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By Raja kamanDespite challenges faced on domestic and external fronts, particularly in the wake of the second wave of COVID 19, the key macroeconomic indicators have shown strong performance, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar said here Sunday. “The Key economic indicators are showing strong performance despite challenges posed by second wave of COVID 19 and depressed economic conditions that encircled globally,” he said. In a detailed statement on state of economy, the minister said that the current account imbalances inherited from previous government stood firmly addressed while the economic performance was remarkable in the context of sharp growth contraction worldwide. He said that the government was confident that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would...

By Raja kamanToday is a sad reminder of the demolition of the historic Babri Masjidin India. On this day, 28 years ago, Hindu zealots of the RSS-inspired BJP, backed by the state apparatus, demolished the centuries-old Mosque in Ayodhya in an abominable act of anti-Muslim frenzy and blatant violation of religious and international norms.The painful scenes of the demolition of Babri Mosque in 1992 still remain fresh in the minds of not only Muslims but all conscionable persons in the world. The new illegitimate structure, which the Hindutva-driven BJP has campaigned for and is bent upon constructing as part of its agenda of converting India into a ‘Hindu Rashtra’, is a scar on the face of so-called “largest democracy” in the world.The flawed judgment of the Indian Supreme Court in t...

Imagine, just for a second, the Australian wine industry as a bottle shop. For decades it had loyal customers overseas - old friends from the UK and the US partial to an antipodean drop.Then a few years ago, a new customer walked in who began eyeing up the reds. Soon, not only were they spending double the other customers, but they were buying the high-end stuff, preferring the premium vintages.China - this top customer - has bought close to 40% of Australia's wine exports in the past few years.In 2019, China bought more bottled wine from Australia than it did from France. After an intense few years of marketing and trade deals, this love affair with Australian winegrowers was fizzing along nicely.Then last week it was corked in the n...

Politicians from various Western countries have asked consumers to buy Australian wine in order to fight back against China's punitive tariffs on the beverage. China is the most important export market for Australian wine, and winemakers are scrambling to find new markets following Beijing's decision to slap tariffs of up to 212% on Australian wine imports amid an escalating trade war between the two nations. Now a number of public figures associated with the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), which calls itself "an international cross-party group of legislators working to reform the approach of democratic countries to China," have called on consumers to stand up to Beijing."We are asking you all to join us in standing against Xi Jinping's authoritarian bullying," said...

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