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Qatar removes products from Saudi-led quartet from market
Qatar has prohibited the sale of products made in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE and Egypt that has imposed embargoes and severed diplomatic, air and road ties with the country in June last year.
According to reports, Ministry of Economy and Commerce has, on Saturday, called on all shops across the country to remove all products made in the four countries from their shelves. Inspectors will visit stores to ensure compliance with the order.
The Government said it was trying to “protect the safety of consumers” by banning products from the first four countries to cut ties with Qatar on June 5, 2017. The government’s directive is meant to “find new suppliers of the variety of goods impacted” by the blockade. It will try and stop products such as Saudi dairy goods from entering Qatar through a third country.
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In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt severed ties with Qatar for its alleged support to terrorism and destabilizing the region. They also demanded that Doha should downgrade its ties with Iran. Several African countries have also broken ties with Qatar in support of Saudi-let quartet.
The Saudi rulers also asked Qatar to close down Al-Jazeera broadcaster, remove Turkish troops from its soil and end relations with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement, the group headed by ousted President Mohammad Morsi.
The four countries also imposed sanctions against Doha, including restrictions on Qatari aircraft using their airspace. Saudi Arabia totally closed its land border with the tiny country through which most of food supplies used to reach its market.
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Qatar denied all allegations and refused to yield and denounced the demands as unreasonable, claiming its sovereignty had been attacked. The standoff had forced Qatar to shift import routes to Kuwait and Oman, and buy goods from Iran and Turkey.
Following the embargo Iran and Turkey opened their airspace and trade routes for Qatar and supplied food and other necessary items. Iranian export to Qatar has grown ten folds.
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According to a recent Associated Press investigative report, Elliott Broidy, a fundraiser for US President Donald Trump and his partner Lebanese American businessman George Nader had been promoting anti-Qatar policies at the highest levels of the US government over the past one and a half year against lucrative business favors from the Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and his UAE counterpart Mohammed Bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
The investigative report says that both Broidy and Nader spent a year in cultivating links with the two Crown Princes who were seeking to change US foreign policy with regard to their arch rival Qatar.
Meanwhile, Bahrain’s foreign minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifah has told the London-based Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday, that there is no solution in sight for the diplomatic crisis with Qatar. “The information in our hands today does not indicate any glimmer of hope for a solution now, as the matter does not happen suddenly,” he said.
Bahrain’s top diplomat accused Qatar of prolonging the dispute by taking its case to Western allies rather than the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). He said, “We were expecting from the beginning of the crisis with Qatar that the emir of Qatar would go to Saudi [Arabia] but this did not happen.”
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Google celebrates its 25th birthday with a special doodle
Birthdays can also serve as an opportunity for reflection, even though we at Google are always looking to the future.
The world’s largest search engine, Google, is marking its 25th birthday today with a unique doodle. Although Google Inc. was founded on September 4, the firm has been commemorating its birthday on September 27 for more than ten years.
In order to commemorate this unique event, the organisation today took a walk down memory lane and displayed several doodles. The GIF accompanying today’s Google Doodle changes Google into G25gle. The IT company claimed that it was utilising today as a time to reflect while remaining focused on the future.
Google said in a blog post, the Doodle for today honours Google’s 25th anniversary. Birthdays can also serve as an opportunity for reflection, even though we at Google are always looking to the future. Take a trip down memory lane to discover how we were created 25 years ago.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page, two PhD students at Stanford University studying computer science in the late 1990s, developed Google. The two quickly discovered that they had similar goals for the World Wide Web, including making it more user-friendly. According to its blog, the duo put in a lot of effort from their dorm rooms to create a prototype for a better search engine.
They transferred the operation to Google’s first workplace, a rented garage, as they made significant headway on the project. The formal founding date of Google Inc. is September 27, 1998, it stated.
The company further said that although a lot has changed since 1998, its goal has not changed, to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google said in a statement that it was grateful to users for evolving with us over the past 25 years and added, we can’t wait to see where the future takes us, together.
