As per the reports, a protester has been arrested in Melbourne, Australia.

It started high on Monday when the activists broke into abattoirs and chained themselves up to protest against the meat industry.
And more than 100 protesters blocked one of Melbourne’s main intersections before many were forcibly moved away.

Mr. Morrison responding on the issue said:

Such activism is damaging farmers’ livelihoods.

“This is just another way of activism that runs against the national interest, instead of thinking about the farmers well being to farm their own land”.

The PM later called on state authorities to bring the full force of the law against these green-collared criminals.

According to the World Economic Forum, Australia is second to the US for meat consumption per person.
And the nation’s livestock industry accounts for more than 40% of its agricultural output.
Well, the protests took place in Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland with the aim to make reaching positive animal treatment and the ethics of eating meat.

Campaigner Kristin Leigh

We need people to go vegan… we need people to stop supporting animal abuse.
“The animals are grieving in ways that utmost of us could never picture. It is not about bigger cages – it is about animal freedom”.
As per the Police report, 38 protesters were arrested in Melbourne. A further nine were arrested at an abattoir in Goulburn, 168km (104 miles) south of Sydney, after binding themselves to machinery.
Meanwhile, The Australian Meat Industry Council said butcher shops had been under a continuous attack by campaigners.

Chief executive Patrick Hutchinson said:

“This has to end and finish now. We need to look at the 99% of people in Australia that are looking to and craving to consume red meat products”.

According to Our World in Data project: Global meat consumption has risen rapidly over the past 50 years.

Also, meat production today is approximately five times higher than in the early 1960s( from 70 million tonnes to exceeding 330 million tonnes in 2017).

Well, the penalties, imposed in connection with a range of different investigations in the US and the UK, all date back to before 2014.

As the London-based banking firm set aside $900m in February in preparation for the settlements. Meanwhile, Standard Chartered also has promised to improve its compliance procedures.

The bulk of the settlement, $639m, related to breaches of US sanctions against Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria. The bank will also pay £102m to Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

However, FCA found in the investigation “dangerous and supported shortcomings” in Standard Chartered‘s anti-money laundering controls.

Bill Winters, the bank’s chief executive:

“The events that led to today’s resolutions are completely unacceptable and not representative of the Standard Chartered I am proud to attend today”.

“Combating financial crime is central to what we do and who we are”.

We do not permit misconduct or slack controls and we will continue to clear out any issues that threaten the trust we have built over more than 160 years.

Christine Lagarde signaled that businesses and investors will remain reluctant in the coming months, as she was discussing the agreement of an extension to Article 50.

She continued saying any extended dilemma would show a negative effect.

Ms. Lagarde [Former French Finance Minister] said:

“I expected a deal to be hit quickly”.
While speaking at the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, Ms. Lagarde said,

If there was a prolonged uncertainty, we can assume that the impact on confidence would continue. Whether you talk about investors or about decisions as to where to expand where to set up how to organize a supply chain, people are going to wonder, you know, what comes next and how will it get resolved.

• It would have a negative impact, no doubt about it.
• She further expressed pity for the plight of British businesses.
• Where she highlighted that even with the probability plans in place.

And they also might face disruption in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Also may have to be resigned to suffering a hit to their balance sheets and possibly market share.

Unfortunate

The IMF earlier in the week cautioned that no deal would cause the UK economy to shrivel, echoing the scenarios published by the Government and the Bank of England.

Ms. Lagarde then revealed her personal insight, the IMF managing director said the Brexit process was very, very disquieting on the one hand and very sad.

I grew up across the Channel and in the city of Le Havre. To be able to travel across Southampton, in an easy and unhampered way, was wonderful…
Addressing the journalists, Ms. Lagarde said, having my positive hat on it removes the risk of a no-deal Brexit on April 12, so at least the UK is not leaving on April 12 without a deal.
However, we believe that no-deal Brexit would have been a disastrous outcome.

As Brexit is at risk, the IMF has flagged what it termed a sensitive time for the global economy in its World Economic Outlook, with others including trade pressures between the US and China and high corporate debt levels in many countries.
But said is hoping to see a rebound in global growth later this year but admitted that was dubious.

The head of Sudan’s military council has walked down a day after leading a coup that overthrew long-time leader Omar al-Bashir amid a surge of protests.
Defense Minister Awad Ibn Auf disclosed his decision on state TV, saying his successor will be  Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan.

Sudan was thrown into chaos and uncertainty as General Awad Ibn Auf, who had assumed power following the ousting of long-time President Omar al-Bashir, abruptly resigned from his position as the Chief of the Transitional Military Council (TMC). The resignation, coming just a day after his appointment, caught many by surprise and further escalated the political turmoil that has gripped the country. This article aims to explore the events leading up to Ibn Auf’s appointment, analyze the factors behind his sudden resignation, and discuss the implications for Sudan’s transition to a civilian-led government.

