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Here’s How India During its G20 Summit Presidency Plans to Lead the Global South

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Here's How India During its G20 Summit Presidency Plans to Lead the Global South

The decision by India to lead the global south has significant diplomatic implications. It increases India’s contribution to solving the numerous problems that the world community is currently confronting.

India has assumed the initiative in the specific context of the G20 summit to represent the wider concerns of the developing nations in the conversations on monetary and fiscal issues, as well as bigger formative ones, within this more constrained and concentrated group of the world’s top 20 economies, which was originally established to deal with more intentionally urgent emerging issues of international growth and financial consistency.

India’s take on Global South issues at G20 Summit

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In a way, India’s decision to take the initiative and speak up for the issues of the Global South also supports a multi-polar or multidimensional world. India’s reputation as a nation with the ability to motivate and impact the Global South provides it additional diplomatic and political clout when dealing with all of its allies, like the US, and all of its enemies, like China.

India’s economy, which currently ranks fifth in the world, has a good chance of overtaking the US by 2030. According to the Imf, India’s development this year, at over 7%, will be the strongest among the main economies, despite the pressures on the world economy and hints of a downturn in certain advanced economies.

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India now has the economic might to support its voice. Other developing nations can benefit from imitating its successes in advancing digitalization and connecting technology to the demands of the nation’s development, whether in the fields of significant benefit schemes, payment services, construction of a unique identification system (Aadhaar), etc.

India has managed the Covid-19 emergency better than so many developed economies because it relied on its capabilities to immunize its exploding population as well as supply desperately needed immunizations to a huge number of emerging nations at a time when the advanced nations were stockpiling them for household purposes. India has moreover given a few struggling developing nations food and medical supplies as humanitarian help.

The fact that India is leading the G20 summit after Indonesia while being continued by Brazil and South Africa demonstrates the growing influence of the Global South on decisions concerning monetary sustainability, economic expansion, and other topics that are now on the G20 agenda, such as debt restructuring, climatic change finance, energy revolution, achieving the SDGs, result of physical and confidentiality, food and fuel safety, etc.

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On January 12 and 13, India hosted a virtual Voice of the South Summit 2023 that featured a Foreign Ministers Conference as well as a Leaders Session. At least 120 nations took part. India’s ideas and aims in hosting this conference are spelled out in the speeches delivered on the occasion by its Prime Minister as well as its Minister of External Affairs.

India’s decision to assume the Global South’s leadership demonstrates its ambition to expand its influence in global governance. India is concentrating on advancing efforts to find answers to the numerous critical problems that the world community is now confronting. As with all the problems India is bringing up are currently on the international agenda and coming up with solutions in a setting of a heightened East-West split will be a lengthy process that extends beyond India’s G20 summit chairmanship. It will be more challenging if the North turns inward as its economy is under strain.

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Subhashree Panda: A proficient content writer, editor, and researcher. With 4 years of experience and an MBA in finance, she crafts compelling narratives on global events. Her passion for diverse journalism genres resonates widely, fostering broad audience connections.

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Orange Crush Festival Brawl Video Goes Viral: Event Again Sees Conflicts and Difficulties, Police Assures Public Safety

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Orange Crush Festival Brawl Video Goes Viral: Event Again Sees Conflicts and Difficulties, Police Assures Public Safety

The annual Orange Crush Festival is characterized by a gathering where a cultural celebration is held. It has recently been celebrated along the coast of Georgia, on Tybee Island.

During the celebration of the Orange Crush Festival, instances of several feuds and altercations also escalated. Thus, law enforcement officials got involved.

Orange Crush Festival Viral Video 

Social media went viral with recordings where scenes of violent altercations surfaced.

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Fox News reported that women could be seen engaged in physical altercations, accidentally revealing each other’s clothes, yanking their hair, and striking each other in the face.

People could be spotted taking pictures of the entire mess.

Local police on Tybee Island found a huge influx of visitors for the festival.

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Over tens of thousands of people came to the place, with the total population amounting to more than 40,000 to 55,000 people.

Many people also enjoyed the festival without getting involved in any sort of unfortunate event occurring there.

Detailed paperwork, like information about the number of people getting apprehended, is currently pending.

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The Orange Crush Festival initially began in the late 1980s in Jacksonville, Florida. It is an annual event which later moved to Tybee Island.

Police Assures Safety

Tiffanty Hayes, the Police Chief of Tybee Island, “expressed cautious optimism” after the activities that took place on the weekends.

According to Times Now, Chief Hayes mentioned providing a safer atmosphere for both guests and locals by reaffirming the community’s commitment and aiding law enforcement initiatives.

