Daily Archives: September 24, 2025

India US trade deal: The much-delayed negotiations seem headed into the final leg. What lies ahead?

India US trade deal: After much back and forth, the India-US trade deal is suddenly back on the agenda again. As a high-level Indian team of officials has landed in Washington to resume negotiations for the much-delayed trade deal, there are indications that the endgame seems near.   Read More…

Third highest single-day rainfall in Kolkata after 1978: Was it a cloudburst? Here’s what IMD says

Kolkata and its suburbs on Tuesday woke up to the third-wettest September day since 1978, recording a rainfall of 251.4mm in 24 hours.   Read More…

Networking with policymakers, industry leaders, and researchers

As Washington and Delhi work on a trade deal that had stalled over the imposition of tariffs and Indian purchase of Russian oil, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, following his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in New York, has said “India is a relationship of critical importance” to the US and flagged “trade, defence, energy,…