However, the army has said it will stay in power for two years, followed by elections.
Still, protest leaders urge they will not leave the streets until the military hands over to a civilian government.

How did it start?

1. The downfall of Mr. Bashir’s pathed months of unrest that began in December over rising prices.
   Mr. Ibn Auf as head of military intelligence, gave space to the Darfur conflict in the 2000s.
2. Following this, The US imposed sanctions on him in 2007.
3. The new head in charge also is a top military figure, but the Associated Press news agency reports that his record is cleaner than other Sudanese generals.
4. He is also said to have met with protesters to hear their views.
5. Also, Mr. Bashir has been known by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the Darfur conflict.
   Thus, the military council has said it will not extradite Mr. Bashir, who denies the charges, although he may be put on trial in Sudan.

Decision to quit

• On Thursday despite Mr. Bashir being removed, demonstrators had refused to disperse, camping out outside army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, in defiance of a curfew.
• The military council came out to speak in response for the first time on the issue.
• The council denied as it was seeking power, telling the protesters that they would decide the country’s future, while the army maintained public order.
• Just a few hours after that, Mr. Ibn Auf announced he was resigning and would be replaced by Lt-Gen Burhan.

Mr. Ibn Auf

I have taken this decision, in order to ensure the cohesion of the security system, particularly the armed forces,  from cracks and strife, and relying on God, let us begin this path of change.
The protesters rejoiced his strong and sudden departure but the Sudan Professionals Association, which has been spearheading the demonstrations, later announced that they will confirm soon.

Sudan Professionals Association[SPA]

• We have called on the armed forces to ensure the immediate transfer of power to a transitional civilian government.
• While they further responded to the destruction of arbitrary decisions by leaders that do not represent the people and the detention of all symbols of the former regime who were involved in crimes against the people.
• Until these demands are met completely, we ought to continue with our sit-in at the General Command of the Armed Forces.
• The police meanwhile have reported saying, at least 16 people had been killed by stray bullets at the protests that took place on Thursday and Friday.

Conclusion:

The abrupt resignation of General Awad Ibn Auf as the Chief of the Transitional Military Council has added another layer of complexity to Sudan’s already turbulent transition period. The factors behind his resignation include public outrage, international pressure, and internal power struggles. As Sudan navigates this uncertain phase, the focus should be on fostering inclusive dialogue and ensuring a peaceful transition to civilian rule. The international community must continue to support Sudan in its pursuit of a democratic and prosperous future.

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Even after several meeting of both the representatives of the respective countries, the trade war nowhere seems to calm. After the white house slapped an additional 10% tariffs on the Chinese imports, it renewed the round of trade angst between China and the US.

Larry Summers tweeted on Monday expressing his views about the global financial crisis. In his tweets, he said, “We may well be at the most dangerous financial moment since 2009 Financial crisis with current development between the US and China.” He continued by tweeting, “Markets are now suggesting the highest risk of recession since 2011. Only slightly less than half over the next year. The Collapse in medium and long term interest rates is ominous.”

China has also dropped its currency below the ‘7 mark’ for the first time since the year 2008. The Treasury Department of the United States has labeled the country as ‘currency manipulator’. Resources says that it’s the country’s way to increase trade exports.

After the addition of tariffs on Chinese imports, China has asked the companies to prohibit the purchasing of any agricultural products from the United States.

You would be surprised to know about the list of things that he blamed for violence in the country. First, he blamed the E-sports that is the Video games for making the teens become violent, then he also blamed the mental illness in people, the internet, etc.

He made all these accusations without realizing that his speech often contains the offensive and hateful language that sparks hatred and the feeling of violence in people and that is the reason why he is criticized by the whole country. Donald Trump is known for working around angry rhetoric and he is also responsible for trying to pit groups of Americans against each other.

While making his speech on Monday, The United States President said, “In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy.” He continued by saying, “These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul. “

The survey was undertaken with participation from around 17000 respondents from around 228 staffing industry firms. The survey also emphasizes on employee options and other trends in terms of several categories. Some of these include professional development, working from home, vendor preferences and a host of other important elements.

The major finding apart from the other revelations that the survey could bring about, the prime finding revolves around the preferences of the employees in their working pattern. 29 percent of the internal employees claimed that they currently work from home. This is a 6per cent rise from 2016 where the corresponding number stood at 26 percent. Among those who were working from home, a higher percentage of respondents express satisfaction in this mode of working.

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Other findings from the survey

The survey also includes a host of other elements. One of the prime factor that found a good consideration was vendor preferences. LinkedIn emerged as the prime choice, while others like Indeed, Bullhorn, Salesforce, and CareerBuilder followed in the subsequent places. It also discusses at large the areas that can be automated or outsourced.
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If you are looking to apply the findings from the survey to your industry as well, it may be prudent to have a look at the full Internal staff survey, 2019 and get the most out of the revelations.