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In the past, the Orange Crush Festival has also experienced conflicts and difficulties.

The venue of the festival changed to Tybee Island from Jacksonville. Savannah State University also distanced itself from the festival in 1991, exacerbating worries about public safety and security.

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66 YO Marshella Chidester Charged for Crashing Car in Michigan and Killing Two Siblings 

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The 66-year-old Marshella Chidester was charged with murder on Tuesday after allegedly crashing her car into a birthday party, killing two young siblings, reported CBS News.

The incident occurred at Swan Boat Club in Monroe County, Michigan. Police revealed that Chidester was intoxicated at the time of the incident.

Chidester has been charged with “two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol, two counts of second-degree murder, and four counts of driving under the influence of alcohol causing serious injury.”

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Troy Goodnough, Monroe County Sheriff, informed the press about the details of the incident. The sheriff added that it occurred on Saturday around 3 p.m., reported The New York Times.

The 66-year-old crashed her car, striking Alanah Phillips, 8, and her brother Zayn Phillips, 4, resulting in their deaths.

Another sibling survived the crash but sustained serious injuries. According to police reports, a total of fifteen people were injured in the crash.

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What Court Hearing Revealed On Marshella Chidester

Upon conviction, Marshella Chidester might face life imprisonment. Currently, the bond amount has been fixed at $1.5 million.

According to the Washington Post, Chidester’s attorney, Bill Colovos, informed the court during hearings that his 66-year-old client has “a history of epileptic seizures in her legs.”

The attorney added that due to the seizure, Chidester lost control of her car, resulting in the unexpected incident. Moreover, Bill Colovos dismissed the claims by police that his client was intoxicated.

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According to Bill, the 66-year-old drank only one glass of wine at the bar. He substantiated his claims by citing a search warrant executed at the bar.

Colovos added,

“This is not a monster. It’s horrible what happened, absolutely horrible. I have two children. It’s absolutely horrible. But some things we don’t have control over.”

However, Jeffrey A. Yorkey, the Prosecuting Attorney of Monroe County, denied the claims made by Colovos. Yorkey said that the level of alcohol in blood at the time of the accident was “significantly high.” However, the exact blood alcohol level was not mentioned.”

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Prime Hydration Faces Lawsuits Claiming Its Sports Drink, Prime Energy, Contains PFAS and Excessive Caffeine

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Prime Energy, the sports drink from Prime Hydration, has been hit by a number of lawsuits for containing excessive amounts of caffeine and PFAS. Another lawsuit was filed on April 8 in the Southern District of New York, accusing Prime Hydration, the parent company which manufactures the sports drink, of engaging in misleading and deceptive practices.

Prime Hydration was founded by two Logan Paul and KSI in 2022, and the products became very popular thanks to the huge followings of the YouTubers. However, the company is now facing a slew of lawsuits over the ingredients in their energy and sports drinks.

New Lawsuit Against Prime Hydration

The latest lawsuit, filed on April 8, accuses the company’s 12-ounce energy drinks of containing 215-225 milligrams of caffeine, exceeding the permissible limit of 200 milligrams. The lawsuit was filed by Lara Vera, a resident of Poughkeepsie, New York.

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The lawsuit details that the plaintiff had purchased Prime’s Blue Raspberry products on numerous occasions in August 2022 for about $3 to $4 each, unaware that the products contained caffeine beyond the permissible limits. The plaintiff is seeking damages of $5 million from the company. Lara Vera’s lawsuit alleges that Prime advertised 200 milligrams of caffeine, which is equal to six Coke cans or two 12-ounce Red Bulls. One Red Bull can could contain 114 milligrams of caffeine.

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The suit also alleges that there are no safe limits of caffeine for children and that caffeine has been indicted for causing tachycardia, headaches, convulsions, tremors, upset digestion, and adversely affecting mental health.

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Earlier, Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., had asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate Prime energy drinks in 2023 after reports that the products contained high levels of caffeine. The Senator also accused the company of using vague marketing tactics focused on young people, influencing parents to buy the caffeine-laced drinks for their kids. The lawsuit by Vera also quotes the Senator’s call to the FDA.

Prime is also facing another lawsuit filed on Aug. 2, 2023, in the Northern District of California by the Milberg law firm on behalf of Elizabeth Castillo and others. The lawsuit charges Prime’s products with using flavors containing PFAS, or “forever chemicals.” Forever chemicals are a class of chemicals that are not degraded in the human body or nature and have been indicted as a carcinogenic substance. Independent third-party testing has confirmed that Prime Hydration grape flavor contained PFAS.

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