Month: January 2026

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Planes, pints and powertrains: How India’s trade deals with EU & UK stack up

India has stitched together two major trade pacts with two major economies in less than a year: one with the United Kingdom in mid-2025 and…

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Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu (middle) during an MoU exchange between Adani Group and Brazilian aerospace major Embraer on Tuesday. (@RamMNK)
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Adani, Embraer sign MoU to build regional aircraft in India, set up assembly lines| Business News

Embraer and Adani Defence & Aerospace, a flagship company of Adani Enterprises Ltd, on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to manufacture aircraft in…

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EU CBAM concessions for others to apply to India under FTA

New Delhi: The EU has not provided any concessions to India on its carbon regulations in the trade pact, but has agreed that any relaxations…

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Mother-of-all deals, but these three things were off the table in the India–EU trade pact

India and the European Union on Tuesday signed the biggest trade agreement that sharply lowers tariffs and opens markets on both sides. For India, the…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Council President António Luís Santos da Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday. (DPR PMO)
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India, EU seal ‘mother of all trade deals’ to benefit two billion people| Business News

India and the European Union have agreed on a free trade agreement, capping nearly two decades of negotiations at a time of strained ties with…

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Cars made in Europe will no longer face higher, sectoral duties. (Bloomberg)
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Import duty on cars cut to 10% from 110%, with riders| Business News

India and the European Union (EU) have signed a free trade agreement that will gradually reduce the import duty on cars to 10% with an…

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India-EU FTA highlights: ‘Mother-of-all deals’ eliminates aircraft tariffs, cuts duties on alcohol, food & chemicals

India and the European Union have successfully concluded the Free Trade Agreement after an eighteen-year hiatus, where the two countries have agreed on wide-ranging tariff…

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Adani Group, Brazil’s Embraer to set up regional aircraft venture in India| Business News

Adani Group and Brazil’s Embraer SA are partnering for a regional transport aircraft venture in India, marking the foray of the conglomerate that’s already the…

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Dario Amodei doubles down on AI risks, and calls out the industry| Business News

Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest artificial intelligence (AI) companies, has warned of “danger” of the technology in his latest essay,…

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Budget 2026 date: From income tax cuts to more, here’s when Nirmala Sitharaman will announce key measures

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2026–27 on February 1 at 11 am, marking her ninth budget in Parliament. As Budget…

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