| | MAY 20268Federation of Indian Ex-port Organisations (FIEO) stated that the Free Trade Agreement between India and New Zealand marks a significant step in strengthening global trade engagement and boosting exports. FIEO President S C Ralhan says, "The pact will expand opportunities for exporters across sectors such as agricul-ture, textiles, pharmaceuticals, engineering goods, and services including IT, IT-enabled services, business solutions, education, construction, and healthcare." He added that reduced tariffs and simplified procedures will enhance competitiveness in the New Zealand market. The agreement is expected to unlock new bilateral trade avenues and offer strong growth potential for MSMEs, enabling them to access a high demand market for quality goods and services while supporting long term export diversification and future economic resilience overall. India and Africa are tran-sitioning into a new and decisive phase in their bilateral relations, with both sides aiming to elevate ties to a higher and more substantive level, according to Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita. Speaking at an event at Bharat Mandapam, he high-lighted that India and Africa Narendra Modi is set to attend the concluding event marking Sikkim's 50th statehood anniversary and is expected to launch projects worth Rs.4,000 crore. Currently on a two day visit to the Himalayan state, he will visit the orchidarium at Swar-najayanti Maitri Manjari Park in the morning, which has been developed into a global destina-tion for orchid viewing. Extensive security arrange-ments have been made across the capital and nearby areas. The Prime Minister will then visit Paljor Stadium for the main event, where he will inau-gurate multiple development projects and address the gath-ering, covering sectors such as infrastructure, connectivity, healthcare, education, energy, tourism, agriculture, urban de-velopment, and environmental sustainability initiatives across the region to support long term growth prospects. INDIANEW ZEALAND FTA SET TO UNLOCK GROWTH FOR MSMES INDIAAFRICA RELATIONS ENTER A FRESH ERA OF COLLABORATION PM TO INTRODUCE RS.4,000 CRORE DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN SIKKIM NEWSROOM GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPSPUBLIC POLICYare ancient civilizations sharing centuries-old links through trade, culture, and commerce. Diplomats from several Afri-can nations and representatives from organisations working on India-Africa cooperation attended Yuva Bharat Global Forum. He noted that the relationship has been strengthened by shared resistance to colonialism and continued people-to-people ties. Margherita recalled unveiling the logo, theme, and website for India-Africa Forum Summit IV in New Delhi, attended by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Tata Consul-tancy Services has entered into two Mem-orandums of Understanding with Sie-mens Energy AG and Siemens Energy India Limited. This strengthens their strategic partnership across IT services, dig-ital and industrial AI, data centers, and emerging technologies.The collaboration is designed to drive innovation, enhance operational resilience, and support sustainable development in the energy sector. Together, the com-panies aim to accelerate industrial transformation through AI and build robust digital infrastructure. By combining TCS's expertise in AI, data, and engineering with Siemens Energy's capabilities in power generation, electrification, and grid technologies, the partner-ship will enable smarter operations and future-ready energy systems. Additionally, overall Siemens Energy India Limited will support TCS's HyperVault to address rap-idly growing energy demands of AI-ready data centers in India. TCS TEAMS UP WITH SIEMENS ENERGY AG TO DRIVE AI INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
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