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Finland joins NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has been in the headlines since the advent of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Recently, NATO’s alliance was joined by its 31st member- Finland on 4 April.
Finland and Sweden jointly applied to join NATO last year, but the Swedish proposal has been stalled by NATO members Turkey and Hungary.
Even while Finland maintained its non-aligned stance, it was an ally of NATO. The Soviet Union invaded Finland in 1939, and with that Finland's support or interest in NATO membership has gone from about a quarter of the population to 80%.
In response to Finland joining NATO, Russia declared that it will increase its military might in its western and north-western territories.
The food crisis in Pakistan
Pakistan’s year-on-year inflation hit 35.5% in March 2023. Highest since 1965, as the government was unable to bag the IMF loan to get a bailout of the situation.
Soaring Prices
Prices in urban and rural areas increased 32.97% and 38.88% YoY, respectively. Affecting all strata and segments of the economy.
Crisis at food distribution centres
In the month of Ramadan itself, at least 20 people have died in crowd crushes at the food distribution centres.
With flour becoming scarce in the region, the crisis is deepening. The prices have soared to PKR 3000 and street brawls over it have become common at the moment.
“The way inflation is rising, a famine-like situation is simmering,” says Shahida Wizarat, a Karachi-based analyst.
Communication the SPF of conversations
Daniel Goleman father of Emotional Intelligence shared that he graduated with his engineering degree with average grades, but he was Number 1 when he joined the army. It is simply because of how he managed himself, how he communicated with his team members and as a leader.
That’s how emotional intelligence makes your communication stand out with tact across different situations and environments.
We are 1 week away from our cohort program ‘Communicating with Emotional Intelligence’, scheduled on 15-16 April’23 and 22-23 April’23 at 1200 INR.