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.
Sunak is keen to maintain UK's status as a global hub for fintech and to overcome any challenges due to Brexit since many firms are heavily reliant on European talent.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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