May 20, 2024

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Modi in Papua New Guinea: पीएम मोदी के लिए इस देश ने तोड़ी अपनी वर्षों पुरानी परंपरा, प्रधानमंत्री जेम्स ने मोदी के पैर छूकर किया स्वागत
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Modi in Papua New Guinea: पीएम मोदी के लिए इस देश ने तोड़ी अपनी वर्षों पुरानी परंपरा, प्रधानमंत्री जेम्स ने मोदी के पैर छूकर किया स्वागत

Jignesh Chafe May 22, 2023

इंटरनेट डेस्क। जापान में आयोजित हुए जी-7 शिखर सम्मेलन में शामिल होने के बाद पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी पापुआ न्यू गिनी पहुंचे। यहां उनका जोरदार स्वागत हुआ जिसे हर कोई देखता रहा गया। पापुआ न्यू गिनी के एयरपोर्ट पर मेजबान देश के प्रधानमंत्री जेम्स मारापे ने मोदी के पैर छूकर उनका स्वागत किया।

जानकारी के लिए आपको बता दें की पीएम मोदी भारत के पहले प्रधानमंत्री हैं जो कि पापुआ न्यू गिनी के दौरे पर पहुंचे हैं। पीएम मोदी का यह स्वागत इसलिए भी खास है क्योंकि उस देश में नियम है कि वहां पर सूर्यास्त के बाद आने वाले किसी भी नेता का औपचारिक स्वागत नहीं किया जाता।

मीडिया रिपोर्ट की माने तो मोदी के स्वागत के लिए देश ने अपनी पुरानी परंपराओ को तोड़ दिया और मोदी के पहुंचने पर उनका भव्य स्वागत किया गया। पीएम मोदी वो पहले शख्स हैं जिनके लिए इस देश ने अपनी पुरानी परंपरा को तोड़ा है। पापुआ न्यू गिनी में बसे भारतीय लोगों ने भी पीएम मोदी का स्वागत किया। पीएम ने यहां पहुंचकर कई लोगों से मुलाकात की।

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G20 Summit: गुलमर्ग नहीं अब श्रीनगर में होगा आयोजन, सुरक्षा के पुख्ता इंतजाम, कई विदेशी मेहमान पहुंचेंगे
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G20 Summit: गुलमर्ग नहीं अब श्रीनगर में होगा आयोजन, सुरक्षा के पुख्ता इंतजाम, कई विदेशी मेहमान पहुंचेंगे

Editor in Chief May 22, 2023

इंटरनेट डेस्क। जी20 शिखर सम्मेलन को लेकर सरकार की और से तैयारिया जोरों पर है। इसकों लेकर जम्मू-कश्मीर की ग्रीष्मकालीन राजधानी श्रीनगर में जी20 शिखर सम्मेलन को लेकर सुरक्षा के पुख्ता इंतजाम कर दिए गए है। पहले ये कार्यक्रम गुलमर्ग में होने थे। लेकिन अब बदलाव की बात सामने आ रही है। सूत्रों के मुताबिक सम्मेलन में शामिल होने वाले सभी विदेशी मेहमान अब गुलमर्ग नहीं जाएंगे।

जानकारी के अनुसार एजेंसियों ने साथ मिलकर सुरक्षा ग्रिड को मजबूत बनाने के लिए हर आवश्यक कदम उठाया गया है। बताया जा रहा है की अब जी20 शिखर सम्मेलन का कार्यक्रम श्रीनगर में आयोजित किया जाएगा। इससे पूर्व डल झील में सीआरपीएफ की विशेष वैली क्यूएटी टीम द्वारा मॉक ड्रिल की गई।

मीडिया रिपोर्ट की मोने तो श्रीनगर की डल झील के किनारे स्थित शेर-ए-कश्मीर इंटरनेशनल कांफ्रेंस सेंटर में जी20 बैठक का आयोजन किया जा रहा है। सुरक्षा अधिकारियों की माने तो यह एक अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर का कार्यक्रम होने जा रहा है जिसमें किसी तरह की चूक की कोई गुंजाइश नहीं है।

