Aimed at addressing key issues affecting dairy sector, the first IDF regional conference with a focus on Asia Pacific will begin here on Wednesday.

Australian Deputy High Commissioner Nicholas McCaffrey on Tuesday said his country is currently engaged in discussions with the Indian government to establish a comprehensive free trade agreement between the two nations. Speaking at an interactive session organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, McCaffrey highlighted that while there is an existing Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) with India, signed in 2022, Australia aims to upgrade this pact to enhance its scope and impact.

The talks between India and Korea on the review of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) have made significant headway, with both sides exchanging the list of ‘requests’ where they want further opening up of trade.

This is Jaishankar’s second official overseas visit during the third term of the Modi government. He was in Colombo last week. A week after PM Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met on the margins s of the G7 Summit in Italy, the Union Cabinet on June 19 had cleared a Rs 76,000 crore all-weather deep-water port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra’s Palghar district to 'aid trade flow through IMEEC and International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC),' Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had then said.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu today said that the state had become a manufacturing hub for sectors like pharmaceuticals, textiles, light engineering goods, health, power, telecom and information technology.