Hello namaskar this is first post and you’re watching vantage with me py Sharma We Begin tonight with all the drama at the Asian Games in China India’s medal tally is rising so are the instances of Indian athletes being targeted Chinese officials are being accused of cheating and India says it will file an official Complaint we’ll bring you the full story
As we also track the Cricket World Cup it has started today the Indian team is in focus with their new orange Jersey but tonight we’re looking at the business of cricket what the World Cup will mean for the economy and for India’s soft power in Canada just trudo
Is looking for a quiet reconciliation with India but he has Unleashed a beast khalistani terrorists have gone into overdrive not just in Canada but also in the UK and the us a new report by the US state department shows how China is influencing Global media players with its checkbooks and disinformation
Campaigns India has released a negative arms import list we’ll tell you what that means Britain wants to ban smoking for the Next Generation what is their plan and will it work why does Australia have a new coin with King Charles on it how bad is the situation in the sikim
Floods and what a new survey says about women’s promotion at the workplace we’ll get you all this and more the headlines first France will send military equipment to Armenia aeran slams it as France’s militarization policy Baku says it is ready for EU Medi talks with the aravan a day after the aeri president
Turned down a meeting with the Armenian prime minister in Spain Russia to build a naval base in abazia a breakaway Georgian region Georgia expresses concern over moscow’s base in the Black Sea Coast it comes amid mounting Ukrainian attacks on Russian warships there in 2008 Russia and Georgia fought a war
Since then Moscow had has recognized the independence of abazia Turkish air strikes on a Kurdish held region in Syria now drones hit military and infrastructure targets at least seven people have been killed in the attack since Sunday turkey has also launched strikes on Kurds in Northern Iraq turkey considers the Kurdistan
Workers Party to be a terrorist organization uganda’s opposition leader Bobby wine arrested the 41-year-old was held on his return from a trip abroad wine is a former pop star and a prominent critic of President Yi musen he made a failed bid for the presidency in 20121 musi has ruled Uganda since
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Include boat house and melan Melancholy he he has often been compared to Samuel Becket fair play is a Cornerstone of any sport you must win fairly you must lose fairly and if you are on the sidelines you must officiate fairly but maybe not at the Asian Games their officials are being accused of cheating of deliberately targeting Indian athletes and it’s been happening for days now
Even n Chopra talked about it his first throw in the javelin final was wiped off reason some technical glitch we told you about it yesterday now it looks like the Indian team has had enough they’ve decided to file an official Complaint listen to anju Bobby George she’s the vice president of the Athletics
Federation of India and she says it’s all pre-planned so this was a continuous thing it was not just happened in one it was with many this is Asian Games this is not a small competition and the officials actually is pre like this definitely during the competition right away we
Protested and now we are planning to take it up to the world athletic body in a previous statement she went a step ahead anju Bobby George accused Chinese officials of cheating of trying to disturb Indian athletes what made her say this a number of events from the last couple of days
Let me recount them for you first was Sunday’s women’s 100 meters hurdles India’s Joy yaji once silver but not before some major drama at the start of the race two sprinters were disqualified JY and a Chinese competitor they were flagged for a false start but Joi stood
Her ground she was adamant that she had stayed behind the line in the end the officials reached a compromise they said finish the race and we will review later Joi ended up finishing third and the review showed that she did not have a false start only the Chinese printer did
So ji’s medal was upgraded to Silver can you imagine the pressure in those moments to be wrongly disqualified for a false start it can be the difference between winning and losing something similar happened in the javelin throw finals two Indians were part of it NRA Chopra and kishor Jenna both of them ran
Into poor officiating n’s first throw was a massive one but the officials could not measure it so the distance was wiped out he he threw again but this wasn’t as impressive next up was kishor Jenna during his second attempt he took a tumble after throwing the javelin he
Kept his composure though he fell within the foul line but the officials canceled his attempt that’s when NJ and Jenna walked up to the officials and they protested the decision after a long argument the foul was cancelled the replay showed that Jenna had landed within the foul
Line so what’s the deal here why is all of this happening to IND athletes even n Chopra thinks something is fishy listen to his statements and I’m quoting it’s the first time something like this has happened to me in a competition it happened with Joi me and Jenna something
Is wrong but we have got the results and shown them how hard we worked and won medals now to be clear NJ Chopra never does this he turns up he throws he wins he never questions the officials or the organizers so for him to speak out is
