Mujib Mashal

2 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | Mujib Mashal |Pragati K.B |María Trigo

Eles se dizem emissários da primeira “nação soberana” do mundo para os hindus, com seus próprios passaportes e “constituição cósmica”. Eles afirmam ter criado uma moeda oficial em ouro sagrado, administrada por um “banco de reserva”. Representantes desse país inexistente fizeram declarações em eventos da ONU e posaram para fotos com estadistas globais, congressistas americanos e o prefeito de Newark.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Mujib Mashal |Hari Kumar

Ahead of introducing the bill in Parliament for a vote, Kiren Rijiju, India's minister for parliamentary and minority affairs, said the legislation was not an attack on Muslim rights but a necessary reform to protect Waqf assets from misuse. "This is about transparency, not interference," Mr. Rijiju said. Unlike during Mr. Modi's previous term, when he used an absolute majority to push legislation through Parliament with often heavy-handed swiftness, the Waqf bill underwent months of deliberation.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Mujib Mashal |María Trigo |Pragati K.B

El sitio web de la nueva nación -donde la "ciudadanía electrónica gratuita" está a solo unos clics de distancia- decía que sus tierras soberanas estaban "en la región andina". Nithyananda, que ahora tiene casi 50 años, fue franco sobre las ventajas que ofrecía el lugar. "Mucha gente me preguntó: 'Swami ji, ¿por qué dejaste un imperio tan grande que construiste en India y estás sentado en un rincón?'", dice en un video, refiriéndose a sí mismo utilizando un honorífico indio.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Mujib Mashal |Pamodi Waravita |Saif Hasnat

COLOMBO/DHAKA - Through Covid-19, political chaos, and economic disarray, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh kept one industry central to their hopes of prosperity afloat: the manufacturing of ready-made garments, with the United States as their main market. Then came President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The two countries are reeling after Sri Lanka was hit with 44 per cent tariffs and Bangladesh subjected to 37 per cent levies.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Mujib Mashal |Pamodi Waravita |Saif Hasnat

Targeting the manufacturers not only upends the economies of these nations, but also adds to the burden of U.S. companies, analysts warned. William Blair said merchandise costs could go up by about 30 percent and American consumers may ultimately feel the pinch. Bangladesh sends more than $7bn of clothing to the U.S. every year. The country's garment manufacturing industry makes up 80 percent of its total exports and employs more than four million people, mostly women.