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Melbourne will join Australian cities - Sydney, Perth and Adelaide on the new edition of Monopoly board game. Melbourne's famour landmarks such as Federation Square, Flinders Street Station, the Great Ocean Road and St. Kilda beach are all set to feature on the board.

After Siemens AG paid a whopping $450 million fine, Alstom S.A. the world’s largest power and transportation company has been asked to pay $ 772 million the biggest ever fine for bribing government officials to get plum contracts in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahamas for more than a decade.

The Operation Enduring Freedom is as good as over. As the foreign combat troops prepare to go back home at the end of this month, the responsibility for peacemaking and ensuring the safety and security of the people of Afghanistan will squarely lie with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) hampered by a shortage of arms and ammunition.

The Bahá’ís are being treated as second rate citizens in their country, Iran. They are not allowed to gain college admission or hold government positions. They are routinely harassed, discriminated, and their properties get confiscated.

School children and teachers live under the shadow of the gun all over the world. Does it make any difference if the hand on the trigger is that of a terrorist or security forces personnel? Many students, teachers, schools, and universities have seen targeted attacks, bombing, burning, killing, kidnapping and torture in the last 5-10 years. Many people died, and many others missed out on education.

Petitioners’ village in Beijing is a den of injustice and inhumanity where petitioners or their relatives are imprisoned, arbitrarily detained or beaten by official and their hired thugs just to buy their silence. In several cases, police have simply arrested people for applying for a protest permit. Many end up in China’s notorious reeducation through labor (laodong jiaoyang or laojiao) system.

Since 1925 this has been the place where all of the world's famous pianists have chosen the instruments for their performances, recordings and personal use. Only recognised "Steinway artists" have access to the place, where they can practice with the best acoustics and without bothering their neighbours.

China has given orders to its Coast Guard to shoot at sight any ship without taking anybody’s permission. This is a very dangerous move and could start a war

On 20 Jan 2021, Chinese soldiers tried to change the ground situation in Nathula Pass in Sikkim. Reports which are now coming in confirm that the incident did happen.

It is rather risky to forecast the Dragon’s moves, especially when it has embarked on a very unpredictable course.

Over the past few weeks, the international media has been full of stories about the ambitious plans of Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, to become a renewable energy giant.

The military coup on 01 Feb 2021 in Myanmar has to be seen in the context of the Chinese showdown with India in both western as well as the eastern sectors. China is working very hard to ensure that India does not become a third superpower on the globe within the next decade.