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Wrestlers Protest: नई संसद के उद्घाटन के दिन ही उसके सामने महिला पंचायत करेंगे पहलवान, उसके पहले होगा कैंडल मार्च
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Wrestlers Protest: नई संसद के उद्घाटन के दिन ही उसके सामने महिला पंचायत करेंगे पहलवान, उसके पहले होगा कैंडल मार्च

Jignesh Chafe May 22, 2023

इंटरनेट डेस्क। दिल्ली में जतंर मंतर पर धरने पर बैठी महिला पहलवानों का मामला अब जोर पकड़ता जा रहा है। पिछले लगभग एक महीने से ये लोग धरने पर है, लेकिन पीएम मोदी की तरफ से एक बार भी इन लोगों के बारे में नहीं कोई बयान आया है और ना हीं इनके बारे में कोई बात हुई है।

अप्रैल में पहलवान खुलकर डब्लूयएफआई के अध्यक्ष रहे बृजभूषण के विरोध में आ गए है और यौन शोषण का आरोप लगाया है। दिल्ली पुलिस ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट के दखल पर बृजभूषण के खिलाफ पॉक्सो एक्ट और अन्य संबंधित धाराओं में केस दर्ज कर रखा है, वहीं अब पहलवान इंडिया गेट तक कैंडल मार्च निकालेंगे। इसी के साथ, जिस दिन नई संसद का उद्घाटन होगा, पहलवान उसी दिन संसद के बाहर महिला महापंचायत आयोजित करेंग।

जानकारी के अनुसार इस बारे में महम में आयोजित खाप पंचायत में ये फैसला लिया गया है। पहलवान डब्ल्यूएफआई अध्यक्ष रहे बृजभूषण शरण सिंह को गिरफ्तार करने की मांग कर रहे हैं। बृजभूषण शरण सिंह पर एक नाबालिग समेत सात महिला पहलवानों ने यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप लगाया है।

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IPL 2023: Shubman Gill scores second IPL century as GT down RCB – ‘Truly the heir of Indian batting’
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IPL 2023: Shubman Gill scores second IPL century as GT down RCB – ‘Truly the heir of Indian batting’

IOBNN Bureau May 22, 2023

Sunday was always going to be blockbuster. It was the final day of the league stage of the IPL 2023, after all. The fourth spot in the points table was up for grabs and both Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore (and Rajasthan Royals) had a stake. And, it was a day for centuries.

Three tons were scored for the first time ever in this league.

First, Cameron Green did it for Mumbai Indians. Then, Virat Kohli put on a single-handed master-class to score his seventh IPL century for Royal Challengers Bangalore. And finally, Shubman Gill’s century proved to be the cherry on the cake and the knockout punch from Gujarat Titans to knock RCB out.

Only last week, Kohli was passing on the baton to Gill saying, “Go on and lead the next generation,” and on the rain-affected evening at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru both Kohli and Gill ended up scoring back-to-back centuries. It was both poetic and ironic.

Centuries in IPL 2023

Player Final SR For Vs Venue Date
Brook 100 181.81 SRH v KKR

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With His Party Ahead in Elections, Greek Leader Claims ‘Political Earthquake’
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With His Party Ahead in Elections, Greek Leader Claims ‘Political Earthquake’

Editor in Chief May 22, 2023
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s New Democracy party did not win enough votes to form a one-party government. But he appeared to rule out talks to form a coalition, setting the stage for a second vote in weeks.
As Russia Claims Victory in Bakhmut, Ukraine Sees Opportunity Amid Ruins
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As Russia Claims Victory in Bakhmut, Ukraine Sees Opportunity Amid Ruins

Editor in Chief May 21, 2023
Military analysts say that if Moscow continues to send reinforcements to defend the city, that could weaken Russian forces’ ability to hold off a broader counteroffensive that Ukraine has been planning.
The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway.
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The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway.

Editor in Chief May 21, 2023
For thousands of Afghans, the American withdrawal from Kabul was just the beginning of a long, dangerous search for safety.
IPL 2023: Virat Kohli sets record for most centuries in the IPL with back-to-back tons
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IPL 2023: Virat Kohli sets record for most centuries in the IPL with back-to-back tons

IOBNN Bureau May 21, 2023

Virat Kohli surpassed his former Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Chris Gayle’s record for most centuries in the Indian Premier League even as his side’s playoff hopes came to a close on Sunday in Bengaluru.

