Good evening aspirants, welcome to the Hindu News Analysis by Shankar A.S. Academy for the date 19th and 20th of November. Displayed here are the list of news articles that we will be going through today. Now let's start the discussion. Look at this news article. This article is taken from yesterday's newspaper. This news article reports about the degradation of inter-tited mudflats in Kadalundi. Kadalundi is a village located on the southwestern coast of Kohlikode district of Kerala. The mudflats in Kadalundi is a prominent destination for some of the migrant shorebirds that are coming from Siberia, Ladakh, Mongolia and Scotland. Apart from this, it is also famous for mangroves. In the early 2000s, Kadalundi had about 8 hectares of nutrition rich mudflats. But as of now, the expanse of the mudflats have reduced to just about 1 hectare. Some of the researchers said that the devastating floods of 2018 and 2019 had expedited the process of degradation of Kadalundi mudflats. This news article further says that the remaining 1 hectare of mudflats are not protected and restored. Kadalundi will vanish from the global map as a prominent destination for migrant shorebirds. This is about the news article given here. In this context in our discussion today, let us learn some important points about mudflats and its significance. First, let us start with mudflats. Mudflats are coastal wetlands located near water bodies like sea or ocean that are regularly flooded by tides or rivers. Mudflats are mostly formed in intertidal areas due to deposition of mud by tides. Due to this fact, mudflats are also referred as tidal flats. As most of the sedimentary areas of the mudflats fall within the intertidal zone, the mudflats experience submotion under water twice a day. The mudflats usually occur in the sheltered areas of the coast like bays, lagoons and estuaries. Note that mudflats often have very less vegetation. Some of the salt marsh plants like coad grasses, sea aster and sea lavender are capable of growing in mudflats. Mangrues are also capable of growing in mudflats. These are some basic information about mudflats. Now moving on, let us see the significance of these mudflats. Firstly, mudflats protect the inland landform from erosion. Mudflats acts as a barrier by obstructing the waves from the sea. This factor helps to protect the interior landforms from erosion. Secondly, mudflats attract a large number of migratory shorebirds. This is because the intertidal mudflats are housing a variety of species like crabs, fish and mollusks. These species form the foot base for the migratory birds. So, this factor attracts a large number of migratory shorebirds to the mudflats. Because of this reason, mudflats often serve as a significant bird-wathing spot. Thirdly, mudflats are also involved in water purification and carbon sequestration activities. This helps in containing pollution and global warming. And finally, mudflats are acting as an important nursery for certain fish species. So, mudflats are important in conserving fish species. These are some of the significance of mudflats. Now moving on, let us see some of the threats faced by mudflats. The first important threat is due to coastal developmental activities. In the name of developmental activities, the mudflats are often destroyed to create coastal infrastructure. Apart from this, the mudflats are also dredged for navigational purposes. These are the most important threats faced by mudflats. The second threat is due to pollution. Industrial and agricultural runoff and polluted stormwater drainage affect the soil quality of the mudflats. It even results in the growth of algal mats. This affects the biodiversity of the mudflats and results in the reduction of migratory shorebirds. And the final threat is due to sea level rise. Global warming triggered sea level rise is submerging significant sections of the mudflats all around the world. This has led to the loss of tidal flats. This in turn causes floods and erosion in the coastal areas. These are some of the important threats faced by mudflats. And that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, we saw what is mudflats. Then we saw the significance of mudflats and finally the threats faced by mudflats. Now with this, let us conclude this discussion and take up the next news article. Look at the science page article. This article is also taken from yesterday's newspaper. This article is speaking about chickenpox vaccination. Recently, a committee set up by the UK government had recommended to include chickenpox vaccination in routine childhood immunization program. This committee had recommended to offer chickenpox vaccine to all children at 12 and 18 months of age. This recommendation was provided based on the successful vaccine program of the United States. In 1996, the United States had introduced a country-wide immunization program to wipe out chickenpox. Since its introduction, the vaccine has prevented over 91 million chickenpox cases in the United States. It even reduced 238,000 hospitalizations and almost 2,000 deaths related to chickenpox in the United States. The study also found that vaccination against chickenpox have reduced the risk of shingles in the United States. Here, know that shingles is a viral infection that causes painful rash on the skin. It is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. So based on the successful containment of chickenpox in the United States, UK is working towards making chickenpox vaccination a part of its immunization program. Now, what is the case with India? In India, we have a universal immunization program. It was launched in 1985. A total of 12 vaccine-preventable diseases including polio, hepatitis B, meningitis and so on are covered under this program. But note that chickenpox is not included in the universal immunization program of India. This is because the disease burden of chickenpox and hospitalization caused in India are not known. As a result, the cost-benefit analysis of chickenpox vaccination has not been done yet. So this hinders the immunization activities against chickenpox in India. These are all some of the important points mentioned in this news article. Moving forward in our discussion, let us understand some important points about the chickenpox disease. Chickenpox is a highly contagious viral disease. Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus. Now, what are the symptoms of the disease? Chickenpox can cause itchy rashes in the skins of humans. The rash first appears on the chest, back and face. After that, it spreads over the entire body including inside the mouth, eyelids and even in the general area. The other typical symptoms may begin to appear one or two days before the occurrence of rash. These symptoms include fever, tiredness, loss of appetite and headache. These are some of the important symptoms associated with chickenpox. Moving forward, let us see its mode of transmission. The chickenpox virus spreads easily from one person to another. The virus spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has chickenpox. Studies show that if one person has chickenpox, up to 90% of the unvaccinated people close to that person will become infected with chickenpox. This is why chickenpox is termed as a highly contagious disease. Chickenpox is not a serious concern to a healthy person. But it can cause serious complications in pregnant women, babies and people with weakened immune system. Now finally, let us see the prevention and treatment option available for chickenpox. Vaccination against chickenpox is the best way to prevent chickenpox. Chickenpox vaccine is very safe and effective at preventing the disease. Most people who get the vaccine will not get chickenpox. Two doses of chickenpox in children, adolescents and adults will effectively prevent chickenpox in such persons. Now coming to the treatment options. Taking several medications in the home itself can help to relieve the chickenpox symptoms and prevent the skin infection. Using lotion, taking cool bath with added baking soda and eating uncooked oatmeal can help to relieve the symptoms of itching. Apart from this, using painkillers and antiviral medication can help to relieve the symptoms of headache and fever associated with the chickenpox. See, these medications have to be followed only by a stable and healthy person. But vulnerable ones like pregnant women, babies and elderly people should be taken to the hospital to avoid serious complications associated with chickenpox. And that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, first we saw some important facts about the chickenpox vaccination as provided in the article. Then we saw about the symptoms, mode of transmission and the treatment available for chickenpox disease. That's all regarding this discussion. Now let us conclude this and take up the next news article. Look at this article. This article talks about road accidents in India. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 3 lakh people are estimated to be killed on road accidents in India each year. It is equivalent to more than 34 people every hour of every day. The figure is even higher when it comes to the number of people who have suffered life-altering injuries in car accidents. So, all we need is an immediate coordinate and evidence-based intervention to boost road safety. This is about the article given here. In this context, let us quickly go through the reasons for the number of road accidents and fatalities in India and the steps that can be taken to address these matters using a main question. Let me read out the question for you. According to the United Nations World Health Organization, a staggering 3 lakh people are estimated to be killed on roads in India. In this regard, briefly explain the reason for the high number of road accidents and fatalities in India. Also, enumerate the steps that can be taken to tackle the issue. See, this question can be asked in GS Paper 3 and that is syllabus, infrastructure, energy, port, roads, airport, railways, etc. Now, let us see how to approach this question. It is a very straightforward question. So, in the introduction part, you can highlight some of the data regarding road accidents in India. According to the annual report Road Accidents in India 2022, which is released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, a total of 4,61,312 road accidents have been reported in the states and the United States during the year 2022. Among them, the report stated that 1,68,000 people have lost their lives and 4,43,000 people were injured. This marks an increase of 11.9% in accidents, 9.4% in fatalities and 15.3% in injuries compared to the previous year. So, it is a high time that we have to understand the reasons for road accidents and develop more efficient and safety system to address road accidents. This can be your introduction. Now, moving on to the main body of the answer, here you can split the body of the answer into two parts. In the first part, you can write about the reason for the high number of road accidents and fatalities in India. And in the second part, you have to enumerate the steps that can be taken to tackle this issue. Let us start with the reasons for high number of road accidents and fatalities in India. The first reason for such a high number of accidents is war-speeding. War-speeding accounted for 72.3% of the total road accidents, 71.2% of total deaths and 72.8% of total injuries. Some of the other reasons might include use of mobile phones, jumping red lights, driving on the wrong lane or not following lane discipline. But still, war-speeding is the leading cause of increasing road accidents. This is the first reason. The second reason is infrastructural deficits. See, pathetic conditions of roads and vehicles, poor visibility and poor road design and engineering could be a reason for high number of road accidents and fatalities in India. But as per data, 67% of all accidents occurred on a straight road. This is over 4 times the total number of accidents that took place over curved roads, roads with potholes and roads having a steep gradient. This is the second reason, that is infrastructure deficit. The third reason is the lack of proper vehicle fitness. Nearly 21% of collisions in 2022 were classified as hit from back followed by head-on collision. This accounted for 16% of the total accidents. So, lack of proper vehicle fitness might be a reason for increasing accidents in India. The fourth reason is the implementation drawbacks. See, police are supposed to execute the rules, but due to lack of workforce, they fail to execute the rules. For example, according to section 129a, all riders above the age of 4 should use protective gear when riding a motorcycle. This includes both the rider and the pillion rider. But this rule is implemented very rarely. Also, lack of proper compliance by the people is also an issue. People driving four-wheelers do not wear seat belts leading to high instance of fatalities in road accidents. Apart from this, overloading a vehicle to save on cost of transportation is also a reason for increasing number of road accidents. These are the some of the points you can write for your first part of the answer. Now moving on to the second part, here you have to enumerate the steps that can be taken to tackle this issue. Firstly, to monitor over-speeding, speed detection devices like radar and speed detection camera system can be introduced. For example, digital skill cameras have been implemented in Chandigarh. Then, speed cameras and radar guns have been introduced in New Delhi. Here, radar gun is a handheld device used by traffic police to estimate the speed of the passing vehicle. As you can see in this image, both has reported meager amount of road accidents. Secondly, improved safety features like speed bumps, raised platform, rounder boards and optical markings can be introduced to reduce the road accidents to a great extent. Thirdly, the each alarm