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India & the bloc operate at different stages of value chain, so their FTA can help both without hurting domestic industries. But EU’s carbon tax, excess regulation & lengthy ratification are potential glitches After nearly two decades of stop-start talks, India and European Union yesterday announced the conclusion of negotiations on a free trade agreement….

The two disagree on how to say ‘Yes’ when they mean ‘No’, and vice versa  Back in Goa once again for a visit, I’m struck as I’ve often been, by the several differences of topography and temperament that make peninsular India distinct from north India.   Compared with the rugged and broad-chested landscape of the North,…

Purge of top Chinese generals could reflect the leader’s paranoia or prep for going aggro. India, be on guard  In a big shakeup, China’s top general and vice-chairman of its Central Military Commission (CMC) Zhang… Source link

India is planning a big trade deal with the European Union (EU), and that’s good news. A trade deal means countries agree to buy and sell things to each other more easily. If this deal starts (hopefully next year), both India and Europe can get cheaper goods, sell more products, and create more jobs. This…

I walked out of Davos this year with an unusual feeling: the world is no longer trying to “figure India out.” It is trying to plug into India.Not as a slogan. As strategy. The corridors of Davos were full of a quiet reset—middle powers seeking resilient coalitions, capital seeking stability, technology seeking scale, and energy…

Ever since President Donald Trump started his second inning at the US’ helms of affairs, his solemn proclamation to reclaim and reestablish the US’ unparalleled supreme glory as “America First” in the entire world is becoming louder and louder with the passage of each day forward. Indeed, the America First vision – a unilateralist mission…

Few regions in India evoke the kind of affection, awe and nostalgia that the Dooars inspires. Stretching between the mighty Himalayan foothills and the fertile plains of North Bengal, the Dooars is not merely a geographical expanse—it is an emotion, a living cultural mosaic, a story of harmony between nature and people, and a testament…

In August 2003, my husband, our baby daughter, and I went on a weekend break to our company guest house at Nagothane, along the river Amba, 86 km from Mumbai on the Goa highway. On our return journey, we decided to take a new route, driving through Tamhini Ghat via Mulshi and Pune. After just a few kilometres, I was astounded by the…

René Descartes, the French philosopher (all French men are philosophers, if they are not romantics or snobbish chefs) had once said “I think therefore I am”. It’s remarkable that he managed it without a 50-slide deck, festooned with graphics or an agenda. Descartes’ manager today would have made him do a 30-slide deck, which after…

The India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) – widely celebrated as the “Mother of All Partnerships” and the “”mother of all deals” – will mark one of the most significant milestones in the bilateral relationship between India and the EU. Under the determined leadership of commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, India has transformed its global…