Monday, September 16, 2019

Quick notes: RCEP trap | GM Mosquito...

  • RCEP trap: Beijing desperately needs preferential access to markets such as India due to its tariff war with the US. This is a major driving force behind RCEP. Even without a Free Trade Agreement, Chinese goods swamp Indian markets.


  • String of pearls: Deals with Thailand, Bangladesh show China's rise as warship exporter. The largest user of Chinese weapon systems in India's neighbourhood has been Pakistan 


  • Point-of-Presence: China has been 'hijacking the vital internet backbone of western countries'


  • Unforeseen outcomes: GM Mosquito project has gone wrong, failed experiment may have strengthened wild bugs. Not only did numbers bounce back up in the months after the test, but some of the native bugs had retained genes from the engineered mosquitoes.


  • Independent India's biggest failure: India fails to feature in the top 300 World University Rankings 2020 list


  • Making a mockery of FDI norms: Indian's top trader body seeks ban on Amazon, Flipkart's festive season sale. “By offering deep discounts ranging from 10% to 80% on their e-commerce portals, these companies are clearly influencing the prices and create an uneven level playing field which is in direct contravention of the policy”.


  • Mahishasura Mardini Stotram by Jannat Nazir



  • Soybean oil is more obesogenic and diabetogenic than sugar or coconut oil.




  • BKS Iyengar: Yoga is universal



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