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U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States and India have agreed to a new trade deal, with Washington lowering its reciprocal tariff on Indian goods from 25 per cent to 18 per cent. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post after a call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Transport Canada says it is monitoring the situation after Air India grounded its fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners on Monday. The airline cited issues with the fuel control switch, which is at the centre of an ongoing probe into a deadly air crash last year.

Officials from India and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday signed a landmark trade deal along with other agreements such as the India-EU Security and Defence Partnership. “We did it. We delivered the mother of all deals,” said President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen.

India’s High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik, said on Sunday that India and Canada are beginning to move with a sense of urgency after two years of stalled talks.  “We have wasted two years doing nothing,” he said and added, “So there’s an urgency to make up for that time.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney is returning to Ottawa after a week abroad focused on expanding Canada’s trade ties, including meetings in China and a major foreign policy speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The government is now signalling India as a potential next priority, with officials suggesting Carney could travel there as early...

B.C. Premier David Eby is on a trade mission to India trying for forge closer economic ties to India, but some are criticizing the move. Global News Morning speaks with Gurkeerat Singh of the Surrey Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara about his concerns.

At a press conference in Mumbai on Thursday, B.C. Premier David Eby said mining had emerged as the leading focus of the province’s trade mission to India, with strong interest in projects across B.C. He said Indian companies were also closely watching LNG opportunities as the country looks to meet rising energy demand while reducing...

 At a press conference in Mumbai on Thursday, David Eby said the document cited in reporting that linked the Indian government to the Bishnoi gang was a three-page briefing note summarizing publicly available media reports from October 2024, not an RCMP intelligence report. Eby said the allegations will be addressed through the criminal trial process,...

Concerns are being raised about a B.C. government trade mission to India, in light of that country’s alleged involvement in the Nijjar assassination and other political violence. Travis Prasad reports.

An arrest has been made in the case of a fatal shooting that targeted University of Toronto student Shivank Avasthi just days before Christmas. Toronto police said Wednesday a 28-year-old man, Babatunde Afuwape, is facing a first-degree murder charge in what Det. Sgt. Stacey McCabe alleges was a “planned and deliberate act” against Avasthi, a...

More details about a disturbing incident at YVR, just days before Christmas. Richmond RCMP confirm an allegedly impaired Air India pilot was arrested and removed from duty, and as Paul Johnson report, an airport employee is being praised for raising concerns about the pilot’s fitness to fly.

A pilot with Air India was removed from the flight on Dec. 23 at Vancouver’s International Airport after violating rules and regulations. YVR confirms an incident happened, but few details are available at this time.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (IRSO) has successfully launched the BlueBird Block-2 communications satellite into low Earth orbit from Sriharikota. The satellite was carried aboard the LVM3-M6 launch vehicle, marking the heaviest satellite ever lifted from Indian soil using an Indian launcher. ISRO Chief V. Narayanan said the mission also represents the third fully commercial flight...

Indian officials reported on Tuesday that the death toll from a vehicle collision on an Indian expressway had risen to 13. The crash occurred on the Delhi-Agra Expressway and was attributed to poor visibility caused by dense winter fog, according to local media.

Police and paramilitary troops fanned out across Dhaka and other cities in Bangladesh on Friday after violent protests overnight over the death of a popular youth leader, with concerns of further unrest ahead of national elections in which he was due to run.

Fans of soccer superstar Lionel Messi gathered in New Delhi to welcome their idol as his three-day tour of India concluded on Monday. Messi thanked his fans and said, “It’s really been a beautiful experience for us. While it was short and intense, it was really nice to feel all this love, which we knew was here, but to...

Twenty-five people are confirmed dead after a fire was reported at a nightclub in India’s Goa state early Sunday morning. Indian authorities have ordered an investigation into whether or not fire safety norms and building construction norms were followed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Friday to expand and diversify trade beyond oil and defence, despite Western pressure on New Delhi to scale back its decades-old close ties with Moscow. Putin’s trip to India coincides with New Delhi’s talks with the U.S. on a trade deal to cut...

Russian President Vladimir Putin embarked on a state visit to India on Thursday to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Global’s Nathaniel Dove explains the significance of Putin’s visit to India and where things stand with Ukraine

Travel turmoil continued for a fourth day across India’s airports after the country’s largest airline, IndiGo, cancelled more than 1,000 flights, including all departures from New Delhi. IndiGo admitted it failed to plan properly after authorities introduced new stricter regulations limiting pilot flying times and placing tighter restrictions on night-time flights.