Rishi Sunak-led Conservative Party has had its worst showing in UK general elections, winning as few as 121 seats and seeing its vote share drop by 20 percentage points.
In conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Alex Ellis says changing geopolitical landscape calls for democracies to collaborate, especially in face of China.
India and UK launched negotiations for an FTA last week when Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan came to New Delhi. Target is to finalise it by 2023 and double trade by 2030.
The agreement would give British medical devices & agricultural products access to Indian markets, while widening the scope of employment in the UK for Indian seafarers and nurses.
At the first-ever bilateral summit between PM Modi & his UK counterpart Boris Johnson, both leaders also agreed to launch negotiations on a free trade agreement.
The Scottish National Party's demand for a referendum of independence is back in focus. The UK can settle the matter if it only learns from how Canada dealt with Quebec's referendum.
Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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