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Roman Polanski rape scandal movie to follow perspective of 13-year-old victim

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:23:23+00:00

The Girl, based on Samantha Geimer’s memoir, will revisit ‘one of Hollywood’s most notorious scandals through the eyes of the person most misrepresented by it’A new movie will explore the notorious Roman Polanski statutory rape scandal from the perspective of the 13-year-old girl, Samantha Geimer.The Girl, based on Geimer’s 2013 memoir The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski, will trace her time in the famous director’s orbit in the 1970s, her experience being subjected to sexual assault and the media maelstrom that followed after Polanski, then 43, was arrested in 1977 on charges of

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India’s AI push gets real with strategic pivot

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:22:06+00:00

Budget identifies sovereign AI and scalable technologies as priorities to realise Viksit Bharat vision

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Resident doctors in England vote to continue industrial action for another six months

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:19:27+00:00

British Medical Association members back further action as part of long-running row over pay and jobsUK politics live – latest updatesResident doctors in England have voted in favour of continuing industrial action over the next six months, the British Medical Association has announced.Ninety-three per cent of medics voted in favour of continuing industrial action in a new ballot. The turnout was 53%. Continue reading...

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Russian captain of ship that hit tanker off UK guilty of killing crew member

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:18:47+00:00

Vladimir Motin was on sole watch when his vessel crashed into the Stena Immaculate near the Humber estuaryThe Russian captain of a ship that crashed into an oil tanker off the Yorkshire coast has been found guilty of killing a crew member in the collision.Vladimir Motin, a 59-year-old from St Petersburg, was on sole watch when his ship, the Solong, collided into the Stena Immaculate oil tanker near the Humber estuary on 10 March last year. Mark Angelo Pernia, a 38-year-old Filipino man, was killed in the wreck. Continue reading...

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A pragmatic Budget amidst challenges

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:17:35+00:00

Balances near-term objectives with longer-term goals, and yet earmarks a larger outlay for capex

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South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:15:38+00:00

Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisisA row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can no longer be protected from flooding caused by the climate crisis.It will cost Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough council more than £2.5m to buy the 16 riverside properties, pay for legal costs and help to rehouse dozens of residents. Continue reading...

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An aspirational Defence Budget

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:11:03+00:00

The boost to capital spending in this year’s defence budget underscores emphasis on modernization, indigenization and readiness.

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Top Business & Market Headlines Today — BL Morning Report, Feb 03, 2026

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:09:32+00:00

BL Morning Report February 03, 2026: Get today’s top business news, market headlines about the Stock Market, Sensex & Nifty trends, key market insights, economic highlights, and the latest updates from India and global markets.

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Budget will foster competitiveness

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:08:55+00:00

A holistic approach, with liquidity measures for MSMEs and policies for textiles, will surely work

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Budget proposals for Health sector to benefit health insurers in terms of claim ratios and pricing, says Star Health CFO

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:04:51+00:00

The Budget announcements of a full exemption of basic customs duty on cancer-related drugs and the Biopharma SHAKTI scheme are expected to benefit health insurance providers in terms of claim ratios and pricing to the customers, says Nilesh Kambli, Chief Financial Officer, Star Health and Allied Insurance. In an interview with businessline, Kambli says Star Health, a market leader in the country’s retail health insurance space, sees further opportunities to grow its business in Southern, Eastern and North-Eastern regions. Excerpts:

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Current world order ‘dead’, Draghi warns Europe, as he outlines US and China threats – as it happened

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:00:46+00:00

Former Italian PM and ECB chief says Europe must urgently unify on defence and foreign affairsUkraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country’s energy system remained “seriously” challenged by the impact of recent Russian strikes.More than 200 buildings are still without heating in Kyiv, as temperatures plummeted to -17 Celsius, with “crews from many regions of Ukraine … deployed for the repair work.”“Europe absolutely can defend yourself. Please stop whining. Why is this so much whingeing about [on], you know, if the US leave, what are we going to do? Come on.… Europe … why are we so scared: ‘

