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1.Ajit Pawar, NCP chief and Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, died in a tragic plane crash...

 1.Ajit Pawar, NCP chief and Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, died in a tragic plane crash this morning while he was flying from Mumbai to Baramati. Four others, possibly including pilots and Pawar's security personnel, have also died.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ajit-pawars-plane-crash-lands-in-maharashtras-baramati-10897243

2.On Tuesday, India and the European Union announced a “landmark” free trade deal that would remove or reduce tariffs on more than 90% of goods traded between them. The deal, nearly two decades in the making, will see India lower tariffs in two of its most politically sensitive sectors, agriculture and autos. It also lands amid a growing wave of bilateral trade agreements, as countries recalibrate supply chains and commercial ties in response to Washington’s increasingly muscular use of tariffs.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/cnbc-daily-open-the-eu-india-trade-deal-story-is-not-over-yet.html

3.India has emerged as the bigger winner in its newly concluded free trade agreement with the European Union, according to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who cast the deal as a strategic shift driven by global trade tensions and Washington’s tariff policies.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-comes-out-on-top-trump-aides-big-remark-after-new-delhis-mother-of-all-deals-with-eu/articleshow/127673620.cms

4.Zon Hotels Mumbai Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between SanRaj Group and DGS Group, has initiated discussions with IHG Hotels & Resorts for an upcoming luxury hotel in Mumbai’s Western suburbs. The parties have entered into a non-binding MOU for the upcoming 350-room hotel project, focused on a luxury brand such as InterContinental.

https://www.hotelierindia.com/operations/zon-hotels-mumbai-eyes-luxury-hospitality-expansion-with-ihg-hotels-collaboration

5.The Budget session is set to begin on Wednesday with an address by President Droupadi Murmu to a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament. After its commencement, the session will run from January 28 and continue till April 2, during which there will also be an intersession break. While the first phase of the Budget session is scheduled from January 28 to February 13, the second phase will be held from March 9 to April 2.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-budget-session-to-begin-today-opposition-to-raise-mgnrega-sir-issues-101769547728032.html

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