Huge and now the Indian officials have taken note they’re planning to Lodge an official protest the president of the Athletics Federation of India has promised to get to the bottom of this he says the Chinese and I’m quoting him were either stupid or mischievous well nobody knows what
Happens in China uh either either they are pure stupid or and inefficient or they are up to Mischief the athletic Federation will do what it has to do the athletic Federation there are certain protocols which we will follow and take it to its logical conclusion I’ll tell you why this is
Strange because technology is far more advanced now in the past officiating mistakes could be forgiven you didn’t have slow motion cameras or line technology or any of these fancy gadgets but this is 2023 technology was supposed to make officiating easy and accurate and most importantly neutral how then did this happen on
Social media the verdict is clear Chinese officials are trying to sabotage Indian athletes that’s what anju Bobby George said as well but how can we know for sure well there are protocols in place once the official Complaint is filed we’ll have more clarity on what really
Happened I will say this though this is certainly not Beyond China they politicized this Asian games from day one in fact before day one three Indian athletes were denied entry by China they belonged to arunachal Pradesh so Beijing said no entry back then India launched a diplomatic protest
And now Indian athletes are suffering these actions are Beyond Petty India is having its best ever Asian Games in hangu India has won 86 medals so far China is at number one with more than 320 medals so it’s not like their position is under threat yet these allegations have emerged and we don’t
Know what will happen after the protest and the investigation but we can say this this this Asian games has soured relations further from the Visa R to the cheating allegations this is not what you expect from a host and that to a neighboring host we have three more days left in the
Games let’s see if the officiating standards pick up now meanwhile in India it’s World Cup time the tournament has kicked off in the city of aabad the first match is a repeat of the 2019 final England versus New Zealand but the focus of course is on Team India they’re playing a home
World Cup after 12 years and there is added pressure since 2011 all World Cups have been won by host countries Australia in 2015 and England in 2019 so the expectation is India should win but we’ll keep the punditry out for now instead let’s focus on the business
Side of things how much money does the ICC World Cup make how much does the host turn and what are the overall finances of cricket Reports say India will earn $2.6 billion from this world cup that’s around 22,000 CR rupees this money comes from a lot of places let me
Show you the breakup television rights is the biggest chunk it makes up around 12,000 CR rupees then come screenings and food deliveries a lot of people will be hosting their friends maybe watching the match together that is expected to generate some 5,000 CR rupees ticket sales is a third Source it makes up
Around 2,000 CR rupees then you have travel merchandise and event management put together 22,000 CR rupees and don’t forget it’s festive season in in in India so all in all people will be spending a lot more which is good for the economy but I must warn you there’s
A downside as well all this spending is expected to drive up inflation by how much the projection is around 0.2% I don’t think that’s stopping any fans out there after all it’s a home World Cup there will be 48 matches played across 10 venues the final will
Be played in Amad on the 19th of November and fingers crossed India makes it even sponsors will be hoping for that for India to make it to the final because if India goes all the way it means more viewership and more viewership equals more traction we are
Talking about a lot of money here sponsors are spending around $240 million that’s around 2,000 CR rupees advertisements are pretty expensive here consider a 10-second slot a 10-second ad slot sponsors will have to pay 30 lakh rupees for that 30 lakh rupees for 10 seconds which is around 3 lakh rupees per
Second it’s 40% higher than the last World Cup and who are these sponsors Coca-Cola Google and Hindustan unil liver are among the ad sponsors the ICC Partners include Saudi aramco Emirates and Nissan so it’s it’s truly Global we have companies from the US West Asia and
East Asia taking part it shows you how popular the game is but this popularity is also a bit skewed let me explain why Cricket is said to have more than 1 billion fans most of them are in one location South Asia you have India Pakistan and Bangladesh put together that’s a lot of
People but outside South Asia the fan base is much smaller just look at the other Cricket playing na England they have a thriving football scene Australia their first love is rugby just like New Zealand and in South Africa it’s again football so India is the nerve center of world
Cricket we control the fans the money and the politics take revenue for example the BCCI which is the indan Cricket Board gets 38% of the icc’s total revenue there is no one else in double digits India gets 38% every year Indian cricket raises $1.5 billion doar in sponsorship and media rights and the
Cash cow is the IPL the Indian Premier League do you know how much the BCCI makes from it more than 2,400 CR rupees which is $280 million I know it sounds like everything is going well but beneath all this money there are some problems Cricket is facing an identity crisis too you see
