India and the United Kingdom signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on May 6. The deal was jointly announced by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. At a time when global trade is being strained by rising protectionism and retaliatory tariffs—many of which ...
After assuming the U.S. presidency for a second term, one of Donald Trump’s first major actions was to impose tariffs on imported goods from a wide range of countries. Many commentators observed that such large-scale tariff impositions—and the retaliations they triggered—had not been seen sinc...
Dr. Iain McGilchrist, a septuagenarian philosopher, psychiatrist, and neuroscientist of global renown, recently addressed a symposium titled The Future of Humanity. In his reflections, he explored the most profound questions concerning the good, the beautiful, and the true. Drawing upon a lifetime o...
Even if one does not pay much attention to the oft-repeated quote, “April is the cruelest month,” April 2 marks the deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose reciprocal tariffs. On April 1, stock markets reflected investor anxiety, with the BSE closing 1.8% lower amid unc...
India has imposed restrictions on Chinese investments, a move driven not only by economic considerations but also by national security concerns and geopolitical realities.Any potential shift in this stance will not be immediate—and for good reason. The 2020 Galwan Valley clashes intensified scruti...
A potential shift is emerging in U.S. trade and foreign policy following President-elect Donald Trump’s repeated threats to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. These tariffs are presented as solutions to issues like immigration, drug trafficking, and economic imbalances.However, ...
It may be too early to predict how Donald Trump’s second term as president will impact the global oil market. However, his victory, coupled with rising oil production from countries in the Western Hemisphere, is expected to increase oil availability in the international market, which would be bene...
Stocks soared following the election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. Investors anticipated that the Information Technology (IT) sector would benefit from lower corporate taxes under the Republican regime, with IT stocks leading the rally.Continuing its upward momentum int...
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to South Korean writer Han Kang, 53, known for her works including The Vegetarian, The White Book, Human Acts, and Greek Lessons. The Nobel committee recognized her for “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the f...
