LABOUR UNREST & ITS CAUSES & IMPACTS “KINGFISHER AIRLINES” Kingfisher Airlines Ltd ‚ controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya‚ cancelled all flights through Thursday because of labour unrest and was ordered by the aviation regulator to submit a revival plan before it can fly again. The heavily indebted airline‚ which has been months behind on salary payments‚ saw its operations come to a grinding halt on Monday after disgruntled engineers responsible for aircraft safety checks threatened
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There is something almost contradictory around the idea of man-made diseases. It could easily create images of mad scientists or evil terrorists creating the ultimate in biological weaponry. At this point the conspiracy theorist in all of us starts to wonder about the origin of any number of diseases and we look over our shoulders cautiously to see if Big Brother is standing there. However‚ between the conspiracies and the terror campaigns is a fascinating list of diseases that could fit
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Modern Day Pirates By KaustiC What is modern day piracy well According to the International Maritime Bureau the definition is “Piracy is the act of boarding any vessel with an intent to commit theft or any other crime‚ and with an intent or capacity to use force in furtherance of that act.” Why is modern day piracy different than the piracy we see in movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean you ask? Robert Louis Stevenson’s type of piracy or the commonly known piracy in the 16th & 17th
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publicity. They got the help of trade unions and started some kind of movement in which they said that they will feed the aspirations of normal people.� However‚ Professor Sharad Bhowmik‚ Dean‚ School of Management & Labour Studies‚ Tata Institute of Social Studies‚ cites brutality of the state governments while quelling riots and the apathy of managements against trade unions. �The state government has been excessively oppressive on any section of the workers who have been protesting. In most cases
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The Modern Day Feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‚ a powerful leader in the modern day feminist movement‚ once said in a speech presented at TEDxEuston‚ We Should All Be Feminists‚ “Some people ask: ‘Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights‚ or something like that?’ Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is‚ of course‚ part of human rights in general—but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender
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A modern day hero should be a hero that people should still look up to today. “Our attempt to complete ourselves through other people frequently takes the form of seeking someone better‚ a person whose life and example gives us a clue about the answer to life’s questions” (Scheske). Society today‚ needs the modern day heroes we used to have. There have been changes made on how heroes were in the modern day‚ to how they are now. Technology has made a big impact on the differences from heroes now and
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THE SYRIAN UNREST The Syria unrest‚ which has been going on since March of 2011 is an uprising by a rebel group against a governing party in Syria. The main objectives of the rebels are to overthrow current president‚ Bashar-al-asshad. In April of 2011‚ the president deployed the army‚ still loyal to president asshad whose family lineage has been ruling Syria for decades‚ to open fire on any protesters. The rebels‚ in retaliation‚ formed their own group of armed troops mainly consisting of ex-soldiers
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2 Modern Day Miracles The Miracle of the Sun The Miracle of the Sun is an alleged miraculous event witnessed by as many as 100‚000 people on 13 October 1917 in the Cova da Iria fields near Fátima‚ Portugal. Those in attendance had assembled to observe what the Portuguese secular newspapers had been ridiculing for months as the absurd claim of three shepherd children that a miracle was going to occur at high-noon in the Cova da Iria on October 13‚ 1917. According to many witness statements‚ after
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Erika Morris ENG 101A Essay 3 Modern Day Idiocracy It is very likely that students‚ like me‚ during odd hours after homework or class will go to their rooms and flip through television channels to watch something in order to not be bored. The Daily Show may or may not be one of my television series of choice. Whether you choose to watch the series for laughs‚ entertainment or news value‚ I feel like there is a certain audience that it targets that knows the news facts and doesn’t solely
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Human Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery History classes across the nation explain the past and never forget to mention slavery‚ but they never seem to explain how the past is portrayed in today’s society. Human trafficking is the action of illegal transport of people from one area to the next for the purpose of forced labor or sexual exploitation. Forced labor is typically found in industries including domestic work‚ prostitution‚ and other illegal activities. Around three in one thousand people suffer
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