NEW DELHI: India is a ‘friend of the world’ and the global community expects it to contribute significantly in bringing peace to war-torn Ukraine, Swiss state secretary of foreign affairs Alexandre Fasel said on Friday as Switzerland prepares to host a major summit next month to end the conflict. The Swiss diplomat held wide-ranging talks...
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Air India adds an offering for your Switzerland trip
Air India on Friday announced commencement of a non-stop service between Delhi and Zurich starting June 16, 2024, marking the airline’s entry in Switzerland. The induction of new routes will take the total number of cities served by Air India in mainland Europe to seven. Using its two-class configured Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, Air India...
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Switzerland Invites India To Participate In Summit On Peace In Ukraine Next Month
Switzerland Invites India To Participate In Summit On Peace in Ukraine Bern: Switzerland has invited India to participate in the Summit on Peace in Ukraine next month. This is an effort by the Swiss, a traditionally neutral country, to end the two year long war between Russia and Ukraine. As the Swiss have said, the...
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Switzerland to host Ukraine peace summit on June 15-16
The Swiss government will host a two-day high-level conference in June aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine, it said on Wednesday, although Russia has made clear it will not take part in the initiative. Switzerland said in January it would host a peace summit at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and has since...
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Swiss Open: Indian challenge ends as Srikanth loses in semis
Basel (Switzerland): Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth’s winning run at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament came to an end after a semifinal loss to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-Yi here. The former world No. 1 squandered a one-game lead to go down 21-15, 9-21, 18-21 in a gruelling last-four contest that lasted one hour and...
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India-EFTA deal happened because both sides respected sensitivities: Swiss official
India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) bloc were able to stitch together a trade deal after negotiations spread over just a year because both sides respected each other’s sensitivities and aimed for a balanced agreement, a top Swiss official said on Sunday. Swiss state secretary for economic affairs Helene Budliger Artieda met commerce...
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16 years in the making, key details of India’s pact with four-nation European trade bloc
India signed a free trade pact on Sunday with a group of European nations – Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein – committing to reduce tariffs, while New Delhi receives $100 billion in investments over the next 15 years. India and the members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) held 21 rounds of talks over...
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EFTA Deal: India to link duty cuts with investments from companies of member nations
India is set to tie duty reductions associated with the trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) to investments made by companies from member nations, including Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, reported TOI. These nations have collectively pledged to invest $100 billion over a span of 15 years. The FTA is scheduled to...
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Duty concession on gold imports from Switzerland under EFTA on table
3 min read Last Updated : Mar 06 2024 | 11:30 PM IST India may give quota-based duty concession on gold imports from Switzerland under the proposed free trade agreement with the four European nation bloc EFTA, sources said. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. ...
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India mulls quota-based duty cuts on gold imports to Switzerland under EFTA
India is mulling giving quota-based duty concessions on gold imports from Switzerland under the proposed free trade agreement European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and has also sought an investment commitment of $50 billion in the first ten years after the implementation of the agreement and another $50 billion in the next five years, officials said.Iceland,...
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India nears landmark $100 bn investment pact with Switzerland, Norway
India is on the brink of finalising a trade agreement that could potentially unleash a wave of investment worth $100 billion over 15 years from a select group of European nations. A Bloomberg report cited sources familiar with the negotiations who revealed that the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein,...
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India Switzerland News: India- Switzerland bolster ties as foreign ministers discuss regional issues, including Ukraine conflict | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met his visiting Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis and held discussions for further strengthening bilateral ties between the two nations.Both the leaders also exchanged perspectives on regional and international issues, including the conflict in Ukraine.The meeting, following the 75th-year celebrations of the India-Switzerland friendship treaty last year,...
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