Renault’s reset may get FTA boost

Chennai: Renault said the proposed India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) could significantly strengthen its manufacturing and export strategy in India, positioning its Chennai facility as a key global hub for vehicles and auto components. With tariff barriers expected to moderate, the French automaker aims to leverage higher localisation, expanded component exports, and new model…

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Easier travel, stay in EU for students, professionals

New Delhi: Indian students and professionals are set to gain unprecedented access to Europe after India and Euro-pean Union finalised a sweeping free trade agreement alongside a mobility framework that commits EU to unca-pped movement for learners.Officials said the pact marks a decisive shift towards talent-led cooperation, with education, skills and research emerging as key…

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US stocks today: Wall Street opens mixed as corporate earnings roll in; S&P 500 up 0.20%, Dow Jones slips 0.62%

US stock markets opened on a mixed note on Tuesday as strong earnings from major companies lifted technology shares. However, a sharp sell-off in health insurance stocks pulled the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower amid concerns over future Medicare payments.At 9:30 am ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 305.69 points or 0.62 per cent,…

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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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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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