This world cup is the 50o World Cup aka the one day World Cup it’s the icc’s flagship event the most important an in the cricketing calendar but one day Cricket itself is losing relevance India used to play 30 to 40 matches in the late 1990s and 2000s we’re talking 50 over Cricket here
30 to 40 matches but that number has come down India played just 20 matches in 2018 and 24 matches last year 21 matches this year so interest in 50 over Cricket is falling 2020 is on the rise and you can’t you can blame time constraints for that a one-day match
Takes around 9 hours to complete not everyone has that kind of time to spare anymore that’s one problem the second is Cricket’s limited reach we say it’s a World Cup but how many countries are taking part just 10 compare that to the FIFA World Cup 32 teams participated in
Qar 48 will take part in the next one so Cricket needs to grow it cannot be limited to commonwealth countries it has to capture the world’s attention and India will have to lead that charge because only the BCCI has the money and the reach to do this not to mention the biggest stars
The BCCI has them we have seen some progress already this year’s Asian Games includes Cricket there is also talk of cricket featuring in the 2018 Olympics that’s one way to go Global India stands to gain a lot by Leading this charge and this change it could be new delhi’s new soft power
Play and just a reminder before we end this story make sure you catch our extensive coverage on first post 50 days multiple venues we’ll be following the men in blue as they chase World Cup Glory now when there is war there is collateral damage this is true for
Diplomatic spats as well India and Canada are in the middle of one and this is week three of the dispute Trudeau versus India after blaming India publicly for murder Justin Trudeau wants to engage constructively and privately he’s seeking quiet reconciliation but he’s left a trail of Destruction he’s
Given new life to the khalistan issue these are terrorists and separatists and they’ve gone into overdrive they’re putting up posters like this one it was placed in a Gurdwara in Canada it confirms niger’s affiliation to a terrorist group it portrays him as a victim the man whose death has sparked
This this diplomatic spat pep singhh ner khalistanis have become more active in the UK and the us as well in the UK there’s a rising security risk khalistanis are targeting Indian diplomats let me tell you what happened last week India’s High Commissioner was in Glasgow he was invited to a gurudwara
But he was stopped from entering look at these images you can see that car the Indian High Commissioner is inside a khalistani approaches the car he tries to stop the Indian Diplomat and prevents him from stepping up out so the High Commissioner chose to leave without attending the
Event over the weekend there were more provocations khalistanis protested in London they gathered outside the Indian Mission they burnt the Indian flag and who were these protesters Most Wanted terrorists members of sanction groups khalistanis who want to break up India they were all present there in London and they were caught on
Video New Delhi has taken note of this it has demanded that London take action India wants these individuals arrested on the radar are groups like seeks for justice sfj it’s a Bann group in India and its members are active in the UK and Canada seeks for justice drives many
Khalistan campaigns they’re violent they engage in Terrorist activities they want to break up India to cow out a separate seik State India has crushed this movement but in countries like Canada and the UK khalistanis operate freely among them is this man paramjit Singh Pama he is a
Wanted man in India member of the ktf the khalistan Tiger Force it’s the same group that hardip Singh ner belonged to he was the chief of ktf and Pama is a member now Reports say he attended the protest last weekend the protest outside the Indian mission in London he was there and what
Is London doing about this well not very much khalistani groups in the UK frequently Target Indians you may remember what happened in March there was a major incident at the Indian High commission they call it the India House khalistanis gathered there in large numbers they vandalized the mission and
Smashed Windows one of them climbed the flag pole and brought the Indian flag down 7 months later the UK has finally taken some action this week Scotland Yard made an arrest they held a man linked to the the March protest on What charges vient disorder that’s all attacking another country’s
Diplomatic mission is disorder the man has already been released on bail now we cannot confirm his identity but Reports say he’s one of the dozens of individuals named by Indian investigators then you have the US same story khalistani terrorists are active here seeks for justice organizes referendums in America and Washington
Turns a blind eye and there’s nothing to suggest that this will change anytime soon we’re not going to comment on the uh unofficial uh referendum uh what I will just say is that that uh broadly uh across the board individuals have the right to freedoms of speech right to
Peacefully assemble in the United States all of which are in line with uh our first amendment protections uh and adherence of course to any appropriate Federal and local regulations he says the referendum is unofficial but it enjoys constitutional protections this may not go down well with New Delhi the Americans realize
