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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Is it actually happening? Would the USA, INDIA and the UK form a Free Trade Agreement and the Economic Union?


I had written and suggested this thought in my book written in 2015 called “STOP OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING”  to harness the synergy created by forming the union of two superpower nations viz. the USA and the UK and the fastest developing economy with a huge customer base - speaking English language.
I just heard on CNBC TV18 that the US is thinking of entering into FTA (Free Trade Agreement) with India. With the UK exiting from EU, most likely UK would also join this FTA?

Heard Mr. Timothy Roemer - Ex-US Ambassador to India - speaking on "CNBC TV18" (India).

The book was published on: https://bookswewant.blogspot.com/

I will create a fresh link to download this book and provide on this blog shortly.


Tuesday, June 19, 2018

FIFA 2018 : Couple of suggestions to make the game of FOOTBALL more fair, competitive and exciting!!!

I thought of writing after a long time again and to get connected to the world of readers. With the ongoing FIFA world cup, thought it would be better if I could write something about the game of Football, in a way if I could suggest something to make this game more entertaining.

Recommendation 1:
Usually it has been noticed that a team after scoring a leading goal, try to kill the excitement in the game, especially in the second half by doing back passes to the goalkeeper.  To keep the game alive and competitive in such situations, FIFA may start a rule, thereby an opponent player may be allowed stand near the goalkeeper to ensure no back-pass to the goalkeeper by foot. He would not be active unless, the ball crosses him or opponents pass any ball to the goalkeeper by foot (which would be less likely after implementing this rule). Of course, I believe this rule can be improvised further by the expert minds.

Recommendation 2:
The current VAR implemented by FIFA has undoubtedly a good use of technology. However, it seems that it still has flaws which could deny justice to the player and the team against whom the foul has been committed. For example, like yesterday (for people who witnessed England V/S Tunisia match) England could have been awarded 2 penalties for 2 fouls committed by Tunisian players in their Box. In such events the game could become more competitive if that particular player or the captain of that team could appeal to the ref on the field to check the reply and take the final decision. Such Appeal could be restricted to 1 appeal per match per team. In case of valid appeal, the team appealing would retain one more chance to appeal. If the appeal is invalid, the team may just lose a chance to appeal again. Of course while implementing this rule, FIFA can continue with the existing set up whereby refs are communicating for the possible fraud being missed or inappropriately awarded.

I only wish that, the most loved game on the planet to be more fair, competitive, exciting and alive till the last whistle. Please let me know your comments and feedback on this topic or the write-up.

Thank you!