
A photo of Ajit Pawar taken hours before his Mumbai–Baramati flight crashed has surfaced as leaders pay tribute and final rites are set in Baramati.

"The ongoing unrest in Iran has not had any significant impact on India Inc's global trade, or the credit profiles of domestic corporates thus far," it said.

The agreement provides Indian exporters with improved access to the EU’s market of nearly 450 million consumers across 27 countries and is aimed at boosting two-way trade while reducing over-dependence on traditional markets amid rising global trade tensions.

Sharad Pawar said Ajit Pawar’s death in the Baramati plane crash was a pure accident, ruling out conspiracy and urging people not to politicise it.

In a detailed post on X, Thackeray described Pawar as a “remarkably straightforward” leader who was “utterly free of caste bias” and said Maharashtra politics had lost an outstanding administrator and mass leader.

India, and the EU announced the conclusion of talks for a trade deal on January 27 after nearly two decades of negotiations.

The country has also safeguarded sensitive sectors, including beef and poultry, fish and seafood, cheese, maize, corn, fruits and vegetables, nuts, edible oils, spices and tobacco, the ministry said.

With the issue now before the Supreme Court, judicial intervention may be the BJP’s only viable exit from a political dilemma of its own making.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are likely to attend.

His daughter Pinky Mali was among those killed in the Baramati plane crash that also claimed the life of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

Just hours before the accident, Pawar was active on social media. His last Facebook post honoured freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai on his birth anniversary, praising his sacrifices for the country’s freedom and his lasting patriotic inspiration.

The minister said preliminary information shows that the visibility was poor during the time of landing at around 08:48 am.

"India is unfortunately too familiar with such mindless brutality, having been a victim of cross-border terrorism ourselves. We empathise immediately with those who undergo the same tragedy," Misri said.


A night of roadblocks, ambush fire and a close-quarters charge in Elisabethville turned one young officer’s last battle into one of UN peacekeeping’s most remembered stories.

Pawar, 66, died on Wednesday after his plane crashed while landing in Baramati.

AAIB begins probe into Ajit Pawar plane crash, finds missing staff and locked rooms at Delhi charter firm operating the Learjet.

The video shows the aircraft plunging from the sky moments before crashing on the ground. Within seconds, a huge ball of fire emerges in the background

The agreement, the report notes, underscores a broader strategic shift, as diversification has become the dominant strategic objective in a fragmenting global trading system.

Moody's Ratings said India's conclusion of its trade negotiations with the EU reflects its continued efforts to selectively diversify trade relationships.

abletop runways, perched on hilltop plateaus with sheer drops at their ends, offer pilots scant margin for error, often creating optical illusions that make the strip appear closer than it is. The Learjet 45 flying in from Mumbai lost control during descent on its 1,770-metre runway, situated at 604 metres above mean sea level without advanced landing aids.

Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and four others died after a Learjet 45 crashed short of Baramati runway in dense fog during a second landing attempt, DGCA says.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, a six-time deputy CM and known as the state’s “ultimate political survivor,” died in a plane crash in Baramati while en route to Zilla Parishad election meetings.

In a post on X mourning Ajit Pawar, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that she is "deeply shocked and stunned by the suddden demise" of the NCP leader.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis announces three-day state mourning and a holiday after deputy CM Ajit Pawar dies in a Baramati aircraft crash.