

Swiss government ‘keen’ on India-European Free Trade Association agreement to be signed this year

The agreement has been in the works for 15 years & Switzerland's state secretary, Helene Budliger Artieda, will be in India Tuesday, for the 2nd time this year, for the negotiations.

Swiss prosecutors appeal acquittal of ex-FIFA president Blatte, former UEFA chief Platini

Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court had cleared the two in July after a seven-year investigation in which both were booted out of the sport.

Putin’s attack on Ukraine means Russia’s rich aren’t welcome at Davos anymore

It will be the first WEF in Switzerland since the fall of communism without a single Russian official or business leader.

On Camera

BJP’s 2024 election manifesto only looks tech-savvy. It is quite outdated

The manifesto’s silence on legal reforms in the digital space is concerning. The outdated Information Technology Act, about two decades old now, remains India’s nodal tech law.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.