has been implemented to decrease corruption in the traffic infringement fines. Fourthly, vehicle safety features like electronic stability control, effective car crash standards and advanced braking has been made mandatory For example, recently the Ministry of Rural Transport and Highways introduced the Bharat NCP, that is new car assessment program to give 5 stars to vehicle indicating their safety in a crash. Finally, to reduce the fatalities in road accidents, the Motor Vehicle Act provides for a scheme for cashless treatment of road accident victims during the Golden Hover. Here, Golden Hover is nothing but the 1 hour time period lasting following a traumatic injury. This duration is called Golden Hover because there is the highest likelihood of preventing death by providing medical care during this period. This is the second part of the answer. In this, we have highlighted the steps that can be taken to reduce road accidents. Now coming to the conclusion part, let me share with you a model conclusion. India loses nearly 5% to 9% of national GDP due to road accidents, most of which can be prevented. So, we need strategic investment in road safety measures and a comprehensive road safety process to achieve sustainable development goal, which is 3.6. And that's all regarding this discussion. In this discussion, we covered various aspects of road safety in India. Now with this, let us conclude this discussion and take up the next news article. Take a look at this news article from yesterday's newspaper. It talks about the China-Pakistan Economic Coit Door. Now, suddenly it is in news because Pakistan's Prime Minister recently visited China to renew talks on the China-Pakistan Economic Coit Door. This is because this project was stalled due to disagreements over the Gwadar Port in Balochistan. The article here highlights the reason why the China-Pakistan Economic Coit Door got stalled. This is about the article. In our discussion today, we will see the important points highlighted in the article in detail. First, let us start with the basics. What is China-Pakistan Economic Coit Door? The CPEC is a 3000 km long route of infrastructure projects connecting China and the Gwadar Port of Pakistan. It is a bilateral project between Pakistan and China. It intended to promote connectivity across Pakistan with a network of highways, railways and pipelines which is accompanied by energy, industry and other infrastructure development projects. The project will pave the way for China to access Middle East and Africa from the Gwadar Port through the Indian Ocean. In return, China will support the development projects in Pakistan to overcome Pakistan's energy crisis and the failing Pakistan's economy. Remember, CPEC is also part of the Belt and Road Initiative. But the project currently has stalled due to various troubles that started since 2016. Such troubles include confusion in funding, confusion in contractor selection and then bidding delays and finally disagreement over tax exemption. Apart from this, the Balochistan locals strongly protested the Gwadar Port city fearing loss of livelihood. They also resisted the use of Chinese laborers in the project. Their anti-China sentiment peaked when the locals came to know that China profited 91% from the leasing of the Gwadar Port to China Overseas Port Holding Company. In order to pursue the project, the Pakistani government has grabbed lands from the locals and forced them to resettle elsewhere. This had led to a race and insurgency in Balochistan. These militant groups have carried out several attacks on Pakistani army officials who were providing protection to the Chinese workers. The issue got worse when China stopped funding three road projects due to corruption allegations. China has also insisted to make Yon which is the local currency of China as a legal tender in the Gwadar Port region. In retaliation, Pakistan's National Assembly ordered the inquiry into China Overseas Port Holding Company. The project has almost got stalled. In 2022, China refused to further expand cooperation with Pakistan in areas of energy, water management and climate change under the CPEC. These are the issues surrounding the implementation of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. And these are some of the points that are mentioned in the article. Now with this, let us conclude this discussion and take up the next news article. Look at this editorial article. This editorial article is about the activities of Tamil Nadu governor R. N. Ravi. This article is written in the backdrop of a petition in the Supreme Court. Recently, the Tamil Nadu government filed a petition against the Tamil Nadu governor in the Supreme Court. The Tamil Nadu government is accusing that the governor is delaying in giving assent to the bill passed by the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly. The Supreme Court is currently hearing the petition and it is yet to pronounce the order. In the slide, the author of this editorial points out that the governor's act of withholding assent to the bill is kind of a constitutional oppression. And it also undermines parliamentary democracy. So, the author says that the Supreme Court must examine the constitutional powers of the governor before pronouncing the judgment in this case. This is about the major points mentioned in the article. Now in our discussion today, let us revise about the important constitutional discretionary powers that are available to the governor. See, the Constitution of India has granted some authority to the governor to act on his own discretion. While acting at his discretion, the governor is not bound to act based on the recommendation of the council of ministers of the state. Now we will see the constitutional discretionary powers one by one. First, let us take up article 200. As per article 200, the governor in some cases can reserve a state bill for the consideration of the president. This happens when the governor is of the opinion that any particular bill is derogating the powers of the High Court or it endangers the constitutional position of the High Court. See, for this action, the governor is not bound to act on the recommendation of the council of ministers in the state. It is the discretionary power of the governor to decide upon deserving bill for the consideration of the president. Second, let us take up article 356. This article deals with the governor's role in recommending the president's rule. Article 356 imposes the president to impose president's rule in a particular state. The president can impose his rule in two situations. Firstly, if the president is satisfied that the government of the state is not functioning in accordance with the provisions of this constitution, then the president may impose the president's rule. Secondly, if the president receives a report from the governor of the state to impose president's rule, then he must evaluate the situation and may proclaim president's rule. In this case, the