The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
In an India TV sting on T20 World Cup Umpires, 6 umpires from South Asia – Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – have been caught agreeing to cooperate to give wrong decisions for money. They are Nadeem Ghauri and Anees Siddiqui of Pakistan, Nadir Shah of Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka’s Gamini Dissanayake, Maurice Winston and Sagara Gallage.
While Nadeem Ghauri was ready to do anything for money, Anees Siddiqui was willing to go even further – he was also ready to “manage the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to accept a decision favourable to India”. Which essentially means that for money, Indian bookies can – potentially – buy Pakistan Cricket Control Board officials!
R- Achha achha maan lijiye jaise LBW hai N- Haan ji
R – Leg before wicket N- haan
R – isme, uska khiladi ka favour ho sakta hai N – Hann, bilkul bilkul.
R- to ye favour kar denge aap? N – Haan, bilkul ye hosakta hai.
R – Haan to isi tareeke ke, jaise maan lijiye bahut close nick hota hai bat se, Caught behind the wicket hota hai. N – Haan ye bhi theek hai, kyonki wahaan jakar jo meeting hoti hai usme ye dekhna padega ki Snickometer to nahi hai ya Hawkeye to nahi hai.
Sri Lankan Sagara Gallage meanwhile was willing to give away information on pitch, toss, and the playing eleven of both, India and Pak before their warm up match.
As was expected, Nadeem Ghauri has denied and rebutted the incident and has said it was a conversation during Sri Lanka’s Premier League and was shown “out of context”. Seems like Mitt Romney is not the only one who can lie blatantly with a straight face!
Intellectuals in Pakistan are asking - why is Pakistani society where it is today. It did not happen in a day. The Crimes and the depravity was always present. You acquiesced to it all along.
The story of how Pakistan got its nuclear arsenal is bizarre. Powerful politicians made decisions that will one day jeopardize this planet. For, unbridled power has been handed to ideological extremists. A detailed expose.
Bilawal Bhutto, the scion of genocide backing and a corruption-ridden family, openly abused and threatened India's elected government functionaries in the UN.
Words won't work here. Action will.
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