This too a new report says they’re being cautious it describes what’s happening behind the scenes how the US plans to navigate these tensions the report says America wants to quote unquote let things play out they’re apprehensive about pushing India too hard and the same report also mentions Eric garetti the US ambassador
To India apparently garetti has told his team that America’s relations with India could get worse and that the US may have to reduce contact with Indian officials the American Embassy in New Delhi has dismissed this report they issued a strong statement today it says garetti remains committed to his engagements in
India clearly the Canadian Prime Minister has put his allies in a fix his accusations have strained many relations London and Washington are in a bind they want to show support to Ottawa but at the same time they do not want to alienate New Delhi and this could affect
Diplomatic business it it could shift priorities until the tensions ease have said that the bigger worry Still Remains this the activities of the khalistani groups Trudeau has let the genie out of the bottle it will be very hard to put it back in China has an image problem well
Everyone knows that by now you hear China you think wolf Warrior or dead trap or Reger genocide so Beijing is plotting a global media campaign in simple words an image makeover an American report has revealed details about this Chinese plot four things stand out censorship data harvesting harassment of journalists and
Covert purchase of foreign Outlets the idea here is twofold the first is to run positive coverage on China to create a favorable perception the second is to suppress critical news like the military drills near Taiwan or the crackdowns in Hong Kong or the genocide in shinjang you try to suppress
It apparently Pakistan is among their top targets that’s right China wants to control the Pakistani media and there are two questions here why and how the why is pretty obvious China has invested billions of dollars in Pakistan it’s a key part of their belt and road project so public opinion is important it’s
Easier to invest and operate if the locals like you if not it could be trouble so that that ANS is the why now the how is more complicated how will China do it the US report mentions media cooperation in the cek that’s the China Pakistan economic Corridor within this
Multiple projects have been launched like the cek rapid response Information Network and the China Pakistan media Corridor and this last one the media Corridor is very ambitious both sides have pledged to create a media nerve center what will this Center do a number of things like collect inputs from
Chinese think tanks opinion leaders and companies convert key reports into Udu translate them into Udu push Chinese Embassy statements into Pakistan’s official press release system and finally respond to criticism of China I know it sounds a bit complicated but just know this China is trying to control the narrative in Pakistani press
That’s the aim they want to amplify Chinese statements highlight what Chinese companies are doing and limit criticism of China and remember this is a friendly country Pakistan and China are supposed to be Iron Brothers yet this is what Beijing does to them so you can imagine what awaits Rivals and
Enemies by the way Islamabad has not approved this nerve center project yet but other levels of cooperation are happening not just in Pakistan this is happening globally in fact Reports say China has around 100 influencers on its payroll they operate in more than 20 languages what is their job keep spreading Chinese
Propaganda another method is Partnerships China State trans CCTV has deals with 1,700 foreign agencies I’ll repeat that the Chinese State trans CC TV has deals with 1,700 foreign agencies they give them scripts videos and Reports look at this one it shows a delegation of Muslim countries in shinjang they’re visiting museums
They’re meeting the residents they’re having the local food it looks like the perfect place for cultural tourism but we know it’s not we know that shinjang is where China has jailed 1 million Wagers now if you saw this video without context you wouldn’t know that that’s
What China is trying to do a third strategy is buying influence just outright payments pay money in 2021 the US justice department revealed some details China was giving big money to American newspapers and just look at these numbers around $700,000 were paid to the Time Magazine 370 $371,000 to the financial times around
$300,000 to foreign policy magazine and $270,000 to the Los Angeles Times now these are prominent newspapers in the us and turns out Chinese State media gave them money Reports say even the likes of New York Times and Washington Post received money but they yet to be confirmed now
The US media landscape is huge it is widely read and it’s well funded maybe they can withstand the Chinese pressure and the Chinese money but what about countries where the media is struggling for funds that Chinese money will look very appealing to them Beijing has done that
In countries like Chile and Kenya state run shinua agency has the largest correspondent Network in Africa their operations are centered in Nairobi the same city hosts the African Bureau of cgtn that’s a Chinese state run Channel China Daily publishes from Nairobi and so does China Radio International these Investments have
