If we sustain this momentum in rooting out corruption through vigilance and scrutiny, cleaner and more efficient governance is definitely achievable in the next few years.
If this is indeed the final stand of the Tamil Nadu government, it is a very disappointing decision. I doubt there is any suitable 5,000 acre parcel near Chennai that doesn’t involve water bodies or farmlands.
As I’ve said before, large infrastructure projects must be evaluated by weighing the larger public good against environmental damage. When the benefits are maximum and the damage is minimal, they are worth pursuing.
Every major decision involves balancing development and environment. Focusing solely on the environment halts all progress. Obsessing only about development makes the environment unlivable.
No mincing words. This decision is a significant setback for the development of both Chennai and Tamil Nadu.
We now need to see how the government plans to deliver a world class airport for Chennai in a timely manner.
27 games in the World Cup so far and only 4 penalties have been given
To put it into context, Argentina got 5 penalties in 7 World Cup games in 2022
Yeah, it wasn't rigged 🤣🤣
People only see one incident but this was also 1000000% a red card, he intentionally leaned and elbowed the Algerian player in the face and the referee and VAR ignored.
They should've played with 9 men but FIFA would never allow that to happen.
Just realised they had the same ref today as the one that gave Argentina this Penalty in the final, why am I not surprised lmao 🤣 😭
There is a reason Messi didn't retire after the last World Cup
Brilliant performance by Messi last night - but he should have been sent off for this outrageous studs-up foul on Algeria’s Mandi. The fact he didn’t even get booked is ridiculous - could have broken the guy’s leg.
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The truth is that FIFA is desperate to get India to play in the World Cup, has been for a while as we are literally the largest sports market with just a single sport dominating, the last fairly unexplored major market in sport.
They gave us the FIFA U17 World Cup on which I worked for that reason. The women's U 17 as well, they also wanted to give us the U20 tournament if our team continued to do improve, but the AIFF had imploded by then.
FIFA, like every world sporting body other than the ICC, wants to bring our huge audiences to their sport. It is our collective sports administration incompetence coupled with a clunky structure of sports being in the state list instead of the central list that is shooting us in the foot.
And why most major Indian sporting achievements have been individual, despite the system instead of thanks to the system.