Overview
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said the first tranche will be signed by mid-March, a joint statement is due within days, and certain U.S. tariffs would drop to 18% via executive order.
- A second round of Ukraine–Russia–U.S. talks opened in Abu Dhabi to examine ceasefire options, humanitarian access, and security guarantees.
- The United States and Iran are set to resume nuclear negotiations in Oman on February 6, according to officials.
- The government told Parliament it has filed FIRs against 41 Skill India training centres and issued notices to 11 entities after a CAG audit flagged serious lapses.
- The Pakistan Cricket Board is reportedly weighing a Force Majeure defense as Pakistan signals a possible boycott of the India T20 World Cup match, while India plans to travel to Colombo for the fixture.