governor's report to impose president's rule is totally the governor's discretion. This means that there is no necessary condition to the governor in order to give a report for the president's rule. This is the second condition where the governor can act on his discretion. And finally, let us take article 167. As per article 167, the governor can ask the chief minister of the state to furnish any information relating to the administration of the state. The governor can also ask the chief minister to furnish any information relating to the proposals for legislation. These powers are also purely the governor's discretionary power. These are some of the most important constitutional discretionary powers that are available to the governor. So, that's all regarding this discussion. With this, we have come to the end of the news article discussion session. Now, let us take up the practice problems questions. We have four practice problems questions today. Let us see them one by one. Let us take up the first question. This is a pair-based question. On one side, mud flats are given. And on the other side, locations are given. We have to find how many of these pairs are correctly matched. The first pair is correctly matched. Etimoga is located in Andhra Pradesh. The second pair is also correctly matched. This we saw in the news article discussion. Kadalundi is located in Kerala. The third pair is wrongly matched. Swari is not located in Gujarat. It is actually located in Maharashtra. And the fourth one is also wrongly matched. Adarbanki is not located in West Bengal. It is actually located in Odisha. So, two pairs are correctly matched. And two pairs are incorrectly matched. So, the correct answer here is option B only two. Moving on to the next question. Here five diseases are given. We have to find how many of the diseases are covered under Universal Immunization Program of India. See, as we saw in the discussion, chickenpox is not yet covered under Universal Immunization Program of India. The rest of the four diseases are covered under it. So, the correct answer here is option C only four. Here I have displayed the diseases that are covered under the Universal Immunization Program of India. You can go through it. Moving on to the next question. Here three statements are given. We have to find how many of the given statements are the constitutional discretionary powers of the governor of the state. Let us take up the first statement. Calling the chief minister of the state to furnish any information relating to the administration of the state. This we saw in the discussion itself. It is a constitutional discretionary power of the governor. Moving on to the second statement. Sending report to the president to impose president's rule. This statement is also correct. Moving on to the third statement. Reserving the state bill for the consideration of the president. This is also a constitutional discretionary power of the governor. So, the correct answer here is option C all three. Moving on to the last question. Three statements regarding the China-Pakistan economic order is given. We have to find how many of the statements given here are correct. Look at the first statement. It aims to link the western part of China to the Gwadar port in Balochistan, Pakistan. This statement is correct. Moving on to the second statement. It is part of the Belt and Road Initiative. It is also correct. Moving on to the third statement. It passes through the Pakistan occupied cashmere. Which is a disputed region between India and Pakistan. This statement is also correct. So, the correct answer here is option C all three. With this, we have come to the end of the discussion. If you like today's video, like, comment and share it with your friends. For more updates regarding UPSC preparation, subscribe to Shankara IS Academy's YouTube channel. Thank you for listening.


It's Diddy Kane on back like I never left cooking up content like a chef shooting videos like I'm step curry so hurry up subscribe because it's time for us to slide it's time for us to slide baby hey shout out to the triple C's and do not forget to throw them C's up throw them C's up in the comment section if you are not a part of the triple C's and you would like to be make sure you smash that scrub but and throw them C's up in the comment section now today is a continuation of yesterday's video and I'm going to tell you right now baby it was a complete disaster so stay tuned to the end it's time for us to go get it in and get these dividends let's win so we got us another order but we do have a problem I'm telling you guys a problem but I want to tell you guys the order first now we are driving 12 miles we are picking up vinyl drywall trim that weighs 226 pounds and we will be paid 125 bucks if you're hating so what now this thing though baby the one problem that we have is this is going to the airport so you guys are going along because this could be a disaster every time we go to the airport it is not in well but we're about to get our pockets on swell I mean swole you already know let's go and we are here at the pickup location just so you guys know they're supposed to print out the paperwork for us so I'm not sure if they're gonna be able to or not this warehouse is huge and nobody's right here either how you doing boss I have a uh a quarter to pick up it's going to the airport this is the uh order number there oh let me see this one right here yes sir last four is 29 29 21 yes sir which one about the three of us if you had one even back in the day you was the man or the lady whichever one if you had any got to they got the they got the joint on they got the joint they got to build that joint went up and put it on the scale trip up baby scale all right and also one more thing they said that um you saw good side got the hijackers on that joint they said that um can you print the paperwork out for us because it's going to happen okay I appreciate that boss oh it's going to France for real dang that joint going to France all right I appreciate you boss it's not right here yep there's carry it yes sir the date is 11 it's a little fuzz on here oh yeah that pocket land you guys so much money in there you get anything else I need to do or no I think you got signed one more this one's mine this one's yours and you'll have to sign this one as well and I'm really sure where I mean if you walk a sign here yeah sign there that's okay I already know because it happens sometimes next you know I'm going next thing you need a signature and I and I'm nowhere to be found believe me I don't want my fair share mine these two are yours okay and then we just gotta put another label on it we'll be okay all right thank you very much sir I appreciate your help y'all see what's going on my guy pulling up so we can get these bucks okay good yes sir right there is perfect all right appreciate you boss you look like the best thing those are you're doing that's already I appreciate it boys we have a good one put my