Google’s current CEO Sundar Pichai wrote a letter to commemorate the company’s birthday last month. He reflected on the company’s history, its contribution to the transformation of technology, and the way ahead. He expressed his appreciation for the customers, staff members, and collaborators who contributed to Google’s success. He also expressed gratitude for the commitment of both former and current Google employees as well as the ongoing challenge to innovate.
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Hardeep Nijjar killing row: Canada’s defence minister says ties with India important
The Defence Minister further mentioned that if the allegations are proven true, there is a very significant concern that Canada will have with respect to the violation of our sovereignty.
Canada’s defence minister Bill Blair said that his country’s ties with India are important. HIs statement amidst a diplomatic standoff between both the countries. However, he also added that his country wants a thorough investigation into the allegation.
The escalating tensions between both the countries began after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asserted that his country’s security agencies were investigating a link between the Indian government and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Defence Minister Bill Blair noted that they understand this can be, and has proven to be, a challenging issue with respect to their relationship with India. However, at the same time, they have the responsibility to make sure that they carry out a thorough investigation and get to the truth, he added.
The Defence Minister further mentioned that if the allegations are proven true, there is a very significant concern that Canada will have with respect to the violation of our sovereignty. On the other hand, India rejected the allegation as absurd and motivated.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs remarked that Canada has shared no specific information regarding its charges, flagging politically condoned hate crimes and criminal violence in that country. Furthermore, the foreign ministry has advised its nationals in Canada and those contemplating travelling there to exercise utmost caution.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also claimed that such credible allegations were shared with India weeks ago. He added that they want to work constructively with India and hope that New Delhi engages with them so that they can get to the bottom of this very serious matter.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said that Washington is deeply concerned about the allegations and that they want to see accountability in the case.
Khalistani terrorist, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Canada’s British Columbia in June. He was chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force and reportedly one of India’s most wanted terrorists.
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National Daughters Day 2023: History, significance, theme and wishes
The purpose of National Daughter’s Day is to serve as a reminder that girls should be given equal chances, including access to education, practical life skills, and sports participation, among others.
In India, Daughter’s Day is observed on the final Sunday in September, which falls on September 24, 2023. India is the only big nation with a higher mortality rate for females than boys, according to UNICEF.
At birth, there are 900 females for every 1000 boys in the nation. In the world, boys are 7% more likely than girls to die before the age of five. In India, though, the figures are dismal, with 11% more girls dying before turning five.
Given these troubling numbers, it is crucial to invest in the wellbeing of girls in order to empower them. The purpose of National Daughter’s Day is to serve as a reminder that girls should be given equal chances, including access to education, practical life skills, and sports participation, among others.
The first National Daughters Day was observed in India in 2007, which is where the holiday’s origins can be found. Daughters have frequently been overlooked in a society where males have long been regarded with awe. The noble goal of this day is to inspire parents to show their admiration for their daughters.
In certain cultures, having daughters has been seen as more of a burden than a blessing. With the goal of reversing this perception, National Daughter’s Day exhorts parents to acknowledge the extraordinary gift that their daughters are.
The significance of National Daughters Day can be found in our ever-changing society. It’s a day set aside to gleefully acknowledge the daughters in our lives. Falling on a Sunday presents a chance for parents and daughters to spend quality time together, cherish one another, and have intimate life-related dialogues. It’s a day for giving, caring, and fostering the cherished relationship between mothers and daughters.
Wishes
- Daughters are special and highly valued, which demonstrates that they were sent from heaven above
- Daughters are special; once we have them, we can never live without them. Happy Daughters’ Day!
- Daughters are the pride of their parents’ hearts; from birth, they are beautiful
- My darling daughter, my baby you will always be, no matter where you are. You are a little part of me, whether near or far. Happy Daughters’ Day!
- Daughters will soon be married and grown, then they may start a family of their own
