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September 30, 2025

FTAS & CETAS | Negotiations with US, NZ, Oman, Peru and Chile in progress

India is negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) with a number of countries including the US, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Chile, and the European Union, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.

The FTA with the EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland), which was finalised in March 2024, will come into effect from October 1, 2025.

He said developed nations are keen to sign FTAs with India, which has already concluded such agreements with the UAE, Australia and the UK.

India's foreign exchange reserves have reached $700 billion.

"Qatar and Bahrain, he said, are also keen to negotiate trade pacts with India. In August, India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Russia signed Terms of Reference (TOR) to launch negotiations on an FTA," he said at UP International Trade Show, Greater Noida.

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Modi calls for ‘swift end’ to conflicts in Ukraine, West Asia

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a “swift end” to the conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine, warning that no issue can be resolved through military confrontation, as the Israel-Iran hostilities escalated.

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'Won'khede: India storm into final

Sanju Samson took his game into another stratosphere on the grandest of occasions with a flamboyant 89 that built the foundation on which India carved out a T20 World Cup semifinal classic victory by a nervy seven runs at the cavernous Wankhede Stadium, here on Thursday.

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Lanka extends help to 2nd Iran ship

Sri Lanka has denied docking permission to a second Iranian vessel reported near its coast, even as authorities said they are prepared to extend humanitarian assistance to the crew if required, according to international media reports.

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Bengal drama: Bose quits as Guv, Ravi in

In a dramatic development just days before the schedule for the West Bengal Assembly elections is expected to be announced, Governor CV Ananda Bose resigned from his post in New Delhi on Thursday evening, triggering a political storm in the state.

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Maha set to grow @ 7.9%

Maharashtra is on course to clock a 7.9% economic growth rate in 2025-26, reinforcing its stature as India’s most powerful state economy, according to the Maharashtra Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in the state legislature on Wednesday.

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With Shah by his side, Nitish files RS papers

Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday heaped praise on Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and his governance, crediting him with freeing the state from the “clutches of jungle raj”.

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Panel to study concerns of taximen on app policy

To submit report within eight days

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39°C: Mumbai sizzles early

Mumbai and its metropolitan region endured the season's first heatwave on Thursday as temperatures climbed to 39°C — the highest recorded in the city this year and the second-highest across Maharashtra.

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Daughter moves court over book on MT

Aswathy V Nair, daughter of acclaimed Malayalam writer MT Vasudevan Nair, filed a criminal defamation complaint against authors Deedi Damodaran and Echmukutty and publisher AV Sreekumar, alleging that a book written by the two authors contains defamatory references to her father.

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APNRTs coordinates with Centre for safe return of Telugus stranded in West Asia

Flights to Gulf nations cancelled

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