The former RCB captain finished unbeaten on 101* off 61 balls. RCB finished with 197/5 in 20 overs. But a sensational innings by Shubman Gill, also a century and also back-to-back to power Gujarat Titans home.

Kohli followed up his century in Hyderabad with another magnificent innings against Gujarat Titans.

While that knock came in a run-chase, Kohli’s seventh century was a stunning innings in a must-win match for RCB. While he was off to a flying start, he had to check himself as wickets fell around him. He then exploded at the back-end once again. His century came at the start of the final over of the innings.

“Lot of people think that my T20 cricket is declining, I don’t feel like that at all,” Kohli said after the innings in an interview with the broadcasters.

“I think I…

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The world’s food production systems are broken. What will it take to fix them?
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The world’s food production systems are broken. What will it take to fix them?

Jignesh Chafe May 21, 2023

Our food systems are under enormous strain. As the climate crisis deepens – as highlighted by the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – extreme weather events are growing in frequency and severity, with droughts, floods and storms devastating crops, disrupting water supplies and taking a high toll on agricultural production. These stresses have also been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and international conflicts, such as the invasion of Ukraine.

In a vicious cycle, current food systems – which rely heavily on industrial agriculture and fossil fuel extraction – are contributing to many of the very crises that make them vulnerable. Today, food systems are responsible for almost one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions.

Agriculture alone uses 70% of the world’s freshwater and is the single greatest driver of habitat and biodiversity loss. The plummeting diversity of pollinators and natural pest control species, as well as worsening soil health, threatens the ecological foundations of farming.

Food systems are also failing workers. One in four people globally earn their living from farming in one way or the other. And yet for many, their livelihoods are defined by low pay, poor job security, no social protection and often dangerous working conditions….

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IPL 2023: Cameron Green’s century helps MI to yet another 200-plus run-chase – ‘Special knock’
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IPL 2023: Cameron Green’s century helps MI to yet another 200-plus run-chase – ‘Special knock’

IOBNN Bureau May 21, 2023

Australia’s Cameron Green hit his first-ever T20 century to lead the Mumbai Indians to a crushing eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad and keep their IPL play-off hopes alive on Sunday.

Green made an unbeaten 100 off 47 balls and put on a key stand of 128 with skipper Rohit Sharma (56) as Mumbai achieved their victory target of 201 with two overs to spare at the Wankhede Stadium, their home ground.

Mumbai kept up their brilliant chasing record at the venue this season, with a third 200-plus run-chase.

Mumbai, five-time winners of the Indian Premier League, now await the result of the second match of the day between Royal Challengers Bangalore and holders Gujarat Titans to see if they can clinch the last remaining play-off spot.

The result eliminated the Rajasthan Royals from the play-off race while Bangalore, led by Faf du Plessis, remain in contention.

Bangalore need a win to make the next round, but a loss (or a washout) would allow Mumbai to go through.

Green, a big buy for Mumbai for $2.11 million in the auction, stood out on Sunday with eight fours and eight sixes.

After Rohit’s departure, Green…

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As Rahm Emanuel Pushes Japan on Gay Rights, Conservatives Bristle
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As Rahm Emanuel Pushes Japan on Gay Rights, Conservatives Bristle

Editor in Chief May 21, 2023
As Rahm Emanuel Pushes Japan on Gay Rights, Conservatives Bristle. The U.S. ambassador has enthusiastically embraced his host country. But critics say he has overstepped diplomatic bounds with his advocacy on equality.
‘Namaste to India’: Robot at International Media Centre during G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan
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‘Namaste to India’: Robot at International Media Centre during G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan

Editor in Chief May 21, 2023

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Ramachandra Guha: In a book about Winnie and Nelson Mandela, a portrait of a conflict-ridden nation
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Ramachandra Guha: In a book about Winnie and Nelson Mandela, a portrait of a conflict-ridden nation

Jignesh Chafe May 21, 2023

I have had a long-standing interest in South Africa, and in 1995 briefly contemplated moving there to work. The country had just had its first multiracial election, and the great Nelson Mandela had been elected president. I was deeply curious to see, at first-hand, what the land and its people would make of their hard-won freedom. In the event, the job I was interested in did not come through. Nonetheless, I continued to closely follow developments in the country and made five trips there, partly to travel and see friends, partly to consult what the archives had to say about an Indian who had once spent two decades in South Africa, Mohandas K Gandhi.

