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New Delhi: India and the European Union announced Tuesday the "mother of all deals", a huge trade pact to create a market of two billion people, reached after two decades of negotiations. EU chiefs and Prime Minister Narendra Modi hope the pact will help shield against challenges from the world's two leading economies, the United States and China. The agreement will cut or eliminate tariffs on almost 97 percent of European exports, saving up to 4 billion euros ($4.75 billion) annually in dutie ...Read More >
Bengaluru, India: Social media giant X warned on Monday that an Indian court allowed ruling police to issue "arbitrary" content removal orders through a government portal threatens free expression. The state high court in Karnataka -- which includes tech-city Bengaluru -- dismissed a plea last week filed by X against the government portal that it alleged was being used to censor content. The government says its online portal Sahyog -- meaning "cooperate" in Hindi -- helps automate the process ...Read More >
New Delhi: An Indian elephant taken on an epic journey to a tycoon's giant zoo is expected to return home after protests by the religious community she came from, officials said Wednesday, following a court battle over the animal's welfare at the temple. The story of the 36-year-old elephant called Madhuri reflects both the passion that some communities have for elephants in India -- and the mind-boggling scale of the self-declared "world's biggest wild animal rescue centre". The elephant spen ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he will attend the Group of Seven leaders summit in Canada this month after receiving an invitation from the new Canadian premier. "Glad to receive a call from Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada," Modi said in a statement posted on social media platform X. "Congratulated him on his recent election victory and thanked him for the invitation to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis later this month... look forward to our meeting at the summi ...Read More >
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