steps here I'll put my steps over here all right you too boss right there bro let's start we'll do and just like that it's game time we're still out here on the ground let's shine so we're just about to leave the first pickup and guess what it took us 41 minutes of wait time for them to get all that paperwork together huge out team they got everything situated but they had a lot of issues with the paperwork some it was supposed to say going here or going there they had no idea what was going on and I definitely don't know what's going on baby this is my first time going to the pickup location and doing this low time to get our pockets on swole let's go I know you're wondering right now no no no no no we are not at the airport we did get another low we're about to go and get our pocket swole and I'm gonna tell you guys after this so this one is 1100 pounds we're gonna drive seven miles the dimensions are 48 by 40 by 60 and we will receive a payment of 125 but to pick up the prize and drive right to the airport both of these lows we have in the where we're going to have an event are going to the same exact drop off area at the airport hey get to this money we will never ignore let's go are here at the pickup location oh it's always fail this is xpo this is like one of those big uh box trucks and semi trucks places that they begin stuff from so I don't know it says come to this door and then go where I'm guess I may be going over here oh to this best this best right there this best me this best me this money understand me hello how you doing sir I'm gonna have a load to pick up I gotta mix up I have a load to pick up I don't know I have no idea 2000 years later I'm over here where I need to go are you like in a in a box or a sprinter van okay go by 32 I will go out 32 yeah I need to go with the driver too okay so this goes with you so all this take this with me that's all I need no you need to meet him down by 32 door this goes with you and then he'll give you the sign okay I'm good to go 32 all right appreciate it boss just like that y'all already know what's going on we like go ahead and get it on y'all know my nickname wrong I'm rocking on my phone but pull up pull up stop park ram still spinning maybe go up more maybe go up more not just on the rocks kid that's it yes you want me to push it yeah okay thank you very much he thinks they're supposed to get some more paperwork all right and just like that it's time to hit the road and y'all already know it's time for us to go let's go so we're finally going to leave the second location and that took about 22 minutes right there they couldn't figure it out either everything's been going haywire with this paperwork they don't know where it's going they don't like it's like the numbers are mixed up I don't know what's going on baby all I'm doing is trying to get these funds and shout out to everybody and someone let's go just like that we are here to drop off the door must be remain closed at all time there's a emergency exit only I think I have to go over here maybe let's see I don't know what I'm supposed to do baby but and no more flow stick like the flu baby see what's going on next y'all how you doing boss I might have two loads drop off to you guys so I have two loads to drop off to you guys so this is the first one here this is the second one oh that's how they gave it to me what does that mean I'm not sure this is my first time doing this so I'm a little confused that's why I don't know what I'm doing when they give you these that means they screen the freight already like x-ray dog whatever but when they give you this it has to be filled out before you get here so if it's not filled out you see it's blank you have to re-screen it okay so you gotta do it okay so I'm saying if they send they screen that they should have filled this out you were supposed to sign somebody from their company is supposed to sign put the lock all this stuff will be filled out yeah I don't know if they did or not I'm not sure we're gonna take this out that's a second second one they didn't give you no paperwork for this one that's the only two things they gave me it's my first time too so it is this ugly puppy maybe it's the same thing it's just like a sign though no this is not the same company it's two different companies oh it's two different companies yeah so this is just a whole separate thing that one on your right yeah how many pieces of freight you have do you know I have two skids you have two skids yeah all right we gotta get paperwork for this we're waiting on the reply now okay yeah because this one I need all this stuff for the second right yeah what is it called what is the people are called the way bill stuff yeah you need to tell them you need a master l-way bill a iac and a cargo manifest for the second ship which is all this stuff here this one is okay so this is the iac form this is the master l-way bill with the contract and that's the cargo manifest okay so this one is okay to go so we go with this for that one okay so you can take this this is not a process okay i could process let me get your idea mix them with british airlines see they they've been saying something about british and i don't know how to do the l-way bill so this stuff needs to be corrected you see that oh yeah that's british that should be air canada this ba that should be ac and these flights are not ours so is i don't know what they get one like is this but this airway bill is good that's so that's good it just tells me the number is in our system it's been booked by aircon but why they put british and all that stuff on there let me see if i can they got the booking person who booked it from aircon maybe i can ask them for the correction okay give me a second all right i appreciate it so now me and my guy got to check the free for some more paperwork to see what happens because whoo whoo it's critical they got us on here bad huh they got us on here bad okay so this is the package list enclosed this is the paper what's this label say right there yeah that's the airway bill number okay so that's that would help out okay you need a light or you good i can't see you can you see it hold on let me let me start off now i'll tell you it zero one four seventy two forty six fifty six twenty one dash one look that up okay so they have it on there at all they don't have that on it they have the house bill number and i can't look at so what is the house bill number the house bill number is the ld number oh so they had the wrong number on there no it's the right number but it's it's hard to explain like you have a master bill number the house bill number is who the freight actually belongs to okay aircon is the the the shipper but the don't belong to them it belongs to the person born yeah right okay yeah that's why they do a house bill number right okay if you want to know who it belongs to not the shipper right okay so i'm gonna take i'm gonna go through this door right here just giving them two airway bills okay