Created some 500 jobs in Kenya most of these journalists are trained in China so you can imagine their world view Beijing is spending billions of dollars on This Global plan to influence media narratives abroad the easier option would be to become a responsible country to not invade others or crack down on
Its own citizens I guess for Shi jingping that’s too much to ask from cover operations let’s talk about some real fire power India is charting a new course in defense it wants to make sophisticated arms at home and to achieve this India has deployed a different kind of weapon import banss
New Delhi has come up with a negative arms import list this is a new way to promote Mak in India in defense and what is this negative List It names a wide range of Defense equipment and once something goes on this negative list you cannot import it
The Defense Forces can no longer get this item from outside they’ll have to depend on domestic sources and they have broadly two options number one defense public sector undertakings these are companies like H Hindustan Aeronautics limited these are defense suppliers but they’re owned by the government of
India the second option is the private sector earlier the government had a monopoly on defense on defense manufacturing but in 2001 the sector was opened up and since then India has issued 584 industrial licenses to 3 58 companies they make different kinds of gear now until now they face stiff
Competition from foreign players India wants to give them more space economists have a term for such policies they call it import substitution the idea is that once you block certain Imports there is greater incentive to build in India hence the negative import list they also have another name
Positive IND ization list or p and the concept by the way is not New India started releasing these lists back in 2020 and since then five lists have come out the latest one was released this week how many items have been embargoed so far more than
500 500 items have been embargoed in the latest list some 98 items were added and India is setting ambitious goals here the embargoed items include highend gear also futuristic weapons and and systems look at the kind of items it includes infantry combat vehicles allterrain vehicles unmanned aerial vehicles or drones of various types
Medium- range Precision kill systems Radars armor plates sensors equipments for fighter jets and Maritime surveillance planes so you get the picture India aims to build major systems at home but is this a realistic goal and what kind of timelines are they looking at India’s defense Ministry has given some indications apparently these
Systems are already in development Indian manufacturers are working on them and New Delhi is confident of success which is why it has expanded the Embargo list and how soon can Indian forces get this equipment the defense Ministry says in the next 5 to 10 years in the previous lists India restricted the
Import of lightweight tanks Naval utility helicopters artillery guns different kinds of missiles destroyers shipborne cruise missiles light combat aircraft BAS basic trainer aircraft multibarrel rocket launchers just to name a few so in the next 5 to 6 years India wants to indigenize these platforms what does this tell you what
Do these lists and items tell you two things one they cover a wide range of wees in all branches of service and two the landscape of procurements is set to change right now India is the largest defense importer the forces use fewer Indian weapons in the next decade the share of
Indian arms is set to go up they’ll go in larger numbers in the procurement mix so New Delhi has set clear targets by 2025 India wants to achieve a defense production turnover of $25 billion and 5 billion worth of Defense exports that is the target but why make the push for IND
Indigenous weapons now because it’s necessary India is taking lessons from recent events first the pandemic then the supply chain shocks and now the war Ukraine for most of its weapons India still depends on Imports and this is a strategic vulnerability India’s Navy Chief has spoken about it I have a quote from what
He said listen to this self-reliance therefore is becoming equally important for Indian industry across sectors and more so in the defense sector dependence on others for one’s defense needs is a strategic vulnerability that must be overcome so New Delhi is taking proac active steps to make a shift now by selectively Banning some
Imports India is on the right path towards achieving self-reliance in defense now staying with India there’s news from the Himalayas a tragedy is unfolding in the state of Sikkim flash floods have brought the state to its knees at least 14 people have died more than 100 are missing this includes 22
Army personnel all these people were Swept Away by the Raging Waters of the River tsta sikim is located high in the Eastern Himalayas it is home to hundreds of glaciers and glacial lakes one of them the South lunak Lake burst yesterday it happened in the early hours
Of the day and it released a deluge water from the lake flowed into the Tista River the river’s water levels Rose they rode through sikim and they’ve left Devastation in their wake here’s our report disaster struck sikim in the early hours of Wednesday a cloud burst triggered flash
Floods the water flowed down the Thea River it was flowing at over 50 km per hour at some places bringing Calamity to those caught in its Fury at least 14 people have died many more are injured over a 100 are still missing this includes over 20 members of
