[ad_1] High-school physics textbooks tell us that the gravitational pull between two objects is determined by three factors—the weight of the two objects, the distance between them and a universal gravitational constant. The gravitational force is directly proportional to the mass of each object, while it is inversely proportional to the distance between them. This…
[ad_1] How are these disruptions likely to affect India? Three disruptive moves in particular need to be taken into consideration in this regard—on immigration, trade and tariff policy, and foreign policy. Also Read: Harsh Pant: Trump’s foreign policy recast poses a challenge that India cannot avoid Attacking immigration was Trump’s first major move. He had…
[ad_1] The contrast between the Pope’s candour and the mostly muted response from European leaders to US Vice-President J.D. Vance’s provocative 14 February speech in Munich could not have been clearer. Vance said, somewhat incredibly, that he worried more about the state of European democracies than he did about possible threats to Europe from China…
[ad_1] Geopolitical observers have had their jaws drop repeatedly in recent weeks by what looks like an extraordinary cosiness between Cold War arch-rivals Russia and the US. Also Read: The Russian invasion and the demise of the post-cold war dream On Monday, the US displayed another tilt away from Europe in favour of Russia at…
[ad_1] Most assumed this meant managers who would map the consent provided by a data principal (the individual to whom the personal data relates) with the ways in which that data could be used. Also Read: Mint Explainer: The digital personal data protection Act, its rules, and roadblocks With onerous laws like Europe’s General Data…
[ad_1] When I was a kid, I believed the West was a place. Then I realized that all of the West was not entirely the West. The West was an idea, an invention. When you put it this way, it looks as though it is some kind of subterfuge to overwhelm human instincts. But I…
[ad_1] The attempt at global harmony ended in cacophony. As Emmanuel Macron’s ai summit drew to a close on February 11th J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, bluntly set out an America-first vision for artificial intelligence, castigated Europe for being too rule-bound and left before the usual group photograph. eu countries, for their part, struck a collaborative…
[ad_1] Movies, books, and songs over the years have led us to believe in the idea of a holiday romance. New city, new possibilities… and sometimes new love. This could be a holiday fling that ends when the couple says goodbye to each other, or a relationship that thrives for weeks, months, years… despite the…
[ad_1] BETWEEN 2016 AND 2022, Western diplomats and journalists frequently asked Ukrainian officials what Ukraine was prepared to concede to Russia for peace. This was more than mere curiosity. It was the tip of a policy iceberg submersed in the belief that peace could be achieved by sacrificing Ukrainian interests to Russia. Look at the…
[ad_1] That marked a high point. Amid the siege of Baghdad in 1258, the Mongols destroyed the institute and threw all the texts into the Tigris river. Scientific discovery in the Middle East waned and has never returned to the heights of the Islamic Golden Age, as the era was known. Of all the Nobel…
