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Piyush Goyal on Saturday said he is hopeful of India finalising certain free trade agreements (FTAs) in the next few months, which would help promote exports. India is in the final stages of concluding FTA negotiations with the UK. The country is also negotiating similar pacts with Canada and European Union (EU). «We can leverage the free trade agreements with the UAE and Australia and we are hopeful that in the next few months, we will finalise many more free trade agreements to help you grow your business with zero duty on finished leather products and footwear available for you to exploit bigger and better markets,» Goyal said while addressing footwear industry representatives here. The minister also asked the industry to focus on quality and sustainable manufacturing processes to tap business opportunities in the developed world. The Indian footwear and leather industry is not only a major foreign exchange earner but being a labour-intensive sector, it also provides employment to approximately 4.5 million people, 40 per cent of whom are women. He said that India has the capacity to become the world's largest and best-quality footwear manufacturer.

Piyush Goyal Saturday said that the country will soon come out with a domestic size of footwear which is suitable for Indian people. At the India International Footwear Fair, he also said that in the next few months, the country will finalise many more trade pacts with zero duty for finished leather products and footwear. “We have identified the domestic size of footwear which is suitable for Indian People.

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NASA collects rocks from the Isle of Rum to test and refine methods before bringing back samples from Mars through the Perseverance Rover mission in 2033. Rocks from Mars could offer insights into the planet's history and the possibility of past life, making Rum a critical location for sampling and analysis.

Australia on Saturday agreed to further cooperate with India, Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines and Korea to ensure the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific at the 33rd Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN). Officials from the two countries on Saturday met in Brisbane.

National Education Policy (NEP) will give due respect and credit to every language in the country and those who try to politicise language for their selfish interests will have to shut their shops, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. Delivering the inaugural address at the «Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam» on the third anniversary of the launch of the NEP, Modi said the biggest injustice to students is judging them on the basis of their language, instead of their capabilities. «The National Educational Policy will give due respect and credit to every language in the country… Those who try to politicise language for their selfish interests will now have to shut their shops,» the prime minister said.

Narendra Modi highlighted the unfortunate perception of several prosperous Indian languages at the inaugural event of the All India Education Convention at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on July 29. It marked the third anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. He said that Indian languages were presented as unprogressive which is false, reported Hindustan Times.

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Rishi Sunak is very much looking forward to attending the G20 Summit in New Delhi in September, UK High Commissioner in India Alex Ellis has said. Interacting with PTI on Friday on the sidelines of a preview of an art exhibition here, Ellis said he thought it was «great» that India is in the chair of the G20. India assumed the G20 presidency on December 1, 2022.

gold closed with a loss of $1 at $1959.20 in an eventful week. Gold got some boost from the peak rate narrative as both the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve made it clear that they would adopt a data-dependent approach in deciding their monetary policies going forward. However, the much anticipated Federal Reserve pause is still elusive.

Barclays executives embarked on a drastic overhaul of the British bank’s Wall Street arm early this year. The goal: prove it can hang with the likes of JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs. They replaced key leaders and laid out a strategy to become a top five player in as many lines of business as it can, if not investment banking overall.

G7 summit in Japan. She made a stylish statement with a pink top and green trousers while accompanying her husband, Rishi Sunak.

China has demanded that the United States invite Hong Kong’s leader to an economic conference following a news report that Chief Executive John Lee would be barred due to his role in crushing the city’s pro-democracy movement

FTA, 19 have been closed. "Remaining issues include IPRs, rules of origin, and investment treaty," the official added. In the rules of origin chapters, both countries are talking about product-specific rules, value addition, change in chapter heading, and certification.

He’s bespectacled, shortish, seems serious, even studious, has played just 14 first class games, and was a last-minute replacement for injured off-spinner Nathan Lyon.

Proof of humanity protocol Worldcoin released its audit reports on July 28 as criticism of its data collection practices continues to mount. The new reports were conducted by security consulting firms Nethermind and Least Authority. 

Netball World Cup 2023 begins this Friday i.e. July 28 and sixteen teams are ready to hit the court in Cape Town. It will run through August 6 (Sunday).

Sony has rolled out a substantial price cut for its highly sought-after PlayStation 5 console in several countries, including the UK, Ireland and Germany. The company aims to make the gaming experience more accessible to enthusiasts, with a markdown of approximately 16 per cent on the standard PS5 model. In the UK, gamers can now get their hands on the PS5 for £399.99, down from its regular price of £479.99. Notably, it was launched at £449.99. The promotional offer is available immediately in the UK and will run until August 10. Germany is also partaking in the price drop, with a discount of €75 on the PS5. Amazon Germany, in particular, is offering an even more attractive price of €459.99, significantly below the regular €549.99 pricing, until August 7. It extends to Ireland and Austria, where consumers can save €75. The timing of these price drop promotions coincides with Sony's announcement of a major milestone. The company has successfully sold 40 million PS5 units since the console's initial launch in 2020. This surge in sales can be attributed to the increased shipments in the current year. Sony revealed that it tripled the number of consoles shipped from January to March, reaching 6.3 million units as opposed to 2 million during the same period the previous year.

British Museum Library needed a larger reading room. Antonio Panizzi, the Keeper of Printed Books (1837-56), had the idea of constructing a round room in the empty central courtyard of the Museum building. With a design by Sydney Smirke (1798-1877), work on the Reading Room began in 1854.

Mint had reported that India may not budge from its opposition to the provisions on regulatory data protection as well as patent extension during the free trade talks with the EU and UK. Regulatory data protection or data exclusivity have been among EU’s demands since 2013 but continues to be a red line for India. Patent term extension allows secondary patenting or ‘evergreening’, a technique used by companies to prevent the entry of generic drugmakers.

With under nine months to go until bitcoin (BTC)’s next halving event, excitement is growing about a potential rally to fresh all-time highs.