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India-EU free trade pact: What’s agreed, what’s at stake after years of talks

Jan 23 (Reuters) – India and the European Union are close to concluding a long-sought free trade agreement (FTA), with an announcement expected on Tuesday at the India–EU Summit in New Delhi. Here are key elements of the trade deal: RATIFICATION AND IMPACT Once signed, and ratified by the European Parliament, a process that could take at least a year, the pact could expand bilateral trade, and lift Indian exports such as textiles and jewellery, which have been hit by 50% U.S. tariffs since late August. However, a vote by EU lawmakers earlier this week to challenge the EU-South America

Putin meets Trump’s envoys as Kremlin says Ukraine settlement hinges on territory

KYIV, Ukraine, January 23, 2026 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the settlement in Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys during marathon overnight talks, and the Kremlin insisted that the territorial issue needs to be resolved to reach a peace deal. The Kremlin meeting, which lasted past 3 a.m. Friday, came hours after Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sharply criticized his European allies Thursday for what he cast as their slow and fragmented response to Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion that he said has left Ukraine at the mercy of Putin amid an ongoing U.S. push for a peace

Sensex, Nifty pare opening gains amid FII selling pressure

Mumbai, Jan 23 (PTI) Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty pared opening gains to trade lower in the early session on Friday amid sustained selling by foreign institutional investors. The 30-share BSE Sensex opened higher at 82,335.94 and later hit a high of 82,516.27. However, profit-taking by investors dragged the barometer into the red. The index was down 22.13 points or 0.03 per cent at 82,285.24 at 1000 hrs. The broader NSE Nifty was marginally down by 2.95 or 0.01 per cent at 25,286.95. The index moved between 25,347.95 and a low of 25,249.10 in the early session. Among the

Mamata pays homage to Bose on birth anniversary, urges Centre to declassify all files related to him

Kolkata, Jan 23 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday paid tribute to Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary, and urged the central government to declassify all remaining documents related to the legendary freedom fighter. Banerjee, in a post on X, also said that even after decades, “the mystery surrounding his disappearance remains unsolved”. “On the birth anniversary of Deshnayak Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, I offer my heartfelt respect and salutations to him,” she said. “It is our collective misfortune that the mystery of Netaji’s disappearance has not been solved even today. We do not know what

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