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The proposed European Union-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to significantly improve access to advanced technologies, while also creating new oppor
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India is emerging as a major force in the global healthcare landscape as affordable versions of popular weight-loss drugs begin to reshape access to obesity tre
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India and Germany have signed a strategic Artificial Intelligence (AI) Pact aimed at deepening cooperation in emerging technologies and strengthening global dig
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On 18 February 2026, at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, OpenAI announced OpenAI for India, a long-term programme built around local infrastructure, enterpr
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Tech giant Google has unveiled a major infrastructure initiative called America-India Connect as part of its strategic expansion in India. The project announced
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India's artificial intelligence trajectory differs fundamentally from both US and Chinese approaches. While the US prioritizes frontier model development throug
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India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has given the nod to a mega defence modernisation package worth roughly ₹3.25 lakh crore (about $39 billion) that incl
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After a landmark year of international entries into the Indian market in 2025, a fresh wave of global retail brands is preparing to make its official India debu
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A new Ember report reveals India is electrifying faster and burning far less fossil fuel per capita than China did at the same stage of economic development. Th
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IIT Madras is charting an ambitious roadmap to transform India’s deep technology ecosystem, aiming to incubate and scale startups into globally competitive deep
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March 2026 marks a turning point for affordable obesity treatment as India's pharmaceutical industry prepares to flood the market with generic semaglutide-the a
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India's Semiconductor Leap: 2nm Chip Design Marks New Era of Tech SovereigntyIndia's semiconductor industry has reached a pivotal milestone with Qualcomm's unve
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France has taken steps to reduce its reliance on foreign digital platforms by directing public sector employees to move away from services such as Zoom, a move
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In a significant development on February 3, 2026, India and the United States announced a major bilateral trade agreement aimed at resetting trade relations tha
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The recently concluded India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is poised to deliver a substantial boost to India’s pharmaceuticals and medical technolog
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The European Union and India have taken a decisive step toward strengthening their long-term economic relationship with the conclusion of negotiations on a comp
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For decades, the story of Indian pharma was written in the language of "volume." It was the "pharmacy of the world" - a massive, low-cost engine churning out mi