India-EU FTA: Was Donald Trump a ‘unifier’ behind ‘mother of all deals’ – what Piyush Goyal said

NEW DELHI: Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday dismissed speculations that US President Donald Trump played a role in bringing India and the European Union together for their landmark free trade agreement, saying “don’t think we even discussed this.”Goyal made these remarks while responding to a question that sought to link the India–EU Free…

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Not just ‘mother of all deals’: FTA with EU and 7 other trade pacts signed by India since 2021

Antonio Costa, Narendra Modi, and Ursula von der Leyen NEW DELHI: The India–European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA), announced on Tuesday, is the country’s eighth such pact since 2021. Famously called the “mother of all deals” by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen days before she arrived in Delhi with European Council President…

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Khosla raids Elon’s ghosla: Calls on tech workers to quit Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX

The TOI correspondent from Washington: Among Silicon Valley elites where tech titans have largely aligned with President Donald Trump’s purportedly race-driven MAGA vision, Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has been an outlier. Exceptional as his opposition to Trump has been, the billionaire tech savant has set off a political and cultural firestorm this week with…

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Air India showcases 1st custom-built Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, to be operational from Feb 1 – see pics

Air India on Tuesday unveiled the interiors of its first custom-built Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, marking a key milestone in the airline’s ongoing fleet modernisation and standardisation drive under the Tata Group.The wide-body aircraft, featuring newly designed cabins, will be deployed on the Mumbai–Frankfurt route starting February 1. This is the first Dreamliner to join Air…

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‘100% LTCG Cut for All’ — Samir Arora’s Prescription To Revive Indian Markets

Helios Capital founder Samir Arora has urged the government to implement sweeping changes to the capital gains tax structure to revive foreign fund inflows into Indian equities. He suggested nil long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax alongside reverting short-term capital gains (STCG) tax to a 10% rate, arguing that mere tweaks will not help in reviving…

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