Before stepping down, former prime minister Boris Johnson set a target with Indian leader Narendra Modi to complete a free trade agreement (FTA) by Diwali on Oct 24. “(The deadline) is not arbitrary … it was set quite a while ago. But doing a trade deal is not a simple and easy thing. So what we want to do is something that lifts both countries. It may not be everything that the services sector wants,” Badenoch said at the Conservative Party’s annual conference.
Rs 23,000 crore outflows! Is the September FII rout indicating a worse end to 2026?
Foreign investors have resumed selling Indian equities in September, with FPI outflows crossing Rs 23,000 crore through September 19. Higher crude prices, elevated US bond