appreciate you boss so we figured everything god we are good to go guys we got the paperwork right here so we don't need to put it in yes right here yeah i don't want no problem you see yeah it's where it's going and we need to have this yeah so if we don't have this for example let's say we just put a wrong label on it and our guy is gonna send it wherever and you ain't gonna you go and somebody else get it and then you never know where it's supposed to go yeah that's the thing you know appreciate you boss you have a good one yes sir and just like that it is end of the video i hope you guys enjoy the content as you guys start it was a complete disaster baby everything was messed up it was the paperwork all of the paperwork was wrong some of what's wrong with the drop-off location some was wrong with the pickup location it was a terrible terrible time right was out there on the ground now all together it took us about three hours to do these two orders and the mileage wasn't bad at all all together the mileage was probably like 40 miles the rest of the time was waiting to get the paperwork right and waiting for this and waiting for that so all that time to get out there on the ground 40 miles in my area probably takes about an hour and that's pushing it baby really like i would say between 45 to 55 minutes all together for 40 miles so the rest of it at that time we were sitting around waiting turning our thongs baby but we got to that money more dropping the crumb i hope you guys enjoyed this video again if you're not subscribed make sure to subscribe and like it tomorrow because it's going back down because we ain't playing around because 2023 is big bags easy we'll keep on giving reasons i'll see you guys on next one we're going to be going before you're already knowing the dk and i'm on my way one more thing throw them seeds up we're gone


Hello everybody, welcome back to another Nerdy Draws. For this episode, I am drawing Akane Sunamori from Psycho Pass. Before I get started, this drawing and style was based off of the first opening of the anime, which I honestly thought was amazing. Very few anime openings can top this one, at least in my opinion, because I know people like different ones. But my favorite ones that, aside from this, probably have to be like, uh, Full Metal Alchemist? And I think that's it. Maybe erased. I actually really like erased. But anyways, um, so yeah, I really liked this first opening, and so that's what I drew it based off of, just because I really love the art style so much. I really love the song so much, and honestly, I thought it was just a really great opening. But aside from the opening, the anime itself is just great. Um, so this video is gonna sort of be a fandom talk, because I like the show, and I'm drawing a character, so I figured why not. Also, um, if you haven't seen it already, me and TurquoiseT did a collaboration. You can find it as one of my most recent videos. Um, I would highly recommend watching that, because it was fun to do, and we had some good conversations in it. Uh, so this, this anime, uh, was probably in my top 10s. There's very few animes that I can go into, and I can honestly say that this anime is great. You should watch it, because there's a lot of animes that I absolutely love to death.  Like, um, Princess Jellyfish, I think is one of them, because I, I don't, I love it to death, but I don't feel like I could recommend it to people. Uh, Degreeman, and a few other ones. Like, I, I absolutely love them, but I just couldn't describe to you why. This one, on the other hand, is not one of those. This one I can definitely vouch for. First of all, it's got some great stories. Some of the cases in there are just fantastic. Um, I, which one was my favorite? I gotta say the one where he had, it was the girl who was, uh, like turning people into dolls, and like putting them out. Like, that was, okay, this anime is super morbid, but that was, I thought that was a good one. I thought it was really creative. But, um, so I really, I just like the cases in general. And then the villain was really good. Um, it sort of reminded me, uh, spoiler alert, by the way, I probably should have said that before. Um, spoiler alert, uh, the villain passes his psychopath. So like, basically in the society, what happens is, um, they are, they are able to tell if somebody's crazy or not based on this level that they have in their brain called the psychopath. And this guy just like does not care.  And I'm gonna, wish you guys good luck. Like, have fun. He was, he was a good villain. And he was very interesting. And it sort of reminded me of those cases where, um, where it's like the people can pass the lie detector test because they're so good at lying. And that's that, that's what that reminded me of. Uh, I also really like the character relationships. Like, not romantic relationships. In fact, I actually see Akane and Kogami sort of as like, I'm so butchering these names. I see them as more like a brotherly relationship. And then also Ginozo with his dad was cool. Also, I really miss, I'm throwing a bunch of names out here, but Kogami, he's, he's got orange hair or basically red hair, I guess, but I missed him when he, uh, I'm not gonna give any details, but it was, it was a, it was a very hard scene for me. But it was good. This anime is great. And I would highly recommend it to anybody. The art style is fantastic. The animation is just great. And I think I even got my dad on board with that at this point because like he saw the animation, he was like, well, I might watch that. So that is saying something because my dad is not a huge fan of anime. I am, in fact, one of the only fans of anime in my family. But this, uh, I, it was one of the first animes that I'd gotten into for a while. And so I just have a lot of good stuff to say about it, say about it. So I would highly recommend all those who consider watching it to watch it. So we are nearing the end of this video, guys. I hope you guys enjoyed this fandom talk slash speed paint. If there's something you would like to have me draw or talk about next, leave it down in the comments section below and I will happily apply it by that request. So thank you all for watching and goodbye.


Meanwhile, the Eagle Square is wearing a new look as the ruling All Progressive Congress prepares for its special convention in Abuja, scheduled to hold on the 7th of June, the fate of the 23 presidential aspirants, which include front-runners like Ashiwajubola Tinubu, Professor Yemio Shibajo, Rotimi Amichi, Gatole Kwabio, Ken Inamani, Agunaya Anu, Jack Rich, Senators Biko Lea Moso, Roches Okorocha amongst others, will be determined as the winner eventually picks the APC presidential ticket at the 2023 general election. The issues over concessions candidacy had been put on the card with rumors of meetings taking place across various regional divers, but as it seems, no one is ready to step down for the other, leaving all the candidates slugging out tomorrow.


