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The popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains in the world. According to the Morning Consult survey, PM Narendra Modi is once again on top of the global rating with an approval rating of 75 percent. PM Narendra Modi was followed by Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi with 63 per cent and 54 per cent ratings in the second and third place respectively. US President Joe Biden has been placed fifth in the list of 22 world leaders with a rating of just 41 percent. Joe Biden is followed by Canadian President Justin Trudeau (39 percent) and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida (38 percent). Morning Consult Political Intelligence is currently tracking the approval ratings of the government leaders and various country's trajectory in Australi...

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Netherlands Panics After Russia Cuts Off Pipelines: Groningen Remains On Thine Ice

Agamapar ChadhaAugust 2, 20220

The Groningen gas field in the Netherlands is one of the largest sources of natural gas in Western Europe. Housing 2,740 Billion cubic metres worth of natural gas has been a crucial tool for the Dutch post-World War II economy. Until January 2013, earthquakes of 3.6 on the Richter scale were recorded. After the suspicion of extraction being the cause of earthquakes in the Groningen region, it was decided to limit the extraction. By September 2016, the extraction had been listed at 21.6 billion m³. However, in October 2017, the Zerjip earthquake in Groningen was recorded as the third strongest in magnitude. The earthquakes have led to more than 16,0 000 damages claims to date. This prompted the Eric webs commission to end the extraction from the gas fields by 2025-2030. Yet these plans r...

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Drugs, Blood Flow Go Hand In Hand In Streets Of Amsterdam

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 13, 20220

Often when one mentions drug cartels, the Columbian drug cartel popularised by Netflix comes to mind. A trade route involving shipment by plane from the tiny nation of Columbia, which transports drugs from Mexico to its target customers in the US. However, the flow of drugs and narcotic shipments en masse doesn’t limit the American continent, especially after heavy crackdowns that have swept the region’s powerful cartels. Drug cartels based in Morocco’s clientele are in the Netherlands. Although the Netherlands has banned the consumption and possession of drugs, it still is quite lenient in its prosecutions and fines involving drugs. This makes the Netherlands a haven from where not only domestic but the drug trade all over Europe berths into the European continent. Netherlands’s essen...

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Chaos Cultivates As EU Gets Burnt In Fiery Dutch Farmer Protests

Agamapar ChadhaJuly 11, 20220

Dutch farmers have been protesting ever since the Netherlands, a member of the EU, has consented to its laws over the use of pollutants in EU countries. It was stated that the Netherlands had not complied with these 1991 accords and has been recently forced to slash on use of fertilisers which release greenhouse gases. Last month the Dutch cabinet announced a $22 Bn programme focusing on cutting nitrogen emissions down by 50% by the year 2020, with further requiring 70% or more reduction in emissions in some areas. This has indirectly affected the Dutch farmer because they are now required to reduce nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions released by livestock production by 40%. This will cause many to downsize their farms. The policy did not sit well with the farmers and let them prote...