India’s new trade pact with New Zealand combines tariff-free access, visa pathways and investment commitments, reshaping bilateral ties across trade, education and skilled workforce mobility.
Growth is expected to moderate to 6.6–6.9% in FY2026-27, reflecting a high base and continued global uncertainties.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged researchers to establish India as a hub of medical self-reliance by becoming self-reliant in medicines and health innovation.
India is working towards becoming self-reliant in the space sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, adding that the country will have its own space station in the near future.
He said that for a nation, the greatest test of self-respect is its self-reliance.
