Explained: India-Oman CEPA advances new era of economic partnership

IANS | December 18, 2025 5:16 PM

Muscat/New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Oman offers unprecedented market access for Indian goods with zero-duty access on 98.08 per cent of Oman’s tariff lines, covering 99.38 per cent of India’s exports by value, the government said on Thursday.

Oman Sultan confers national award on PM Modi — his 29th global honour

IANS | December 18, 2025 5:03 PM

Muscat, Dec 18 (IANS) Oman Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik conferred 'The First Class of the Order of Oman' on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday - an award that has previously been presented to Queen Elizabeth, Queen Maxim, Emperor Akihito, Nelson Mandela and King Abdullah of Jordan. This is the 29th such global honour for PM Modi.

MoS Margherita, Fiji Health Minister discuss medical cooperation

IANS | December 18, 2025 3:28 PM

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita held a meeting with Fiji's Minister of Health and Medical Services Ratu Atonio Rabici Lalabalavu in New Delhi on Thursday, discussing ongoing health and medical cooperation between both countries.

India-Oman CEPA will shape bilateral ties for decades to come: PM Modi

IANS | December 18, 2025 2:05 PM

Muscat, Dec 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Oman represents a "blueprint of our shared future" and would shape the bilateral relations of the two countries in the decades ahead.