THE MAD RUSH TO OPEN UP THE ECONOMY
Apr 22, 2020
This is not a virus that vanishes with a prayer and doesn't come back. It "hops" from asymptomatic carriers onto someone with a weaker immune system and chokes the life out of them. USA leads the globally reported numbers in terms of people infected and dead. The days of Friday game nights, pizza parties, packed theatres, busy malls and glitzy casinos will now have to wait till there is a proven vaccine is available. Till then social distancing is our only safeguard.
Closed borders, enclosed people are what doctors advise, for now. Economists, Capitalists and Politicians should not be the ones driving the course of recovery. It has to be the medical fraternity and no one else
TRUMP TALK – FALLS ON DEAF EARS
Apr 03, 2020
It is clear that the USA now does not hold a stick long or stout enough to wield it for its own advantage. The Shale gas producers are now squeezed between two mighty unrelenting competitors who are now going in for the kill. COVID-19 is draining the American economy in sync with the global economic downturn. On top of this, an extended Oil war is derailing any quick turnaround dreams that US and the world might entertain.
TRUDEAU'S PUSILLANIMITY TO LOCKDOWN PUTS CANADA IN GRAVE DANGER
Mar 23, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on forcing people off the streets. This action or rather lack of action might unravel all the gains that Canada has made under his leadership to contain COVID-19. When Canadian's compare the leadership in display south of border they give a sigh of relief that in Canada they have Justin Trudeau, who is coming across as a more reasonable and a compassionate leader in this time of crisis
Yet, at this stage when Canada is experiencing a dangerous daily upsurge of people getting infected across the country, this is no time to
AS SELF EMPLOYED DO I QUALIFY FOR EI?
Mar 18, 2020
Workers who are ineligible for EI and face unemployment will be supported by the Emergency Support Benefit. Government has allocated up to $5 billion for this program, amidst the Corona Virus. There are specific scenarios for those who themselves are not quarantined but are taking care of those who are in quarantine, such as parents and family memebers and such. They may not qualify from the "normal" EI benefits rules stand point, however, they may also qualify and can apply for EI benefits.The link to apply is
THE UNRAVELLNG OF THE INTEGRATED WORLD
Mar 18, 2020
In a very short time, Corona Virus has severely disrupted the world's social, political, economical, environmental and demographical fabric. The global supply chain that prided itself on the path breaking, cost efficient, highly calibrated just-in-time delivery model is now strained. World's social, political, economical, environmental and demographical fabric now lie in tatters
NO PLACE FOR THE OLD - THE CORONA VIRUS FALLOUT
Mar 14, 2020
While in America, close to a million Americans may die of corona-virus, in European countries with more percentage of elderly population this percentage is expected to be higher. Chancellor Angela Merkel estimates 70% of German's getting affected by this virus and even if 1% is the mortality rate, then Germany might see more than half a million Germans die in a very short period of time.
Billionaires Buy Electoral Bonds, Lawmakers Get Funds, Taxpayers Pay Bank Charges
Feb 09, 2020
As part of #PaisaPolitics, HuffPost India’s investigation on how the Modi government brought untraceable funds into Indian politics, according to Law Ministry Modi Govt’s Route To Pass Electoral Bonds Was Illegal but was signed off anyways. BJP illegay bypassed the upper house, The Rajya Sabha, despite putting on record that the government’s strategy was illegal and unconstitutional
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Look! No Bullet Vest! The Afghani Swag
Mar 09, 2020"I'm not wearing bullet proof cloths. Im wearing ordinary cloths. This chest is ready to be sacrificed for Afghanistan and my people" That gesture rang louder and far wider than the rockets fired and bombs detonated in the whole of Afghanistan. The message was not lost on Afghans all across the world.
BREXIT-Moment Of Truth Approaches
Feb 09, 2020 3 CommentsWith Brexit, Germany faces the reality of being the unwilling banker for the rest of Europe. The path to former economic glory is steep, slippery and uphill, not to say far more competitive than it was back in the 70s, when Britain possessed superior technological as well economical advantage
With Baghdad regime in disarray, Trump looks to drive a wedge
Feb 09, 2020
3 CommentsGiven the overall disarray among the Shiite parties and the United States’ dealings with many of them, there is no focal point at present in Shiite opinion about who can channel the latent anti-American sentiments.
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Balochistan suffers it's worst gas crisis in history
Feb 09, 2020From the 1952 discovery of natural gas in Sui – a small town in Balochistan’s Dera Bugti district, after which the SSGC is named – till the 1980s, the gas field supplied gas to the entire country barring the area it originates from. Even today, Sui itself doesn’t get direct gas from fields with a daily supply of 800 mmscf only four miles away.
Permanent Record - By Edward Snowden
Feb 09, 2020Edward Snowden's book is a must read. A blood curling read outlining the extent of governmental surveillance watching each and every move.
Cheap politics makes elections dirtier than ever
Feb 03, 2020As Delhi elections near, and BJP senses the popular mood going against it, its desperation is reaching to irrational levels. A massive disinformation campaign is underway where the might of the Indian federal state and mainstream media is straining to shift the narrative away from development.