Yn ddweud hynny, dyma'n gwneud ei fod yn seud yn meddwl, na fydd yw'r ddweud... ...gylai ti hynny fel y dyma'n gwneud patheticwydol i'w bai'r clerwyddo. Yn ddweud hynny, jednaki rwy'n ei ddweud ar hyd yn ddiolch yn cyffredinol. Yn cynnig i chi. Mae Hysbeth Llyfrach yn ddechrau i apteithio fel y gallu gwneud... ...yna ymddai'n bwysig, dwi'n ffrwng gwaterfodol. that sheffers, as many countries we have, to try and give a picture of what's going on in the world of intellectual property. I would to make just a few very brief comments which would be numbers in China's Asia... i'w meddwl am ddydd cyfnodd a mynd i'w meddwl i'w meddwl ar yr oedodd yn lly mwyn y dyfodol. Mae'r rydyn ni'n meddwl ar gweithfyrdd fel y dyfodol, a'r rydyn ni i wneud y rhoi rydyn ni ar y rydyn ni wedi'r parityng oed is that we see them in GDP at the national level or at the world level for the most part in respect of intellectual property. So again, it's a message that's consistent with the one that we're seeing in previous years. This is the fifth successive year of growth, and by the way I should have said, we're talking about 2014, because we need to collect all the statistics and then to process them. .. Borough of the economy and the arrival of the knowledge economy. Specifically, patent farming grew worldwide by 4.5% in 2014 up to 2.68 million. ac yn mynd i gyfnodol, mae'r pan-farnwyr maen nhw'n 4.5% yn 2014, a'r 2.68. Dwi'n gweithio'r ysgolwyr, oherwydd eich cwestiynau'r ddweud yn eich cyflwyno ar gyfer y cyflwyno yw'r cymhwyllt yma. Alwch chi'n gweithio'r cyllid yma yng nghymru, gallwch chi ddweud y clywed o'r ddweud o'r cyllid yma, cwm yw'r cyllid o'r cyllid o'r ddweud o'r ddweud o'r ddweud o'r cofnidol yn y samadol. Felly, yn y gweithio'r cyllid, gallwch chi'n gweithio ar y ddweud o'r cofnidol o'r ddweud o'r cofnidol o'r cyllid o'r ddweud o'r cofnidol. y gallwn gwahanol y gallwn gwahanol, ac mae'n gweithio ar hyn a'r dyma'r berthynat yn ysgrifnegol, mae'r cyfle o'r cyffredinol yn y cyffredinol, ac mae'n gweithio'r cyffredinol yn 2014 o'r 7.45 miliwn. Cymru ychydigiaeth o'r ddysgu I'm only going to make reference to one other. I'm not going to deal with utility models, but if you want to talk about those, fine. But plant varieties, plant variety protection I think is worth a mention. It's only a reasonably small number, about 15,600 worldwide, but it grew by 3.3% in 2014. So that's so much for numbers. Then if I may make, as I said, a comment on China, well, it's really quite extraordinary as we have discussed repeatedly over the last several years, but it is quite extraordinary the numbers coming out of China. So it's the largest patent filing office, so if you look at the numbers received by any patent office in the world, the largest number is received by China. And it's approaching 1 million. It's 928,000, which is extraordinary. You drop them to the U.S., the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which is 580,000 in round figures, 578,000. And then to Japan, which is 325,000 in round figures. So quite extraordinary. Now when you look at the total number of applications that an office received, of course they receive them from residents, you know, nationals if you like, and they receive them from foreigners. And when you look at residents where Chinese nationals or enterprises are filing worldwide, you also see that they're the largest number of filers worldwide. Not only does the office receive the largest number, but Chinese nationals and enterprises file the largest number worldwide. So they filed about 837,000 patent applications worldwide. And again that compares to residents of the U.S. filing about 500,000 and Japan about 465,000. So this is quite extraordinary itself.  And the next is the U.S. 471,000. So these numbers are quite eloquent really, quite extraordinary. And then the third is the European Office, the Ohiomus it's called, the European Trademark Office around about 331,000. So, and then again taking the angle of where a Chinese enterprise is filing worldwide, we see that China has overtaken Germany now as the largest origin of filing activity worldwide in the area of trademarks. So it's quite an extraordinary story and just to complete it on industrial designs, similar although a 14.4% decline in applications in China, but nevertheless it leads the field and in plant varieties it is second to the European Union Community Plant Variety Office. So that's a story in itself I think. So good numbers, better than other sectors of economic activity, let's say. China is assuming a position of predominance numerically and we're talking about numbers here. Now as far as Asia more generally is concerned, of course a big explanation for Asia more generally is China. It's the dominant figure, let's say. Nevertheless what we do see is that Asia now accounts for the bulk of IP filing activity worldwide. It's the largest IP filing region in the world if you like, the largest IP producer in the world. So Asia's total share or share of world total is now 60% for patents, 52% for trademarks and 67% for designs. So this is a change that has occurred, a rather dramatic change that has occurred in the course of the last 10 to 20 years and with respect to Asia it's in numbers of course dominated by China, Japan and the Republic of Korea in particular. But we do see, and that would be my third point, that we do see some greater take up in the use of the intellectual property system worldwide by middle income countries with some quite strong performances. Of course this is mainly in the trademark era but not exclusively. Let me give you a couple of examples. I think Iran stands out as one example where we see that from Iran 18.5% increase in patent applications and in trademarks. Where are they? Can you help me out? They don't feature so much but designs I think. Yes, an 83% increase in design applications. So that's quite interesting I think. India is also recording some interesting numbers. 15% increase in trademarks. 9% nearly 10% increase in designs. So that's I think another interesting development. Oh yes, I've covered Asia and I've covered other middle income. So I'll leave my comments at that point but we're happy to take any questions, particularly my colleagues. Can you explain a bit more about the industrial design decline? Why is that happening? Good question. Karsten, do you have a show? Well I have a statistical answer but not a full explanation. The statistical answer is China. You saw a rapid decline in industrial design activity in China so they had a negative growth or they had a decline of 14.4%. And because China accounts for such a large share of the global figures such a sharp decline in China translates into negative growth at the global level, I would say that for most of the other major offices the growth performance has been mixed. Some offices seem growth, some offices seem declines but the reason we saw a decline globally is entirely due to China. Although you could add that there is a decline in a couple of other countries for design activity so Australia minus nearly 5%, Japan minus nearly 5%, Turkey minus nearly 5%. But Karsten's explanation is the predominant one. But is there an explanation for why? No, it's a good question and an interesting one because on the one hand you see designs becoming a more important feature of innovation everywhere. And one would expect from that that you would get more firing activity. And on the other hand I suppose we have to consider also things like the length of the product life cycle, the appropriateness of design protection as it is generally. I think many countries have considered this question. Is this the best way to protect designs in industry and in innovation? What are the other ways? Well there are no other ways. The only other way is to rely on your lead advantage but you risk being copied. It really would require an in depth study and survey I'd say of industry to get to the