Austria’s Ambassador to India, Robert Zischg, described the newly announced EU-India Free Trade Agreement political declaration as the “mother of all deals” – one that, he says, will “affect close to two billion people”.

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha amid a cacophony by Opposition MPs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and said he could sit and shout slogans, given his age.

The ECI presented a strong counter to Mamata Banerjee’s allegations against the SIR in the Supreme Court, alleging a systematic pattern of violence against poll officials.