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Damning EU report lays bare bloc’s ‘dangerous dependence’ on critical mineral imports

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:00:13+00:00

Auditor calls renewable energy targets ‘unrealistic’ unless ‘EU ups its game’ in mining, refining and recycling of metals such as rare earthsThe EU is struggling to free itself from dependence on China and countries in the global south for critical minerals and rare earths needed for everything from smartphones to wind turbines and military jets.A damning report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in Luxembourg found that the bloc’s targets for 2030 were “out of reach” because of lack of progress in domestic production, refining and recycling. Continue reading...

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US contractor sent Gaza plan to White House that would secure 300% profits

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:00:12+00:00

Gothams LLC’s draft proposal, obtained by the Guardian, suggests seven-year trucking and logistics monopolyA US disaster response firm submitted a plan to White House officials that would guarantee 300% profits and a seven-year monopoly over a new trucking and logistics plan for Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Gaza, according to a November proposal obtained by the Guardian.The draft plan from Gothams LLC would allow it to collect a fee for every truck moving goods into Gaza, and charge for the use of its warehousing and distribution system. Continue reading...

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Trillion-dollar investments likely to come into datacenter sector

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T16:00:12+00:00

The doubling down on our indigenous capabilities through India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, with an increased outlay of ₹40,000 crore, is a masterstroke

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Стрілянина на Черкащині: міністра МВС Клименка закликають дати відповіді, а не "стандартну відмовку"

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T15:56:58+00:00

Міністр МВС Ігор Клименка має дати суспільству відповіді на питання щодо стрілянини на Черкащині, внаслідок якої загинули четверо поліцейських та ветеран україно-російської війни Сергій Русінов. Про це...

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First medical evacuee leaves Gaza as Rafah crossing reopens for handful of Palestinians – latest updates

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T15:56:53+00:00

Only a few people will be allowed to cross in either direction dailyMore than 400 European former top diplomats and officials have urged the EU to increase pressure on Israel to end “excesses and unremitting violations of international law” over Gaza and the West Bank.The statement, due to be sent to EU leaders on Monday, calls on the bloc and its member states to take action in line with its support for a UN resolution for a two-state solution and a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. Continue reading...

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Delhi High Court upholds Centre’s appeal to recover $3.86 Bn from RIL & partners

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T15:46:31+00:00

The issue relates to the two Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) inked between ONGC, on behalf of the Indian government, and RIL and Enron Oil and Gas India in December 1992 for developing the oil and gas fields

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Duty cut on personal imports to aid more cross-border e-commerce

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T15:44:54+00:00

The move applies to items brought into the country by international travellers as well as goods ordered online from overseas for personal consumption — segments that earlier faced relatively high levies

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Snowflake and OpenAI enter $200 million AI data partnership

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T15:35:23+00:00

This partnership builds on the companies’ existing collaboration, with OpenAI leveraging Snowflake as a secure, scalable data platform for experiment tracking, analytics, and testing

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Instilling long-term structural confidence

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T15:35:05+00:00

By signalling policy support for these creative and live entertainment sectors, the Budget acknowledges their growing economic contribution.

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Mandelson should no longer be a peer, says Starmer

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T15:33:00+00:00

Released emails show the then business secretary shared confidential UK tax plans with Jeffrey Epstein in 2009UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has demanded Peter Mandelson resign from the House of Lords and urged the upper chamber to modernise its disciplinary procedures to allow peers to be stripped of their titles.The cabinet secretary, the UK’s most senior civil servant, will also investigate Mandelson’s actions as business secretary when Labour was last in power, after emails to Jeffrey Epstein about highly sensitive government policy emerged. Continue reading...

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Exporters on guard as duty remission funds slashed for FY27

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-02-02T15:32:45+00:00

Hopeful funding for RoDTEP, RoSCTL will be increased in revised estimate stage after review of schemes

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