Decoding World Affairs

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Nepal once had only a single five-star hotel, but its story offers a powerful lesson about society and politics. The Nepal episode vividly illustrates the relevance of Karl Marx’s warning that excessive inequality eventually leads to a binary society of “haves” and “have-nots.” When that divide grows too wide, the masses inevitably march toward the doors of the elites. Perhaps this is why billionaires around the world are building safe havens in foreign territories, such as Switzerland. History suggests that a distorted form of democracy can easily devolve into mobocracy, as we witnessed in Nepal. I once asked a well-known Indian politician why it was such a challenge for one of the world’s fastest-growing economies to solve basic problems like roads, water, and food. His reply was striking: “If we solved all the problems in a democracy, democracy itself would collapse — because we would no longer be able to fulfill the ever-growing aspirations of people in a post-democratic state.”

Pratiksha Tondwalkar, who joined State Bank of India as a Sweeper is an Assistant General Manager today. Her journey from a Sweeper to an AGM was not easy. ‎Pratiksha was born in a very poor family. She studied till std 7 and was married when she was just 17 years old. Her husband was working as a ‘binder’ in SBI. But after 3 years of her marriage, her husband passed away and Pratiksha was left all alone. This is when she started working as a sweeper at SBI. Pratiksha, while working at her temporary job, also started studying. She knew that education was the only way to the next post and a permanent job.‎ Pratiksha passed her 10th exams and got the role of a ‘Messenger’ at SBI. While still working, she also completed his graduation from SNDT College and got promoted as a ‘Clerk’. She then cracked an internal exam at SBI in the first attempt and was selected as a ‘Trainee Officer’. After this, there was no looking back for her. Step by step, she advanced towards an ‘Officer’ post. She has now received the position of ‘Assistant General Manager’ and will move from Pune to Mumbai’s SBI branch.

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Impacts of ending Indus Water Treaty

Time of reciprocating relationship in international politics Bangladesh has recently imposed port restrictions on export of Indian yarn via land ports allowing our yarn exports only via seaports. It has been decided to reciprocate this measure by imposing port restrictions on imports from Bangladesh of ready-made garments of all categories across all land ports – LCS (Land Customs Stations) and ICP (Integrated Check Posts) India has decided to impose port restrictions across all LCSs and ICPs in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram on specified Bangladesh exports to India, targeting those commodities that can be locally manufactured

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Trumponomics rests on a few key propositions. [1] The first is that America needs to bring back manufacturing, lost to China and other economies over the past several decades. Globalisation and the offshoring of manufacturing in the U.S. have meant the loss of millions of jobs. Stephen Miran, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers, The White House, cites a study that estimates jobs lost in manufacturing between 2000 and 2011 at two million. [2] Trumponomics argues that America also needs manufacturing for the purpose of national security. It cannot afford to have its defence sector rely heavily on imports of steel, aluminium, and semi-conductors. In a crisis, American military capabilities could be seriously compromised. [3] Also, Trumponomics is that free trade is not necessarily fair trade. Imports from China are cheaper because China provides subsidies to its firms in various forms, uses slave labour to drive down costs, invests funds in state-owned technology companies, and indulges in industrial espionage and theft of intellectual property. It makes no sense to have American companies wiped out by competitors that do not adhere to the rules of a free market economy. [4] America’s chronic trade deficits are unaffordable as the flip side is foreigners using their trade surpluses to acquire more and more American assets. In recent years, trade deficits have been of the order of $500 billion to $1 trillion a year.

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