The Indian army search operations are underway that expected to last a while the true extent of casualties won’t be known for a few more days at least about 25,000 people have been affected by the flash floods the state has set up multiple relief camps it’s providing shelter to those who have been
Displaced meanwhile about 3,000 people are stranded around the state many of them are tourists rescue operations are on over 150 people have been rescued the floods were unsparing water from the Tista tore down trees cars houses and anything else that got in its way as of now this area has been totally
Damaged and my own Mud House has been destroyed completely the front side of the nearby building is also damaged the lower areas of dku Village are also damaged the greatest damage may have been to sikkim’s power sector the flash flood destroyed a hydroelectric Dam the tsta 3 dam in
Chungang all the water in the reservoir was added to the Thea two other dams have been affected as well the Thea 4 and 5 damage assessments are still underway but Reports say they haven’t shattered like the dam in chungang there are two Bridges they are gone that road there that too is
Gone the dam in Chung Tang was the biggest Hydro power project in Sikkim it was part of a 1,200 megawatt power project worth about 14,000 CR rupees that’s about $1.7 billion all of that washed away and the surrounding areas were washed away with it the disaster unfolded because a glacial Lake burst it
Began at the South lak lake in North sikim glacial lakes form when glaciers melt the melting water begins accumulating and forms an unstable Lake that especially unstable when they’re as high up as the South Lok Lake often these Lakes burst that leads to flash floods like the one we saw in sikim
Yesterday lak Lake burst after heavy rains caused it to overflow till Tuesday night the lake covered an area of 168 hectares today its size has been reduced to about 60 hectares about a third of the Lakes area has been drained all within a few hours after it burst that’s
What set off yesterday’s chain of events the effects of the disaster aren’t limited to sikim further Downstream the state of West Bengal is also dealing with the aftermath some residents have had to evacuate their homes we thought the water level would not rise as it was very low but as the
Water was released from the dam the the level started Rising slowly and had almost reached its limit but then after the dam burst our houses were washed away we had relocated ourselves to Higher Ground all our houses are Damaged it will take a while for things to return to normal but these disasters are likely to become more common in the days to come the flash floods began due to a glacial Lake bursting these lakes formed due to glacial is melting a process accelerated by climate change as
The planet gets warmer more glacial lakes will burst unless something is done sikim which houses hundreds of these Lakes will be at the Forefront of more such disasters Banning cigarettes it’s a topic that has long sparked debate and on both sides of the aisle one side advocates for personal freedom the right
To make your life choices the other side battles for public health and in the UK it looks like the second side has won London is making a case for Banning cigarettes they want to phase out smoking and leading the charge is prime minister Rishi sunak so I propose that
In future we raise the smoking age by one year every year that means a 14-year-old that means a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette and that they and their generation can grow up smoke free so how exactly will this work soak plans to raise the age of smoking it
Will happen gradually the legal age for smoking will be raised by one year every year until eventually no one is able to smoke let me explain suppose the legal age is 16 so if you’re less than 16 years of age you’re not allowed to smoke but next
Year the legal age will be raised to 17 so when you grow one year older you’re still not allowed to smoke the year after the legal age will be raised to 18 and so on so basically you’ll never qualify that’s the plan it’s ambitious but not new Rishi sonak got the
Blueprint from New Zealand last year New Zealand became the first country to ban smoking this was done for those under the age of 14 and New Zealand has implemented an annually Rising smoking age the same that sonak is proposing they raise the legal age every year the
Idea is to Outlaw smoking for the Next Generation Now the UK wants to do the same but it has a few hurdles ahead of it the first hurdle is implementation arguably the biggest prime minister Rishi sonak has just floated the idea British MPS will have to vote on it
If approved plans need to be set in place it will be a long drawn process the second is Backlash cash the second challenge the tobacco industry is a money spinner last year they raised over $1 billion in taxes in the UK If there’s a ban this figure will drop so tax
Revenues will fall plus it could create a black market for cigarettes currently smoking is legal so cigarettes are not sold illegally but if there is an age ban that could change I don’t need a word no I think it’ll they’ll reach an age level and
Then they won’t do any adding on of the the years I I I think it’s quite sensible to try and persuade people not not to um smoke but I don’t think you’ll find that 58 year olds will be banned from buying cigarettes right now the world has more
Than 1.3 billion tobacco users every year 8 million people die because of it and of course this is a critical step for the UK it’s also something that countries like India could think about India is home to 12% of the world smokers we have more than 267 million
