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Modi risks rending Indian society
INDIA is the world’s second most populous country with more than 1.3 billion citizens. Some 200 million of them are Muslims. Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s racist government in Myanmar may seek to ethnically cleanse its far smaller Muslim citizenry to the disgust and so far distinctly half-hearted protests of the civilized world but Narendra Modi’s blatantly Hindu nationalist administration is surely risking even greater obloquy as it continues to discriminate against such a significant proportion of its nationals. India, the world’s largest democracy is in serious danger. Before his triumphant reelection this year Modi had already moved against Muslims in Assam in the northeast of the country and against the predominantly Muslim population of occupied Kashmir. Now he has introduced the...
December 19, 2019

Modi risks rending Indian society

Suppliers of local content have new opportunities
“Thank you... visit again!” a shop owner told me on my way out the door. For him, it is proven concept that repeat customers mean a thriving business. Commonly, when a friend or family member opens a shop, we will be their first potential customers and we will make an effort to help them be successful by buying from them and referring people to their shop.These patterns of purchasing are critical for businesses so that they can predict and drive demand. It is equally important for consumers or corporate buyers to be aware of what influences their decision to source from a place or a company. Responsible purchase is a great portal to social responsibility. The buying decision can be strategic that can extend the perceived benefits beyond the direct need for consumption. From supporting...
December 18, 2019

Suppliers of local content have new opportunities

Canada, dwarfed by neighbors, seeks global role
Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau once stated that living next door to a giant neighbor like the US was like sleeping with an elephant. You had to be careful to avoid being crushed. Still, Canada and the US enjoy extremely friendly relations.Historically, this has not been easy. Canada was invaded by its big neighbor in 1812 and at other times, but it repulsed the attacks. Canada was also berated by the US for not supporting the US in Vietnam - then president Lyndon Johnson even reportedly came close to roughing up visiting Canadian prime minister Lester Pearson for not backing the US war militarily. However, Canada defied the pressure and continued to promote peace and cooperation in Vietnam.The US has grudgingly accepted that Canada, in its history, population and policies, is...
December 18, 2019

Canada, dwarfed by neighbors, seeks global role

India splinters with divisive moves
It has been more than four months since the people of Kashmir in the Indian administered region have been placed under heavy armed lockdown, with all communication to the outside world cut off. The abrogation of an article in the Constitution that provided the predominantly Muslim Kashmiris with a special status was dismissed with the stroke of a pen when the Modi-led BJP government made null and void the decades-old agreement and used strong-arm tactics to suppress dissent.Following the re-election of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, the agenda of the ruling party focused on two emotion-filled explosive elements: Kashmir and migration. Both share a common thread of bias against Muslims following a script set by the Hindutva, as “outlined in the 1920s by V. D. Savarkar, a...
December 18, 2019

India splinters with divisive moves

Shooting the messenger
A MAJOR prestige project of the sort that has marked the second half of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s sixteen years in power saw the deaths of no less than 55 workers and injuries, some of them life changing, to scores more. But this outrageous health and safety record has seen only minor official action taken against the bosses of the firms working on the airport. This has incensed Turkish trades unions who sought to represent the interest of the 35,000 workers employed on the vast site. But their protests have been ignored. And when workers downed tools and demonstrated following two more unnecessary deaths, the police moved in and 500 were detained. Many were later fired.One of the workforce’s major complaints was that local managers were under pressure to finish the...
December 17, 2019

Shooting the messenger

Aramco losers: Sue Western media!
It seems like the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal are not ready to admit that they were dead-wrong about Aramco. The Big Name papers are not brave enough to explain how and why they took their sharpest shots against the Saudi giant and missed.Just before the sale of 1.5 percent of the company in its Initial Public Offering, the FT and WSJ led a coordinated negative campaign with some US and European investment firms. They claimed that the company at 1.7 - 1.8 trillion dollars was overpriced. The right value, they argued, was 1.2-1.3 trillion. They also warned that the Saudi stock market, Tadawul, was too small and vulnerable to accommodate the IPO.Even though Aramco was, by far, the most profitable company in the world, much higher than Shell or British Petroleum, had the largest...
December 17, 2019

Aramco losers: Sue Western media!

2020!
As 2019 draws to a close, it is time to look forward to some of the important events to be expected in 2020.The new year may witness an historic trade agreement between China and the United States of America. China has been affected by the financial sanctions imposed on its goods, and the Trump administration desires an important achievement before November’s presidential election.A formal and final exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union is also expected, and this will have significant and important domestic consequences and may increase the appetite of Scotland to leave the UK, resulting in the gradual transformation of Great Britain to Lesser England. Europe may experience greater tension with the Trump administration, along with greater exploitation of this circumstance by...
December 16, 2019

2020!

Letting it stay wrong
THIS is not currently American aviation’s finest hour. Disastrous crashes within five months of two brand new Boeing 737 Max aircraft with the loss of 346 lives have seriously damaged the reputation of the largest US plane maker. Now it has emerged that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is no less culpable.After the first crash in Indonesia, it quickly emerged that the suspected cause lay with the MCAS automated control systems responding to erroneous data from a single sensor which misread the aircraft’s attitude. Shortly after takeoff, the sensor registered wrongly that the Lion Air plane was climbing and in danger of a stall, which triggered the automated control system to take over. After the pilots had wrestled back control of the Boeing, the same fatal error kicked in...
December 13, 2019

Letting it stay wrong

Does Russia enjoy being thought unreliable?
THERE will be those who feel some sympathy for Russian athletes who are now subject to a new ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), meaning that they will not be able to compete under their national colors at next year’s Tokyo Olympics nor at the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar.However, it is not a blanket ban. Wada’s edict means that individual athletes who have not been caught up in the doping scandal that has besmirched Russian sport, will be able to compete, though a little absurdly, if they win, the Russian national anthem will not be played as they stand on the podium for the medal ceremony.Bemoaning Wada’s latest sanction, Russian premier Dmitry Medvedev admitted that there were significant doping problems but insisted the ban was prompted by “chronic anti-Russian...
December 10, 2019

Does Russia enjoy being thought unreliable?

Our young men and women, our future!
“The moment I arrived at King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah, I noticed the difference,” observed the Asian Consul. “It has been many years since my first visit to Saudi Arabia. Since that time I was stationed in Tehran, before being transferred back here. The first thing I witnessed was that all passport officers were now female.That’s a first, even by world standards,” he added. “My family and I were warmly impressed when the passport officer greeted us in our own language, and talked gently with our kids. She was very efficient, too. Our passports were stamped in seconds, and we were on our way within minutes - no lines, no questions, no waiting. The airport is the same as it was the last time, but the system efficiency and female touch make all the difference,” he smiled...
December 10, 2019

Our young men and women, our future!

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