Recently, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) lauded the ties between India and Russia, saying that the two nations have a ‘steady and time-tested partnership’.
In the recently concluded India–United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (FTA), formally known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), while much attention has been paid to traditional sectors like agriculture and labour-intensive manufacturing, one crucial domain — India’s digital sector — has remained curiously unexamined.
State finances and budgets reflect both macroeconomic resilience and local governance priorities, from infrastructure and education to healthcare and local employment initiatives.
Recently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed that India secured 71st position in 2025, down from 63rd in 2024 and 67th in 2023 because of several ‘structural challenges’.
As Israel’s military campaign in Gaza intensifies, a growing divide has emerged within the Western world over how to respond — a rift that could reshape global diplomacy, humanitarian policy, and the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
India and the United Kingdom signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), marking a watershed moment in bilateral relations and economic diplomacy. CETA emerges as India’s first free trade pact with a G7 nation and the UK’s most ambitious trade agreement outside Europe.
India needs to accelerate its efforts in the global supply chain, as critical minerals are emerging as the defining geoeconomic axis of the 21st century.
