India, PM Modi and Europe
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement to deepen their economic and strategic ties.
NEW DELHI (AP) — India and the European Union reached a free trade agreement to deepen economic and strategic ties, officials said Tuesday, after nearly two decades of negotiations.
India and the European Union have signed a landmark free trade agreement being called "mother of all deals" as it represents about a third of global trade.
Germany's Greens are backing the European Union's landmark trade deal with India, days after the party's lawmakers in the European Parliament played a key role in challenging the bloc's agreement with the South American Mercosur countries.
S IXTEEN MONTHS ago Narendra Modi looked chastened. Having just lost his majority in a national election, the chest-thumping Indian leader was forced to lean on regional parties. His coalition showed little appetite for difficult reform. Some commentators pronounced it “Peak Modi”. Would-be successors began to plot.
A private plane carrying a senior state official has crashed in western India, killing all five people on board.
Goods traded between India and the EU in 2024 amounted to over 120 billion euros (about $140 billion), making it New Delhi's largest trading partner.
On this special report, the focus is on the 78th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, commemorated at Delhi's Rajghat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tributes to the Father of the Nation, stating that Bapu's emphasis on 'Swadeshi' is a 'fundamental pillar of our resolve for a developed and self-reliant India.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the thriving Indian cultural heritage in Malaysia and acknowledged the significant role the Malaysian
The ambitious free trade agreement between the European Union and India underscores the EU's efforts to ink new global partnerships at a time when the Trump administration has rattled the region's capitals which have long relied on a stable relationship with Washington on trade,