My interest in South Africa and its people was sparked afresh by a book I have been reading recently. This is Jonny Steinberg’s Winnie and Nelson, which uses the story of a single married couple as a window into the complex and conflict-ridden history of that still troubled land. The book begins with their first meeting, in 1957, when Nelson was blown away by Winnie’s beauty and vivaciousness. He was almost two decades older than her, already married and with children, yet this did not deter him from courting her…

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Start the week with a film: What makes ‘Bicycle Thieves’ so special?
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Start the week with a film: What makes ‘Bicycle Thieves’ so special?

Jignesh Chafe May 21, 2023

Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948) is consistently ranked in lists of the greatest films ever made. The Italian movie has influenced generations of directors, actors and cinematographers. It is one of the most identifiable Italian films, no mean feat given the number of classics that have rolled out of that country over the years.

Why? De Sica didn’t invent Italian neo-realism, the movement under which his film is classified, and which describes dramas about the challenges faced by urban working-class and indigent characters. De Sica wasn’t the first Italian director to move out of the sets and into real locations, use non-professional actors or examine the emotional price of poverty. Yet, Bicycle Thieves endures into its 75th year of existence and holds up on repeat viewings. As a portrait of precariousness, few films match its raw power and unexpected beauty.

The 89-minute movie is available on MUBI. Bicycle Thieves is set in Rome after World War II. Amidst bombed-out buildings, new tenements that still being built and masses of unemployed people, Antonio manages to find a job pasting advertising bills.

The proviso: he will need to use his cycle. When his cycle gets stolen, Antonio, accompanied by his son Bruno, embarks on a desperate hunt for it.

The simple plot is…

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‘Absolutely fantastic’: Writing platform Pratilipi CEO a year after publishing books with Westland
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‘Absolutely fantastic’: Writing platform Pratilipi CEO a year after publishing books with Westland

Editor in Chief May 21, 2023

When Amazon Inc announced the closure of Westland on February 1, 2022, there was deep despair in the Indian publishing industry. While Westland’s editors and authors worried about the books that they had assiduously worked on over the years, the closure posed serious questions about the future of the publishing industry and reading itself. However, soon enough, Westland found a taker. Ranjeet Pratap Singh, the co-founder and CEO of Pratilipi – an online platform where writers in as many as 12 Indian languages post their fiction for readers to read, rate, and discuss – sparked the initiative to enter book-publishing through this venture.

When asked about partnering with a traditional publisher like Westland, Singh said, “[they] publish in eight Indian languages, which is something we are greatly invested in. They believe in the power of translations, which we are aligned with.” The shared publishing ideals and love for the Indian languages make Westland and Pratilipi natural partners. It’s been a year since the collaboration and Westland has been in business. The publishing brand (and all its imprints) continues to thrive, and Pratilipi has also entered the publishing trade under its own brand with Pratilipi Paperbacks.

In a conversation with Scroll, Singh talked about this collaboration, the reading…

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Drumming up love for Kashmiri language, through Insta reels and YouTube videos
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Drumming up love for Kashmiri language, through Insta reels and YouTube videos

Editor in Chief May 21, 2023

When 22-year-old Touqeer Ashraf arrived in Srinagar for his education, he was struck by the way people spoke.

“Not only young people, I saw even the elderly talking to the young in Urdu,” said Ashraf, a postgraduate student of geology at the University of Kashmir.

In his native village of Goosu Pulwama, in Pulwama district, the medium of conversation was Kashmiri. “But in the city, I saw people who speak in the language being derisively called ‘gaamik’ [rustic],” said Ashraf, who has been living in Srinagar since last year.

This lack of respect for his native language bothered Ashraf.

