âFather Flynn, Doubt In John Patrick Shanleyâs 2008 film Doubt, certainty and ambiguity collide in a moral thriller set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964 New York. The story revolves around Sister Aloysius Beauvier, a strict headmistress convinced that Father Flynn, a charismatic parish priest, has engaged in inappropriate conduct with a young African-American student. But…
The agreement promises to enhance economic engagement and reshape global value chains. Indian industry contributes extensively to the UKâs economy. According to the Confederation of Indian Industryâs (CII) India meets Britain Tracker 2024 report, the number of Indian companies in the UK was estimated at more than 970, contributing about ÂŁ1.17 billion to the UKâs…
Milan: India accords a high priority to the free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), and a deal is achievable by the year-end given the shared urgency, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. Speaking at a conference on âcross border collaboration for future resilienceâ on the sidelines of the Asian Development Bankâs…
Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. . President Xi Jinping is seeking to repair ties with the European Union, painting China as the more reliable partner as Donald Trump alienates the bloc over issues from tariffs to defense. Faced with an effective trade embargo from the US, Chinese policymakers and business leaders…
LONDON (AP) â Social media company Meta said Monday that it will start using publicly available content from European users to train its artificial intelligence models, resuming work put on hold last year after activists raised concerns about data privacy. The company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said that it would train its AI systems…
President Donald Trumpâs global tariffs are convincing Austria to ditch its long-time opposition to a trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc. Economy Minister Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer is now urging the European Commission to prepare a final agreement and ratification process for the free-trade deal signed in December, which seeks to create an…
European Union member states are pushing for a possibility of deviating from gas storage targets over the next two years if market prices excessively boost the cost of replenishing reserves. A provision to allow a deviation of as much as 5 percentage points for each member state in the case of âunfavorableâ market conditions was…
To be sure, progress on Indiaâs FTA with the European Union has not been insubstantial. Both sides have committed themselves to signing it by the end of this calendar year. When it happens, it will be the worldâs largest deal of its kind. A trade pact between both sides will not just strengthen our trade…
As international conflicts go, none did so little to disrupt the global order as the âwhisky wars” that pitted Canada against Denmark for four decades. Flaring up in 1984, the unlikely spat involved a one-square-kilometre island in the middle of an icy Arctic channel marking the border between Greenland (now a self-ruling part of Denmark)…
How are these disruptions likely to affect India? Three disruptive moves in particular need to be taken into consideration in this regardâon immigration, trade and tariff policy, and foreign policy. Also Read: Harsh Pant: Trumpâs foreign policy recast poses a challenge that India cannot avoid Attacking immigration was Trumpâs first major move. He had harped…