Smokers and it sounds like a conservative estimate 267 million every year 1 million people die in India from tobacco related diseases there is a slew of anti-smoking rules those rules are already in place like ban on smoking in public places and no sale of cigarettes near educational institutions but that
Has not stopped anyone people still smoke in public and cigarettes are still sold near schools we haven’t yet thought of an outright ban like the UK but India is mulling a ban on the sale of lose cigarettes the government is yet yet to take a decision on that for now let’s go
Back to the the question that we began with should cigarettes die on their own or should they die at the hand of the state many would argue that this ban is a futile step there are so many ways to beat it if you are not allowed to buy a
Cigarette you could get it from an older friend or colleague like any addiction there are ways around it and people will most likely try to circumvent the ban but that applies to all bands honestly such moves are not so much about banning as about discouraging it’s about making it
Difficult for people to access a cigarette and it’s still likely that two out of three people will still light it but even if one person is dissuaded that’s one life saved because birth date bands are far far from perfect they may or may not bring down smoking rates but
We say at least it’s a Start now let’s turn our attention to Britain’s onetime penal colony Australia the land down under still seems to be under England’s thumb technically it began getting independence from the UK in 19001 and we say began because it was not completed till 1986 it took 80 5 years for Australia to
Throw off the British yoke and still it retains vestages of its former Masters in fact it often celebrates these Colonial ties take for example what happened earlier today Australia unveiled a new $1 coin Australian dollar it’s golden and glamorous and it features a familiar face King Charles III of England the British Monarch’s
Face will now begin circulating in Australia Australia and with it Australians will renew their falty to their Old Colonial oppressors here’s our report Australia can be a strange place it’s a former froner Colony infested with all manner of dangerous creatures once it was the prison colony of the British crown condemned prisoners
Were shipped off there to remove them from British Society and in the harsh Outback these people somehow thrived eventually winning for themselves autonomy and then independence they’ve gone on to become the most developed nation in the southern hemisphere a colony of outcasts now has a higher human development index
Score than its former colonizer and yet despite all this progress some things never seem to change like the presence of the colonizer first family on Australian coinage today amid great Fanfare Australia released its new $1 coin the golden coin features King Charles III of England he’s seen Without a Crown staring far
Off to the left this is in contrast to coins featuring his mother old Queen Elizabeth featured her right profile the directional change is all part of tradition continuing a trend that has lasted centuries Australia’s assistant treasury Minister revealed all this with a great deal of excitement the new fig is designed by
The Royal Mint in London and has Royal approval this is a historic day for seven decades Australians have seen a queen on their coins this will be the first time for most Australians that they have held a circulating coin which has a king on it rather than a queen I’m really excited
To announce that the first circulating coin to have the Effigy Of The King uh will be the $1 coin it’ll be the iconic mob of ruse coin which has been circulating in Australia since 1984 we expect to have those coins out in people’s hands by Christmas by Christmas about 10 million
Of these coins will be in circulation then there will be others five 10 20 and 50 cent coins will soon feature Charles III $2 coins as well eventually Charles might have a home in every Australian pocket and wallet the question is why why does Australia cling to its Colonial
Shackles is there nothing else it would rather have on its coinage why does canura keep wanting to pay tribute to the British royal family think about it this is a family that oversaw the world’s largest Colonial Empire they extracted wealth from every corner of the globe impoverished Millions profited
From the transatlantic slave trade and in Australia’s case created a gigantic penal colony to Exile undesirables no matter how you look at it the British royal family will forever be linked to Injustice so for a former colony to honor them with coinage reeks of a national Stockholm syndrome earlier this
Year Australia had looked like it was overcoming its Colonial hangover it decided to remove old Queen Elizabeth’s face from its $5 notes this was the last bank note to feature a British Ro o the new ones have an indigenous Australian design which makes sense but the coinage decision does not consider that the
Smaller denominations sometimes cost more to Mint than their inherent value depending on the value of copper and nickel on a given day minting 5 10 and 20 cent coins may be a loss-making proposition imagine your government actually bearing a loss so your coins bear the Visage of your old colonizer