To draw more people to the language, Ashraf turned to the pioneers of Kashmiri literature. In early 2021, he started a YouTube channel Keashur Praw, the shimmering light of Kashmiri, which posts short videos of Kashmiri poetry. They are slickly shot, usually not longer than 30 seconds, overlaid with Ashraf’s voice and some background music.

Ashraf started with the poetry of Kashmir’s 14th century Sufi mystic, Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani. Then, the works of other stalwarts of Kashmiri literature and mysticism like Mahmood Gami, Rasul Mir, Lal Ded and Mehjoor followed.

He was taken aback by the response. His YouTube channel has more than 16,000 subscribers with a collective viewership of all…

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Whalebone cages? What TV shows like ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Queen Charlotte’ get wrong about corsets
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Whalebone cages? What TV shows like ‘Bridgerton’ and ‘Queen Charlotte’ get wrong about corsets

Jignesh Chafe May 20, 2023

The hotly anticipated prequel to the popular Bridgerton series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, has just been released on Netflix. The Bridgerton writers have once again taken aim at the corset in the opening sequence of the first episode.

Sitting uncomfortably in a carriage on her way to London to meet King George III, Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz laments that her underpinnings (stays – the 18th-century term for corset – and hoop petticoat) are not only uncomfortable but made of “the bones of whales”. These “whalebones”, she claims, are “delicate” and “sharp” and may stab her if she makes a wrong move.

While it is true that whales died to provide one key material used in the manufacture of women’s underpinnings from the 16th through to 20th centuries, the real Princess and then Queen Charlotte, who had a keen interest in the natural world, would have understood whalebone is not actually delicate bone.

What is Whalebone?

Whalebone is the colloquial English term for a material known as baleen. Baleen is not bone. Rather, it is the name given to long hairy plates made of keratin – the same substance that makes hair, fingernails and horn – in the mouth of various species of baleen whales.

Baleen allows the whale to feed, as it traps small sea creatures such as…

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IPL 2023: चेन्नई सुपर किंग्स का टॉस जीतकर पहले बल्लेबाजी का फैसला
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IPL 2023: चेन्नई सुपर किंग्स का टॉस जीतकर पहले बल्लेबाजी का फैसला

IOBNN Bureau May 20, 2023

नयी दिल्ली। चेन्नई सुपर किंग्स के कप्तान महेंद्र सिंह धोनी ने दिल्ली कैपिटल्स के खिलाफ इंडियन प्रीमियर लीग (आईपीएल) मैच में शनिवार को यहां टॉस जीतकर पहले बल्लेबाजी का फैसला किया।

दिल्ली की टीम प्लेऑफ में जगह बनाने की दौड़ से पहले ही बाहर हो चुकी है लेकिन चेन्नई के लिए यह महत्वपूर्ण मैच है।

चेन्नई ने अपनी टीम में कोई बदलाव नहीं किया है जबकि दिल्ली ने ललित यादव और चेतन सकारिया को अंतिम एकादश में शामिल किया है।

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IPL 2023: Padikkal, Jaiswal star as RR keep slim playoff hopes alive; PBKS eliminated with defeat
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IPL 2023: Padikkal, Jaiswal star as RR keep slim playoff hopes alive; PBKS eliminated with defeat

Editor in Chief May 20, 2023

Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer and Yashasvi Jaiswal starred with the bat as Rajasthan Royals knocked Punjab Kings out of IPL 2023 on Friday.

The nail-biting four-wicket win in Dharamsala gave Rajasthan a glimmer of hope of qualifying for the knockout phase of the competition although their fate depends on other matches this weekend.

Sam Curran, who cost Punjab a hefty $2.23 million, fell one run short of what would have been only his second 50 of the tournament as Punjab put on 187-5 with Navdeep Saini taking 3-40 for Rajasthan. The innings started with yet another first-over wicket for Trent Boult and PBKS lost four wickets in the first seven overs.

But a stellar finish led by Curran and Shahrukh Khan saw PBKS plunder 46 runs from the last two balls, including a 28-run 19th over by Yuzvendra Chahal.

