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India, EU finalise landmark trade deal, PM Modi says

NEW DELHI, Jan 27 (Reuters) – India and the European Union have finalised a landmark trade deal that will represent a quarter of the world’s economy, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, as the two sides seek to hedge against fickle ties with the U.S. After nearly two decades of on-off negotiations, the deal will pave the way for India to open up its vast and guarded market, the world’s largest, to free trade with the 27-nation EU, its biggest trading partner. “Yesterday, a big agreement was signed between the European Union and India,” Modi said. “People around

Banking services impacted as unions go on nationwide strike for 5-day week

New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Banking operations at public sector banks across the country were impacted on Tuesday as the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) went on nationwide strike demanding the immediate implementation of a five-day work week. The strike call by the UFBU, an umbrella body of nine unions representing officers and employees, comes after a conciliation meeting with the Chief Labour Commissioner on January 23 failed to yield a positive outcome. “Since there was no positive outcome and the government did not agree to our demand, hence this strike is forced on us. Bank employees and officers

Bangladeshi workers lured to Russia for jobs were forced to fight in the war in Ukraine

LAKSHMIPUR, Bangladesh, January 27, 2026 (AP) — A labor recruiter persuaded Maksudur Rahman to leave the tropical warmth of his hometown in Bangladesh and travel thousands of miles to frigid Russia for a job as a janitor. Within weeks, he found himself on the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine. An Associated Press investigation found that Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia under the false promise of civilian work, only to be thrust into the chaos of combat in Ukraine. Many were threatened with violence, imprisonment or death. AP spoke with three Bangladeshi men who escaped from the Russian

India, China cut electricity emissions growth, mitigating U.S. coal overdrive

SINGAPORE, Jan 27 (Reuters) – India and China cut emissions from electricity generation by accelerating clean energy deployment, researchers say, offsetting growing coal use in the U.S. and capping global growth in pollutants linked to climate change. Power sector emissions by China and India, the world’s top coal users who accounted for 93% of the rise in carbon dioxide discharges in the decade through 2024, declined simultaneously for the first time in 52 years, according to a report by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) this month. Make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and

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