Thanks to Abhimanyu Mathur ” X““and the Hindustan Times for the Headline
The film “Dhurandar” has not been given an official release in several Middle Eastern Countries ( including United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Quatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia) due to an “Official Ban”
The film is about an Indian Spy in Pakistan.
“Dhurandar” has emerged as one of the biggest hits in Indian Cinema and it’s refusal to be shown in the Countries that have banned it is viewed as a direct act of suppression against Freedom of Expression. The approach to PM Modi has been made by the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association( IMPPA).
Apart from the Indian Film Industry being quite powerful, I’m not sure what PM Modi will be able to do . Mind you it makes me want to see the film , apparently it has had a significant success in India amid the Hindi’s, perhaps it is not regarded as a very positive film for Muslims, but they won’t know until they see it and anyway I can’t believe that it would be so biased and negative. Perhaps it reflects a time in history or even the present that needs reflection .
Banning does not solve anything, and I will be interested to see if PM Modi can affect change or indeed is interested in taking up the case.
Oh my, how we use words inappropriately , some Accountancy Firms actually have “Mission Statements”.
Still there is only one appropriate use of “Mission” and that is to explore Space, The Final Frontier and whom better to explore it with than Captain Kirk and Spock, Scottie and Dr Mc Coy in the Starship Enterprise, oh and with a little bit of HG Wells thrown in.
Thanks to Janey Doyle , Wiltshire BBC Online News for the Headline.
Apparently the solar panels with this construction would be four miles wide and two miles long with panels that would stand roughly the height of a double decker bus.
Not surprised the Council and the locals are objecting to it , sounds an absolute monstrosity and apparently the substation is some distance away from the site that would connect it to the National Grid, so where would all the power go?
Oh well, it’ll have to go to Central Government for approval and guess what will happen.
Thanks to Reuters News and BBC News Online for this Headline
It’s hard to know how this could possibly be happening. Apart from the fact that Chrystia Freeland does have Ukranian heritage, and just happens to have played Trump at his own game when it came to negotiating tariffs on behalf of Canada when she was Minister of International Trade (2015 to 2017). Ms Freeland also is an ex- journalist, which seems increasingly a qualification to be successful in Politics.
Interestingly enough on her mother’s side during the aftermath of World War two her mother was born in Germany in a hospital administered by the US Army. Chrystia herself was born in Canada and until her recent appointment by Zelensky was MP for Toronto.
So Zelensky is beefing up his International Economic Power with the aim of reconstructing Ukraine when the War is over , if it is ever over. Meanwhile with houses in Canada, Ukraine and London, Chrystia is well placed to cover the ground wherever she is needed.
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life?
Again, coincidence has come like a bolt out of the blue. On my WordPress site I wrote a story called “Until The End” which someone read yesterday and it turned up on my stats. It made me reread it and I’m so glad I did.
The story sums up to me the precariousness of life and truthfully the horror of snuffing out the beauty of life as we know it.
Yet we live with this possibility of this every day, let us not fool ourselves, somewhere in the World as we know it today , it is happening .
A long happy life is a blessing, but who knows? That is not to say we should live in fear or indeed be self-satisfied that the status quo is being maintained in our pseudo Mar-A-Lago fake world.
“Life” that spark , savor it , it is a blessing and we don’t want to miss a moment , however long it lasts.
Thanks to Jimmy Rice output editor Sky News Online for the Headline
Glad to say someone is addressing the dearth of support there is for people who are economically challenged and cannot access the appropriate levels of internet support. Nowadays it is essential to have access to the internet and we need to make the information that makes it so more available to people.
In an economy that has been led by people with their head in the clouds for far too long, there have been so many left behind. The internet, ie. e.mail, web site searching and doing transactions online is now a necessary part of life. It needs to be accessible and secure . Security is key, we must not shy away from that fact. With accessibility comes responsibility too.
I’m glad to see that some of the Private Providers are offering deals for those who are economically challenged. Though again I think it’s dangerous that there are people out there in the UK , who for whatever reason cannot access anything and it is unacceptable that a Government of any Country allows that situation to occur. It should be part of every Citizen’s rights and a duty of the Government to ensure fairness and accessibility.
What is that magical feeling when you hear a piece of music, no matter how many times, and it makes you want to move your feet , limbs , head and whatever body part that moves you in a time to the music. “That” feeling. Well I would incorporate “that” feeling into all my movements. That is what I would do differently, if I could. Which I can’t , but I suppose I could try.
Thank you to Andrius Sytas of Reuters for the Headline.
This headline caught my eye as someone mentioned that there was attempts at sabbotaging underground cables in the area around the Baltic Sea. Apparently instances have increased since the War in Ukraine started in 2022.
The Latvian President in the most recent incident, said that the communication system had not been affected and that the crew of the ship thought to be responsible were cooperating with the authorities on what they thought might have caused it.
N.A.T.O. nevertheless is on high alert after the recent seizure by Finnish police of a cargo vessel suspected of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki across the Gulf of Finland to Estonia.
These underground cables can supply power, telecommunications and gas. So damage to them for whatever reason is serious and expensive and they could be of strategic importance should they be needed in a conflict. However, lets hope that a better way to protect them from damage can be found.
Thanks to Conor McCann at BBC News Online for the Headline
Welcome to Britain guys, not only can we not supply a secure method of frail, people having a pendant system to ring for help if they need it , but we’re sending those at risk at their own expense to spend time in a B&B going Cold Turkey in order for them to participate in a detoxification programme run by a local Charity.
Sounds incredulous, so just where is all the Social Services and Health Care Budget going? Why is this happening? What kind of economy do we have that B&B’s need to turn into facilities for those needing to detox, probably not what the owner was planning to provide for, but bless them for allowing the person to go through this difficult period with them. I do believe from the article it was a success and the help I suppose came from an unexpected but nevertheless valuable quarter. Mind you if word got around , would the B&B owner lose their regular and holiday customers?
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