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Can the UK FTA alleviate US-tariff pain for textiles?
The US tariffs will bite India's textile sector-exports to the US stand at $10.7 billion annually, and some estimates project a 40% decline, as exports become more expensive. Given this, India's textile sector badly needs new markets. The imperative for this is spelled out by the fact that the sector contributes 2.3% to the GDP, accounts for 13% of industrial production, and comprises 12% of the country's total exports. Employing over 45 million, many of them rural women, it is second only to agriculture in terms of livelihoods. Against this backdrop, can the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), signed by India and the UK in July and expected to be implemented in early 2026, offset some of the hurt? Under CETA, the UK will eliminate tariffs on several labourintensive Indian exports, leading to significant market access gains.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Indian biotech needs to lose its handcuffs
From regulatory reforms to rewarding research and discoveries instead of patient volumes treated at hospitals, the existing ecosystem needs many changes to be future-ready
4 min |
October 06, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
In Bihar's election play, final act still uncertain
Bihar is immersed in politics even in the times of festivities. For Biharis, there's no better pastime than politics.
3 min |
October 06, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Wangchuk seeks judicial probe into Leh violence, deaths
Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is detained under the National Security Act (NSA), has sought an independent judicial probe into the deaths of four people during September 24 protests in Leh.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Insider exclusive
Ba***ds of Bollywood, with its entertaining take on the movie industry, made me wonder why there aren't more films about movie-making. We do have some classics, and some delightful capers. Here are my top picks
3 min |
October 05, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
In which Arundhati gives it those ones
Did you know Arundhati Roy has a first name which she’s dropped? She writes in her new book that when she was 18, “I dropped my firstname, Susanna. Starting then, I gradually, deliberately, transformed myself into somebody else.”
3 min |
October 05, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Cultural amplification sans military conquest
On a flying visit to Colombo last week, I gave the inaugural keynote address at an international conference on the cultural footprint of India across South and South-East Asia.
3 min |
October 05, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
In Bihar, the focus is on the woman voter
It was Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi who made the announcement, on video conference, from New Delhi.
2 min |
October 05, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Imprint of the people in shaping the Constitution
Contrary to the belief that it was an elite decision-making exercise by the Constituent Assembly, the Constitution-making process saw active campaigns by a cross-section of society
4 min |
October 05, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Paper trail
A Dutch photographer spent five years capturing life in government offices, across eight countries on five continents. There are glimpses from Siberia, Patna, parts of the US. In Liberia, there was such poverty, employees had to bring in their own desks. There's a lot hidden in each frame, Jan Banning says
3 min |
October 05, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Spilling the tea: What should we grow, in this era of oversupply?
Steamy Secrets
6 min |
October 05, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Starring: India’s best chefs
PR or influencer hype can't compete with excellence on the plate. Food Superstars's list of India's top 60 chefs proves that culinary genius speaks for itself
5 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Back to the future: Reimagining the world of Indian IT
The US's H-IB squeeze is a reminder of the opportunity and potential for world-class innovation for Indian IT at home even as it doubles down on existing partnerships abroad and striking new ones
4 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
The enigma of leaving
A figure in Giorgio de Chirico’s 1914 painting, The Enigma of Departure, stands as if caught between two worlds.
3 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Sending out the wrong message
It is in poor form for Opposition leaders to criticise the government on foreign shores
2 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
FOUR MAJOR PSBS RAISE LIMITS FOR INVESTING IN STATE BONDS
At least four major state-owned Indian banks have increased their internal limits for investing in state bonds following discussions with the Reserve Bank of India last month, according to five treasury officials aware of the decisions.
1 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Pagodas and paradoxes
A fascinating, if depressing, read, Bertil Lintner’s The Golden Land Ablaze provides a thorough analysis of the troubles in contemporary Myanmar
4 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Get your cheap frills here
Preloved fashion is no longer second-best. It's curated and one-of-a-kind. See how thrifters are making resale hauls look cooler than fresh drops
3 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Ramayan, Mahabharat villains still exist in new forms, says CM
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said that the villains of the Ramayan and Mahabharat still exist today in new names and forms, working to divide society, and called on the followers of Sanatan Dharma to \"remain vigilant against such people\".
1 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
‘Children everywhere are ready to care’
The winner of the Neev Book Award on writing books on social equality and justice, and keeping hope alive
2 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Praveen Kumar
Paralympic athlete, @Praveen_Paralympian
1 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
In poll-bound Bihar, signs of politician Prashant Kishor
In Rajgir, Bihar — once the capital of the Magadha Empire—amid its hot springs, cut out caves, Buddhist monasteries and gentle undulating fields, I witnessed a dramatic and discernible shift in Indian politics.
4 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
India’s dairy sector grew by 70% in last Il years: Amit Shah
In a push to promote the cooperative sector, Union Home and cooperatives minister Amit Shah inaugurated the newly constructed Sabar dairy plant, which was built at a cost of ₹325 crore in Rohtak. He said that the dairy sector in the country has grown by 70% in the last Il years and now itis the fastest growing sector in the world.
2 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Good cinema and duty that the audiences owe
Once ina while from the mainstream Hindi cinema establishment comes a film like Homebound that leaves a gaping hole in your heart.
2 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
HC orders SIT to probe crush
The Madras High Court on Friday ordered setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the September 27 stampede during actor-politician Vijay's rally even as it ordered an interim injunction prohibiting political parties from holding public meetings or events on state and national highways in Tamil Nadu until Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are formulated.
1 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
QUAD SUMMIT UNLIKELY TO BE HELD THIS YEAR, SAY OFFICIALS
The Quad Summit is unlikely to be held this year, with a mix of domestic issues of member states and trade differences between the US and India and Japan holding up the crucial meeting that was to be hosted by New Delhi, people familiar with the matter said.
1 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
Supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will damage ties: Putin to US
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield, where the Russian army is making slow but steady advances.
1 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
F-16s, JF 17s among Pak jets hit in Sindoor: IAF
Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Friday said that 4 to 5 Pakistani fighter jets, most likely F-16s, were destroyed on the ground during air strikes carried out as part of Operation Sindoor.
2 min |
October 04, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
SIX FOUND DEAD IN SUSPECTED MURDER-SUICIDE IN BAHRAICH
BAHRAICH : Six people, including a farmer's family and two village boys, lost their lives in what the police suspect to be a case of multiple killings committed by the farmer, followed by his suicide.
1 min |
October 02, 2025
Hindustan Times East UP
CONSUMERS SHOULD SEE DIRECT PRICE DROP AFTER GST CUT: HC
Consumers should see a direct drop in prices when Goods and Services Tax rates are reduced, and not be shortchanged through subtle product adjustments, the Delhi high court has ruled.
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