bottom of this one. Because let's take fashion and I'm speaking anecdotally here but in fashion or in automobile a successful design is something they really want to protect. And the same would be true of some of the features of smartphones, technology and so forth. But in other areas the number of emulators might be reduced or might not be significant. It's an interesting question. I can't give an answer without lengthy analysis I would say. I agree and I think it would be wrong to speculate on what's going on. We did see in 2013 there was pretty much zero growth as far as I remember it. So that in some sense you weren't entirely surprised not to see growth maybe a bit surprised to see a fall of 14.4%. But I think what's really driving that I don't think it would be appropriate to speculate. Hi, I'm Jamie from Associated Press. I assume that the use of the great wall of China is something that is not trademarked because you are allowed to do that. I think for you for your nice little graphic here. Just about China I mean obviously we've seen this increase but what does it say about China more probably? There's been a lot of sort of stereotype about China. How does this debunk the sort of myth about China? Well look I think the most you can say about the numbers is that it demonstrates a massive body into the intellectual property system on China. You know they are the number one users of it in the world. So that's a very significant thing. Now beyond that when you come to consider the whole relationship of China to intellectual property it's a more complex story than that. But everything we see coming out of the policy pronouncements of the leadership indicates an endorsement of the use of intellectual property. So strategically of course innovation features extremely prominently in the economic policy and the whole as is said movement from made in China to created in China. So strategically the Chinese authorities are placing an enormous amount of importance on the establishment of value addition across the economy and on innovation. There also the second largest in absolute terms investors in research and development in the world. So this is an area that China is taking extremely seriously. Can I just follow up on that? Is it safe to assume that not all patents are made alike or equal? I mean in other words a quantity does not necessarily translate into quality and is this pushed by the Chinese government maybe just window dressing in a way. Is there any way to sort of qualify the concrete importance of those numbers? Well they are numerical indicators. The fact is we don't have an accepted metric for quality. So it says misleading to make a positive statement in favour of numbers standing for quality as it is to make a negative statement that they don't stand for quality because we don't know at the end of the day here at this stage. And you can explore the metric question and many people are and many economists are working on it but it's quite difficult. And in a sense I would say if we had a good metric you wouldn't need a venture capital industry. We don't know that's one of the features of innovation at the outset. So we can just notice the numerical thing. We can notice also the strategic importance. I don't think that you can place such strategic importance on the transformation of industry across the country as window dressing personally I would say. It's too important. I guess maybe I should just make a little bit of a fair understanding of what you mean. What evidence do you have that this is just patent applications for the sake of patent applications? Well I think in any system you get a distortion in the use of the system depending on the available incentives. So there are incentives in China as elsewhere by the way which would encourage patent applications. They might be subsidisation of the fees for filing. They may be rewards that researchers get but these exist in every country. I wouldn't single out China in this respect. It's part of a strategy of trying to secure competitive advantage through innovation. So I don't think we could single it out in any way in this regard. Yes sir. You flagged the patent applications this year. I think you explained that the patent applications are significant. And also I see China's tops there once again but Ukraine's second. Is there any reason for this to do with the international agricultural negotiations? No. I signalled it mainly because it's usually forgotten. And I do think it's quite an important area. Because we do face a challenge in the world in relation to agriculture. First a challenge of feeding a growing population. It's going to be 9 or 10 billion by 2050. And that will require increases in agriculture productivity. And second a challenge of adaptation in relation to climate change. So what are the available innovation possibilities for agriculture? And one of them is, which has been used for thousands of years, new plant varieties. And new plant varieties increase yield in the agricultural area. They have other applications like ornamentals. But they increase yield in grains and in fruits. They introduce new varieties, new diversity in the marketplace. Take apples and look at the varieties that are available these days, for example. So it's an important area and it's a very accessible area. So if you look at who's leading, well Netherlands, which is the flower basket of Europe of course, is number one. But you see very important activity in a number of other countries. For example Kenya, Tanzania, Tanzania, Ethiopia and the cut file markets, Colombia. So it's an accessible and very useful form of innovation I think. It's not the only innovation in agriculture. Of course you've got machinery and genetic engineering amongst other things. So it comes into the patent system as well. I'm going back to China, or just more broadly. Do you break down the origin of patent applications from between private and public sector?  I mean, what I'm trying to get at with that is, if presumably private sector apps would be more attuned to customer design. I don't have any other desires, whereas maybe a state player would have some different interests. I wouldn't make that assumption necessarily in an economy which is still dominated by state-owned enterprises. And which seems to be having success in the market. So I wouldn't necessarily make that assumption, but I don't think we have the breakdown. We don't have the breakdown public versus private, privately owned company. Not here, but in some other contexts, and I'm happy to point you to these figures. We do publish figures on patent findings by universities and public research organisations. We did that for example for selected areas of technologies, nanotechnology, 3D printing, robotics. In our World Intellectual Property Report. And there indeed what you found in the case of China was that the chair of universities and public research organisations was higher compared to other countries. But in the case of companies, for example the two biggest Chinese filers under the Patent Corporation Treaty system, ZTE Technologies, which is a state-owned enterprise, and Huawei Technologies, which I understand is a private enterprise. So it's not obvious whether that tells you something of your own issue.


And only if we have secure systems can we ensure that dissidents around the world can speak freely. And I actually pulled a quote from James Baker. He used to be the FBI general counsel. He wrote this in 2019. And he said, it is time for government authorities, including law enforcement, to embrace encryption good as it is one of the few mechanisms that the United States and its allies can use to more effectively protect themselves from existential cybersecurity threats, particularly from China. So here we are a year and a half later, and he's right. Encryption is how we can help defend Hong Kong dissidents. And back doors is how we abandon them.