India-EU FTA indicates 'trade is part of future, not past': Confederation of Swedish Enterprise chief
IANS | 18 May, 2026 |
| As Prime Minister Modi concluded his successful visit to the third leg of his five-nation tour to Sweden on Sunday, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise Director General Jan-Olof Jacke said that the "Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and India sends a signal to the world that 'trade is a part of the future, not of the past'", adding that the trade pact between EU and India is a "fantastic foundation, but it will take more to make it come to full fruition". |
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Madhya Pradesh gets Rs 3,818cr package under PMGSY and PMAY-G schemes
IANS | 11 May, 2026 |
| Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced approvals worth Rs 3,818 crore for Madhya Pradesh under the Centre’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) schemes for the development of rural roads and housing for the poor. |
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India, US begin crucial trade talks
IANS | 21 Apr, 2026 |
| India and the United States began a fresh round of trade negotiations here on Monday aimed at giving a final shape to the much-awaited trade deal between the two countries. |
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'India-EU partnership to play key role in New World Order'
IANS | 09 Apr, 2026 |
| US President Donald Trump, during his second term in office, is radically altering the close and longstanding ties between India and the United States that had been forged over recent years, as his administration pursues a more isolationist America First policy, and given this, the "new rapprochement between India and the EU is crucially deemed to strengthen stability within the international system", according to an article. |
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Choked at Hormuz: The Threat to MSMEs
Sneha Tiwari | 13 Mar, 2026 |
| The war, if it escalates further, will severely impact the global economy with rising crude oil prices and several countries like India already witnessing a shortage of gas and the looming threat of an energy crisis. At the heart of this storm lies the Strait of Hormuz.
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Explained: 10 pc US tariffs for 150 days globally under Section 122
IANS | 21 Feb, 2026 |
| fter the US Supreme Court struck down reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Donald Trump administration, the White House has released a Fact Sheet, explaining that Trump has now invoked his authority under “Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974”, which empowers the President to address certain “fundamental international payment problems” through surcharges and other special import restrictions. |
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Tax transfer to states has shot up by Rs 2.7 lakh crore in Budget 2026-27: FM
IANS | 12 Feb, 2026 |
| Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the total resources to be transferred to the states, including the devolution of state share in taxes and releases that are made under the centrally sponsored schemes in the Budget for 2026-27 is estimated to be Rs 25.44 lakh crore, which is a Rs 2.7 lakh crore increase compared to 2025-26. |
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Interim agreement on framework will lead to broader US-India trade deal negotiations
IANS | 07 Feb, 2025 |
| When US President Donald Trump officially confirmed the much-awaited bilateral trade deal, immediately reducing American tariffs on Indian goods from 25 to 18 per cent, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi corroborated, there was a mixed reaction. And Saturday, even before India woke up, the news had broken of an US-India Joint Statement announcing an Interim Agreement. |
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Is it time for SMEs to look beyond Google?
Moonis Rehman | 06 Feb, 2025 |
| Till a few years back, this question I am sure would have been unthinkable. For over two decades, Google was the Goliath of search. It was sitting on the throne of a search built on blue links and page rank. Today things have changed drastically. Industry data suggest that Google’s global search market has dipped below 90% for the first time in over a decade. While 90% still sound like Google’s dominance in search but even a 1- 2% drop means millions of users and billions of ad-revenue migrating to other platforms.
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Union Budget 2026: What gets cheaper and costlier
IANS | 01 Feb, 2026 |
| Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced in Union Budget 2026-27 that select outward remittances will get cheaper with Tax Collected at Source (TCS) on overseas tour packages and education and medical remittances cut to 2 per cent. |
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India-EU FTA: A Convergence of Strategy and Economics
IANS | 22 Jan, 2026 |
| The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, which are now approaching completion, have acquired strategic significance beyond trade liberalisation and the proposed agreement is increasingly being viewed as a stabilising anchor for global commerce |
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