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India-EU FTA: Shift in trade winds

India, Feb. 18 -- After nearly two decades of negotiations, on January 27 India and the EU signed a robust free trade agreement (FTA), allowing for closer trade ties. The India-EU Trade Deal, expected... Read More


16th Finance Commission: Of devolution and new disasters

India, Feb. 18 -- The Union government has accepted the tax-sharing recommendations of the 16th Finance Commission, effective from April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2031. Finance Commission is a constitution... Read More


SHO administers CPR, saves unconscious driver near Parl House

NEW DELHI, Feb. 18 -- The Rajiv Chowk Metro Police Station SHO saved the life of an unconscious man by administering timely CPR after spotting him in critical condition inside a locked car near Parlia... Read More


India to add USD 26 trn to global economy by 2047: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- India is set to contribute an unprecedented USD 26 trillion to the global economy between now and 2047, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday, describing ... Read More


Over 20 Cong MLAs leave for Australia on agri 'study tour'

Bengaluru, Feb. 18 -- More than 20 Congress legislators from Karnataka are scheduled to leave for Australia late on Tuesday night, a group trip that has drawn political attention amid ongoing speculat... Read More


Economic policy to be inclusive and fair, says new finance minister

Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Wednesday said Bangladesh's economic policy must be people-centred and inclusive, stressing the need to create equal opportunities fo... Read More


Lawmaker urges government to allow diaspora aid for Sumatra

Jakarta, Feb. 18 -- Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad asked the government to allow aid from the diaspora, Indonesian citizens living in Malaysia, to... Read More


Govt determined to break all syndicates of misdeeds

Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman sets a strong tone of his government in his maiden address on Wednesday night with a vow that all syndicates of irregularities and misdeeds will be dism... Read More


Kerala: Kollam Vigilance Court grants bail to Thantri Kanthar Rajeevar in Sabarimala gold heist case

Kollam, Feb. 18 -- The Kollam Vigilance Court on Wednesday issued an order granting bail to Thantri Kanthar Rajeevar in the Sabarimala gold heist case. The bail covers applications related to the Katt... Read More


Elections come and go but elephants keep coming

Jhapa, Feb. 18 -- As dusk falls in Bahundangi, the locals brace themselves for a familiar routine. Herds of wild elephants cross the Mechi river from India and enter settlements, trampling crops, dama... Read More