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Nostradamus, a French seer and astrologer, predicted five hundred years ago that in 2024, severe flooding due to climate change would occur. He also foretold significant economic, environmental, political, and social changes. He predicted conflicts with China and war in the Middle East and that there would be a new Pope in the Vatican and a new King in England.

Strikes and threats of strikes extracted contracts ranging from good to excellent from employers across the country this year. Half a million US workers walked out — machinists, teachers, baristas, nurses, hotel housekeepers, and autoworkers — with much of the motion coming from unions led by reformers.

Having exhausted its arsenal to inflict damage on the credibility of the INDIA bloc and the Congress, the BJP political circuits, purely with the mission to secure victory at 2024 Lok Sabha elections, are now floating the maxim that Narendra Modi is the Iron Man of India who can ensure the safety and preserve the integrity of the entire country.

Confusion has deepened over the alleged recruitment in the Russian army of Nepali youths to fight in Ukraine. While Kathmandu-based officials have just reported yet another death of a soldier from the Ukraine front , raising the Nepali death toll to seven so far, for the first time Russia has officially denied such claims.

Differences persists among Directors within International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding Staff’s recent reclassification of India’s de facto exchange rate regime for the period December 2022 to October 2023 as “stabilized arrangement” from “floating”, which meant Reserve Bank of India’s interventions in the foreign exchange market “likely exceeded levels necessary to address disorderly market conditions” and the comparative stability thus achieved does not reflect improvements in India’s external position. India’s economic performance was praised but they broadly said “India has potential for even higher growth, with greater contributions from labour and human capital, if comprehensive reforms are implemented.”

As many as 92 opposition MPs were suspended till the day before. And, then, the next day another 50 from the Lok Sabha. What's happening, does the Narendra Modi government and the BJP want an Opposition-free Parliament? Does the 'Sengol' mean a free run for the Modi government? Such a thing hadn’t happened in 34 years. Many of the suspended MPs gathered on the Parliament front Tuesday and generally had a good time celebrating their suspension with mimicries of Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President of India Jagdish Dhankar. Definitely, there is a load of hidden talent in our lot of non-BJP MPs.

In countries where recipients of titles like Rai Bahadur and Khan Bahadur were once much looked upto and in another country where holders of knighthood and peerage still enjoy a status of their own have a common link- the English language. Small wonder, heads turn to have a better look at a man, a noted English language poet when he refused to accept Order of the British Empire (OBE) from none other than the British Prime Minister and the Queen.

The restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, without the Union Territory of Ladakh, and an expected elected government by September, next year, come at a time when J&K has established its position as one of India’s top performing provinces in terms of economic growth. J&K’s state GDP is lately growing at the rate of 10 percent, annually. A key task before the state’s forthcoming elected government would naturally be to take the growth dynamics on a fast-forward mode and generate more employment and revenue. This should be more than possible. Till now, major contributors to the state’s economy have been agriculture, horticulture, tourism, handicrafts, limited scale of manufacturing and services. Its huge mineral resources remain largely untapped. The potential needs to be explored and exploited to push the manufacturing sector. This may require a change in the state's land acquisition policy.

Opposition INDIA Block is coming back on negotiation table on December 19, after a long gap of 80 days since Mumbai Meet on September 1, a crucial time that it has already lost, without moving forward on the resolution made, including launching joint rallies across the country and finalization of seat sharing by September 30. The opposition Meet therefore needs to pick up the threads where it had left them that resulted into heavy loss of surging political public sentiment in its favour.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have carried out hijackings, missile strikes, and drone attacks on ships, leading Danish shipping and logistics company AP Moller-Maersk and German shipping and container transportation firm Hapag-Lloyd to temporarily suspend shipments via the Red Sea.