Even if he is still your titular head of state Australia’s assistant treasury Minister called the new coins historic it would have been truly historic had Australia decided to OU the British Royals from their currency completely but it seems canura isn’t ready for that perhaps by the time William or George
Take the throne Australia will have had enough for now though Charles will get to line Australian pockets for years to come I decade ago a book was published it was called lean in it was written by former meta Co chery Sandberg the book encourages women to assert themselves to
Lean in both at work and at home now lean in sold over 4 million copies what made it so successful one data point among other things it said most men apply for positions when they meet just 60% of the job requirements but for women this number stands at 100% meaning
Women do not apply for a job unless they meet 100% of the requirements but men apply with just 60% people were shocked and inspired because they could relate this information was quoted in viral posts books and dinner table conversations it was a super hit even though it was factually incorrect years
Later the statistic was debunked it was based on anecdotal evidence not scientific proof now despite no factual backing people continue to quote this statistic because they resonate with it company cultures often glorify confidence even when it’s unfounded where men tend to overestimate their abilities and women undersell
Themselves so a man’s potential is more valued than his female counterparts and here’s the result a study has been published by McKenzie and Leen in org it says last year for every hundred men promoted to a manager role only 8 s women receive the same boost in
Other words women are not being promoted as much as men now this is not the first study to say so so by now the inequality should be clear but in case it’s not let me debunk some myths and counterarguments that may follow some of you may say there is inequality yes but good
Progress has been made well let’s look at the numbers in 2019 for every 100 men only 72 women were promoted in 2021 for every men 86 women were promoted and in 2022 this number inched up to 87 so yes progress has been made but it’s seriously depressing next argument why don’t women
Just ask for promotions well research says they do women are asking for promotions at the same rate as men yet they are being overlooked in fact women are more ambitious than before the pandemic about 80% women said they’d like a promotion in 2019 this his figure was
70% now another common quip is this ambition is not everything they’re probably not performing as well as men are last year a study was published by MIT it found that female employees are less likely to be promoted than male counterparts despite outperforming them and being less likely to
Quit so here is the conclusion women are performing well at work sometimes even outperforming their male counterparts they’re ambitious they’re voicing their need for promotions they’re doing pretty much everything they can but promotions are still passing them by why do you think that happens there is only one explanation
It’s the difference in the way men and women receive their promotions research says men are promoted based on their potential while women have to have already proven it so it’s about potential versus proof and we aren’t saying that hiring managers are all women haters it’s just
Is that deciding whom to promote can be tricky business candidates must demonstrate strong skills not just at their current level their manager should also believe that they can perform at the next level so managers should notice potential and it is not easily demonstrated different people shine in different ways it’s a subjective matter
It leaves room for bias and bias at work is a deeply ingrained issue traits that people typically associate with leadership like a tiveness and strength are also associated with masculinity Plus Men possess the majority leadership roles across Industries the global share of women in leadership role stands at
31% so it becomes difficult to imagine women in positions of power and female workers bear the brunt of this they face Perpetual skepticism after all how can someone prove that they can be a manager until they are a manager there is no straightforward solution to this problem social bias
Cannot be undone overnight but Shifting the owners from women to a robust and radical scoring mechanism could help because the promotion Gap is real and it’s here to stay unless we actively choose to demote it and now it’s time for Ved shorts images that tell the story in Mexico a
Female police officer jumped in front of a motorbike to stop three thie leaves from escaping in the US over 1500 bison were rounded up in South Dakota to maintain the health of the species and in London climate protesters interrupted a performance of lame they locked themselves to the stage
By using bicycle locks and finally we’re taking you back in history on this day in 1962 the world’s most famous secret agent hit the theaters James Bond made his debut with the movie Dr No portraying the role of 7 was actor Shan connory 70 years later James Bond has
Become a cultural symbol we’re leaving you on that note thanks for watching we’ll see you tomorrow See thein there you got you know I think Rems of Div excuse Meare it’s the dream of every cricketer the ultimate Glory few manag to keep their date with Destiny but for many it’s been heartbreaks and a cross to bear the Holy Grail is here in India I’m Rupa ramani and first post brings you the ringside view we bring
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