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European Union, both have the political will to conclude the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and while no timeline can be put on the conclusion of the deal negotiations are progressing well, European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino told ET on Wednesday. “As we speak, the seventh round of negotiations is ongoing in New Delhi. It is an ambitious agreement and there are various elements to the FTA. While no timeline can be put as to when the FTA can be announced, I can say that there is a political will to conclude it,” Sannino said in an exclusive chat on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue – India’s premier foreign policy dialogue organised by the MEA and Observer Research Foundation (ORF). Along with FTA talks, India-EU will also discuss an investment protection agreement (IPA) and a pact on geographical indications (GIs).

ED) has asked the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) to issue a look out circular (LOC) against Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO of the eponymous, embattled edtech company Byju's, people with knowledge of the matter told ET. The central agency approached BOI earlier this month to issue a fresh LOC to ensure that Raveendran does not leave the country. An LOC 'on intimation' has already been issued against Raveendran. It was opened more than one and a half years ago at the request of the ED's Kochi office. However, the investigation was later transferred to the Bengaluru office of the agency. The LOC 'on intimation' results in immigration authorities informing a probe agency about the individual going overseas but the person is not stopped from leaving the country.

Arun Mathew, a Silicon Valley-based partner at venture capital fund Accel, focuses on investments in the enterprise space, SaaS (software-as-a-service), cloud and security. Mathew, who is also involved in Accel’s Indian portfolio firms like Freshworks and BookMyShow, is bullish about the SaaS ecosystem, highlighting the engineering talent now available to join these companies along with the cost advantages of building global firms from here.

MUMBAI : Government-backed National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has agreed to invest $200 million ( ₹1,658 crore) in digital infrastructure company iBus for a controlling stake, two people aware of the development said. iBus Network and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd, which is backed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, will use the money to finance its expansion.

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United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Boston was diverted to Denver on Monday after the plane’s wing started coming apart mid-flight — and a passenger managed to capture footage of the unnerving issue.Kevin Clarke pulled out his phone to record video of damage to the plane’s structure, which appeared to show the wing slat missing large chunks and beginning to separate from the rest of the wing.“Just about to land in Denver with a broken wing on the plane,” Clarke can be heard saying in the video.Clarke told WCVB that as the wheels lifted off in San Francisco, he felt an “incredibly strong vibration” and started to become worried about the plane’s shaking.“All of a sudden I hear this loud vibration and noise that I’ve never heard from a plane before and it stopped within seconds and I’m like, well that’s good it stopped,” Clarke told ABC.He told the outlet that the plane’s pilot soon entered the cabin and checked out the wing from a window, before retreating back into the cockpit.“Minutes later, he comes on the PA system and announces that we’ve sustained some damage to the slat underneath the wing,” said Clarke.Another passenger shared a photo of the damaged wing on Reddit mid-flight.“Sitting right on the wing and the noise after reaching altitude was much louder than normal. I opened the window to see the wing looking like this,” user octopus_hug wrote.

Mick Jones, Foreigner founder has announced his current absence from the farewell tour of the band, beginning in 2022, which has been because of his recent diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

tourism ministry plans «very focused» marketing activities with the help of Indian embassies abroad to attract foreign tourists from traditional as well as lesser-tapped emerging markets as tourist arrivals continue to lag pre-Covid levels, government officials said. «We are looking at strengthening our participation in overseas fairs and festivals this year besides ramping up promotions in some non-traditional, new and emerging overseas source markets such as Southeast Asia, Africa and South America,» an official familiar with the matter told ET.

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials indicated at their last meeting that they were in no hurry to cut interest rates and expressed both optimism and caution on inflation, according to minutes from the session released Wednesday.

100% FDI is allowed in space sector. The liberalized entry routes under the amended policy are aimed to attract potential investors to invest in Indian companies in space," the government said in its press release. The entry route under the amended policy are as follows: > Upto 74% FDI under Automatic route: Satellites-Manufacturing & Operation, Satellite Data Products and Ground Segment & User Segment.

Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), Hindustan Power Exchange (HPX) and Power Exchange India Ltd (PXIL)— the CERC stressed the need for a comprehensive review of operations at the exchanges in order to ascertain compliance with the provisions of the Power Market Regulations (PMR) 2021. “The commission directs its staff to arrange to conduct an audit of the processes as well as software of the three power exchanges in terms of the relevant provisions of PMR 2021.

MUMBAI : Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd, the parent of edtech firm Byju’s, said it has secured an order from the Karnataka High Court stating that any resolutions proposed in an emergency meeting called by some of its key investors would be invalid until a final hearing by the court.

Kevin Costner and his wife of nearly twenty years, Christine Baumgartner, are officially divorced. The judgment, entered in Santa Barbara County court, signifies the end of their marriage, rendering both Costner and Baumgartner single as of the preceding Friday. The divorce comes nine months after Baumgartner initially filed for dissolution.

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coal gasification projects in the country, the Ministry of Coal is planning to offer coal at a notified price for coal gasification, a senior ministry official said on Wednesday. «We are considering offering coal at a notified price for coal gasification plants that will be set up. We will be making a policy for the same so that the industry does not face a shortage of coal,» said Nagaraju Maddirala, the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal at a roadshow in Mumbai, held to push coal gasification projects. Notified pricing means coal will be made available at a cheaper rate than its auction rate. Currently, only the power sector receives coal at a notified price. Other sectors avail of coal at auction prices.

₹210 crore in a Series D & D1 funding round led by Edelweiss Discovery Fund Series – I. Existing investors, including Chiratae Growth Fund and Magnetic, also participated in the round. The latest round of funding will help the company strengthen its balance sheet and in business expansion, said Rentomojo's chief executive officer Geetansh Bamania.

detonators in two boxes were found abandoned on a platform at Kalyan railway station in Thane district on Wednesday, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official said. The official said the boxes were spotted by the GRP lying unattended on the platform No. 1 of the usually crowded station on the Central Railway (CR) route following which a dog squad and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) personnel were immediately called to the spot. The BDDS team took the boxes into custody and on opening found as many as 54 detonators (a device containing small amount of explosive) inside them, he said. The Kalyan GRP has launched a probe though they were yet to register a case in connection with the seizure, said the official. Senior police officials, including Thane city cops, visited the spot where the detonators were found. Usually, detonators are used in Thane district for illegally catching fish in lakes and also for carrying out blasting operations in quarries. Detonators are used to send shock-waves through the water, stunning or killing fish which are then collected.

Oyo said on Wednesday it has launched Wizard Shark, a new 'limited-edition' loyalty programme, following the debut of its founder and group CEO Ritesh Agarwal on the reality series Shark Tank India. The company said priced at Rs 1, the programme comes with benefits, including guaranteed discounts, upgrades and rewards. Customers can avail a free night's stay after seven room nights, an additional 5% discount on Oyo's network of over 3,800 Wizard hotels in India, as well as other rewards in the form of Oyo money under Wizard Shark. Valid for three months, the programme offers free membership renewal.

Blue Bloods is a drama revolving around the family of Reagan, an intergenerational group enormously dedicated to New York City's law enforcement. Helming it is Frank Reagan, not only leading the police force in the role of the New York Police Commissioner but also navigating through the obstacles of managing his family with the same consular expertise. The show is centered on Danny, the oldest son of Frank who is an adept detective, a loyal family man as well as a veteran of the Iraq war.

Across America, people are twice as likely to know about fintech firms like Robinhood and Chime than they are to be aware of the latest services from well-established companies like JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and Vanguard.

We will try to get all 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh," Ravidas Mehrotra told news agency ANI. Akhilesh Yadav confirmed on Wednesday that there will be an alliance between the SP and the Congress and that “everything will be cleared soon." On asking why he was not present twice for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Yadav said, “All is well that ends well... Yes, there will be an alliance.