Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced that India secured significant advantages in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the UK, safeguarding sensitive sectors like rice, sugar, and dairy. The agreement lowers duties on automobiles and scotch while protecting domestic industries and intellectual property rights. CETA also ensures India receives recognition for Geographical Indication (GI) products like Kolhapuri chappals.
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A three-and-a-half-year-old tigress, suspected of fatally attacking five individuals in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, between May and July, has been relocated to the Kanpur zoo. After a week-long rescue operation, the tigress was captured and deemed healthy, but officials determined that releasing her back into the wild posed too great a risk due to her habit of venturing into populated areas.
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