Quick notes: Preferential status | Summer holidays...

• Access to Markets: India becomes Trump's latest trade target

India is caught between an unpredictable and transactional Trump administration and an overambitious and predatory China. In fact, Trump and Xi are birds of the same feather. Defiant unilateralism binds the U.S. and China. https://t.co/9mrhygLnc0

— Brahma Chellaney (@Chellaney) March 5, 2019




• Sad turn: Many schools curtailing summer holidays, some as low as 10 days. “Children have the right to relax and play and to join cultural, artistic and other recreational activities. With fewer holidays, there is little time for extracurricular activities”.



• Farmers in a hurry:

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That stubble burning is estimated to cause India $30 billion in economic cost of exposure to pollution! That's a staggering ₹2,10,000,00,00,000 economic cost as farmers don't
want to wait for a few weeks to clear the old crop's remains manually or using machines.

— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) March 5, 2019




• Auxiliary Battery Module: Rivian patent reveals removable battery for the truck bed.



• The promise of ultracapacitors: Why Elon Musk Spent $218 Million on Maxwell.



• Pakistani Reacts: Who is better, Sadhguru or Dr. Zakir Naik?