The near-term global economic outlook is influenced by trade policies of major economies amid a slowing disinflation, said Chief Economic Adviser Anantha Nageswaran said on Friday, soon after the GDP figures for October-December was released.
"The leaders have directed their teams that the India-EU FTA should be concluded within the year. This is, of course, a very important outcome," MEA Secy (West) Tanmay Lal said.
During the joint press statement with PM Modi, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said, "The second avenue we should explore is a common tech agenda. On clean tech, together we champion the International Solar Alliance. We agreed to launch a Joint Task Force o
"Seven planets in the Solar system come into perfect alignment. The planets are aligned, and so are India and Europe," the European Commission President said.
Mumbai Traffic Police on Friday received a message from a Pakistani number, threatening to attack Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, officials said.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Ministers S Jaishankar and other ministers were present during the meeting. PM Modi and Ursula von der Leyen also held a bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House in Delhi.
"Jitu Patwari is doing his job according to his understanding. It (toxic waste of Bhopal's Union Carbide factory) was Congress's garbage. Did he forget that Congress had spread death in Bhopal. If lakhs of people died in the Union Carbide factory gas leak, then it was due to the negligence o
He provided comprehensive overview of India's strategic landscape and regional geopolitical dynamics to the audience which included 98 international officers from 68 nations.
Newly appointed SEBI Chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey appeared before the media on Friday morning, but remained tight lipped about how he would go about or what would be his priority areas as the chief of the markets regulator.
Reacting to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegation of the BJP manipulating the voters' list with the EC, the BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal on Friday termed it "completely politically motivated and baseless."