One of the most competitive markets today has got to be the online shopping market. When one begins to talk about online shopping the name “Amazon” is bound to come up.  The tech giant has always been a pioneer in the world of online shopping and has introduced schemes and plans that have revolutionized online shopping as we now know it.

In early 2005 Amazon announced its Prime feature that basically enabled a user to have a variety of additional services upon payment of $79 to the company. These services included the very lucrative 2-day delivery guarantee which assured all Prime users the delivery of their orders in less than 48 hours from the time of placing the order.

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The move not only attracted more customers to shop online but also forced other shopping portals to follow suit, today, most shopping portals have the two-day delivery option. Amazon, however, is choosing to push the limits of its resources as it is now saying that by the end of 2019 they will be ready to introduce a one-day delivery guarantee to all of its Prime users. Now this change will be expensive and it will maybe increase the amount to be paid for a Prime membership slightly higher than its current $119.

The move by Amazon, already the largest online shopping platform in the world is now going to strengthen its position at the top of the food chain. The other companies will have to try and follow suit eventually but it is infinitesimally harder for these companies to do this given that they do not possess the resources that Amazon has access to.

Even Amazon in all its might can offer this service other than on a select number of products that it estimates comes up to almost a million products. There is a certain amount of speculation on the practicality in the fulfillment of this promise as it would force them to hire more workers, find a sustainable means of speedy transport while not putting the safety of these workers on the line. If somehow Amazon does manage to pull it off some analysts are doubtful that it would be as successful as it was in 2005. It sounds like it is offering a lot more but in truth, the Prime users receive their packages well in advance from the two-day deadline.

The customers may not be greatly impressed by a revision of merely the rule on paper while it is already in practice. But, this move does not fail to set the other online portals scrambling to catch up as they always do right after Amazon announces anything new. In a poll conducted it was found that the customers value the free delivery more than the limited time in which they receive their package.

Amazon, however, is not one to rest, it is working on shipping packages at an unbelievable pace of 2 hours by partnering up with rapid delivery service providers. They are also working with drones that will deliver packages in 30 minutes, they have not started testing it in the mainstream yet. They are in their early stages of testing in England, on an interesting side note Google just received clearance to test its drones in Virginia. The question is, to what length will these companies go to in order to provide us with the comfort of “convenience” and are they taking it too far?

The entry of tech giants in consumer finance was something that seemed almost bound to happen. There have been many cases of the tech giants that have waded into these shark infested water, it was never seen openly in the public domain.

All this one could say changed recently as we saw in Cupertino, California where Apple released their new credit card last month with a great deal of pomp. This was a pioneering move by both Apple and the industrious bank, Goldman Sachs who are one of the key partners in the deal.

In the announcement, one would not have known that Goldman Sachs had played such a major role in the decision when we saw the mere passing reference made to them as nothing more than a footnote in the event. The entire event was handled and hosted by Tim Cook the CEO of Apple Inc. as the CEO of Goldman Sachs stood on the sidelines and clapped while in truth he should have been proposing the plan along with Cook on stage.

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This entire situation is in a way satirical and almost accurate representation of what the market and Wall Street will be reduced to if in future they continue to collaborate with these technological giants.

However, the question that most people have on their minds is whether or not these banks are ready to sacrifice their place in the driver’s seat because of the millions of customers that partnership with these tech giants would bring them into their banks. This is is a dilemma that the banks clearly have to face where they lose something integral irrespective of the decision they make.

If they choose not to entertain the partnerships of these tech giants they lose out on an opportunity to have millions of new customers join them. But, if they do accept a partnership they seem to be taking a backseat in all the ventures and decisions and may just become another front for these extremely successful companies.

The tech companies also have a reason for needing these partnerships. As they enter the world of consumer finance these tech giants need these Wallstreet heavy hitters in order to navigate this new terrain. It is not all great news for the banks as mentioned earlier as if these deals are agreed upon the more lucrative facets of the company like the customer relations and branding will go to the tech companies. The stakes, however, are higher than they have ever been with almost 40% of the $1.35 trillion in revenues that will go to these companies like Amazon and Apple, and maybe also to price competition.

American tech companies are in a way looking to their Chinese counterparts like Alibaba and Tencent as inspiration, these companies have already become major players due to their mobile applications that have greatly increased their ease of transactions, investing and payments.

American companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple are not far behind as they have begun to encroach on the turf of the banks. Google has Google Pay, Apple has Apple Pay, Amazon has Amazon Cash and Amazon Pay with which customers shop online and even Facebook is looking to enable payments via Whatsapp. These tech giants are doing this in order to fuel their revenue growth and also help them strengthen their grip on the market.