In reply for the Royals, Curran’s England teammate Jos Buttler fell for his latest duck of his lacklustre back-end of the season, caught leg-before to a vicious inswinger by Kagiso Rabada. It was Buttler’s third duck in a row after he had scored a 95 against SRH, nearly equalling the IPL record for most centuries. That was eventually done by Virat Kohli on Thursday, as he got to his sixth…

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In a Sharp Reversal, Biden Opens a Path for Ukraine to Get Fighter Jets
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In a Sharp Reversal, Biden Opens a Path for Ukraine to Get Fighter Jets

Editor in Chief May 20, 2023
The president told allied leaders that he would allow Ukrainian pilots to be trained on American-made F-16s, and is prepared to approve other countries’ transferring the jets to Ukraine.
Why are India’s diplomats speaking a new aggressive language?
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Why are India’s diplomats speaking a new aggressive language?

Editor in Chief May 20, 2023

Had India decided to adopt China’s “wolf warrior diplomacy” tactics?

That’s what some observers began to wonder earlier this month, after Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar described his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari as a “spokesperson of a terrorism industry”.

To some observers, the aggressive words used by Jaishankar to describe a fellow participant at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa on May 5 – of which India was the host – seemed unnecessarily arrogant. But it was not unusual: Indian diplomats are increasingly using similar rhetoric.

However, many others – especially the Bharatiya Janata Party’s supporters at home in India – have expressed admiration at the purported displays of confidence by Jaishankar and other Indian diplomats. It seems to reflect the combative style used by Beijing’s diplomats in recent years, a style that gets its name from a 2015 Chinese political thriller with a tagline that declared, “Whoever attacks China will be killed no matter how far the target is.”

Experts suggest that usage of this diplomatic language reflects two dynamics. Some of it is aimed at firing up the BJP’s supporters at home. But it is also the product of the shift in Indian foreign policy.

Jaishankar vs Bhutto

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The EU’s new directive is aimed at closing the gender pay gap, but how effective will it be?
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The EU’s new directive is aimed at closing the gender pay gap, but how effective will it be?

Jignesh Chafe May 19, 2023

Even though 90% of Europeans think it’s unacceptable for women to be paid less than men, the average European Union gender pay gap remained close to 13% in 2021. There has been only a four percentage point decrease over the previous decade. This is despite the European Union encouraging member states to implement legislation and policies to improve gender pay equality for decades.

Fortunately, a new European Union pay transparency directive, adopted in April, will help to close this gap further. But even with this new law, this will not be an easy task. It will mean overcoming some significant drivers of wage inequality between men and women, including unconscious bias and stereotyping, differences in negotiation tactics and even new technology such as artificial intelligence.

The gender pay gap is the difference between the average gross hourly earnings of the total number of female and male workers. It covers all workers employed within a country, sector or organisation. So, it differs from the right to equal pay, the right of an individual female worker to be paid the same as a male worker doing equal work or work of the same value.

The causes of the gap are complex and interrelated. The unequal division between genders of paid and unpaid work (impacting career choices and…

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Archery World Cup: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Ojas Pravin Deotale reach compound mixed team final
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Archery World Cup: Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Ojas Pravin Deotale reach compound mixed team final

Editor in Chief May 19, 2023

Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Ojas Pravin Deotale made it to the final of the compound mixed team event with a fine shootoff win against Italy at the Shanghai 2023 Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 2 on Friday.

It is the second final in two attempts on the World Cup circuit this year for Vennam and Deotale. The duo had struck gold at the Antalya stage as well last month.

The Indians were trailing against Italian duo of Elisa Roner and Elia Fregnan before the final end, by two points. But Vennam and Deotale both shot two 10s while the Italians dropped two 9s to take the match to the shootoff at 157-157. The shootoff saw both score 19 but the Indians had the closer arrow to the center.

“It was a very good match,” said Deotale according to World Archery. “There were some tense moments, but we told ourselves not to give up until the end.”

The Indians had defeated Bangladesh (158-151) and then Turkey (157-156) to reach the last four.

Here’s a look at India’s path to the final:

Vennam and Deotale will take on top seeds Oh Yoohyun and Kim Jongho of Korea in the final on Saturday.

Also in action on Saturday will be Prathamesh Jawkar and Avneet Kaur in the compound individual semifinals.

Elsewhere in…

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