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The crisis between Washington and Europe may be a blessing in disguise.
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최근 7일 기준 78,768건을 분석한 결과, 뉴스 심리지수는 50.3(균형)입니다. 긍정 3,984건(5.1%)·중립 72,816건(92.4%)·부정 1,968건(2.5%)이며, 중립 비중이 뚜렷하게 높습니다. 성향 지수는 종합 14.5(중도 균형)입니다.
The crisis between Washington and Europe may be a blessing in disguise.
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An IIT Roorkee graduate, posing as a spiritual guru in Mathura, has been arrested for allegedly luring and sexually exploiting young women. The accused, Abhishek Mishra, used online platforms to attract followers and coerced women into relationships under the guise of religious rituals. A complaint from a nursing student led to his arrest and the recovery of incriminating evidence.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence sees a new calling in restoring traditional conservatism in the heart of the Republican Party. It’s a tall task with a Republican Party that is defined by President Trump, whom he once helped elevate, and increasingly embracing populist policies. But in his new book out today, What Conservatives Believe, Pence takes sharp aim at...
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Activist school counselors are being trained to serve as ideological Trojan horses. Using specialized “code-switching” language, they are implementing Sharia-aligned frameworks and fundamentalist concepts under the guise of “anti-bias” education and “religious inclusion” while deliberately keeping parents completely in the dark. The public education system is no longer merely hiding a radical curriculum in your ...
Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Sunday urged the federal government to take notice of Indus River Systems Authority’s (Irsa) “unjust reduction of Sindh’s share” and ensure that Sindh received its rightful share of water. A 22 per cent water shortage has been persisting in Sindh for around the last 10 days as Irsa continues its efforts to “equalise shortages between Punjab and Sindh”. “We are adjusting excessive use [of water] by Sindh and trying to equalise shortages between the two provinces by June 10. Secondly, water position is not satisfactory in rivers. Now with the increase in temperature, it is hoped that we will be able to increase water releases shortly afterwards,” Irsa Director Operations Khalid Idrees Rana earlier told Dawn. But Sindh Senior Minister Memon posted on X that Irsa’s “continued disregard for Sindh’s legitimate concerns and the unjust reduction of Sindh’s share under the guise of ‘shortage equalisation’ is unacceptable and contrary to the spirit of the 1991 Water Apportionment Accord. No province can be given preference at the expense of another”. He urged the Centre to take immediate notice of this situation and ensure “Sindh receives its rightful share of water in accordance with the law”. “The PPP and Sindh Government will continue to defend Sindh’s water rights at every constitutional, legal and democratic forum,” he added. The minister said Sindh “is facing a severe water shortage, with shortages reaching 22pc across the province, 42pc at Guddu Barrage and 29pc at Kotri Barrage”. “This is not only threatening our agricultural sector but also endangering water supply all over Sindh, including Karachi, Pakistan’s economic hub,” he said. He also shared a letter that was addressed to the Irsa director operations and signed by Sindh Irrigation Department’s director of regulation. The letter, dated May 23, said: “Sindh Province’s indent has not been met since May 16, 2026. While the requested indent was 95,000 cusecs (May 16–20) and 110,000 cusecs (May 21–25), Irsa has restricted downstream Chashma releases for Sindh province to just 80,000 and 85,000 cusecs for those periods, which will impact the water supplies to Sindh province during the critical period of Early Kharif Season. “In addition to Sindh’s unmet indent, the Chashma-Jhelum (CJ) link canal and Taunsa-Panjnad (TP) link canal are currently extracting 11,500 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 8,337cfs from the Main Indus Arm.” It added that it was a matter of “great concern that Irsa is not supplying the required indent to Sindh Province at this vital juncture”. The letter highlighted that the demand for irrigation during the Kharif sowing period was escalating day by day, creating “significant distress” among the farming community. “It is, therefore, requested that the indent of Sindh province may kindly be fulfilled and operation of CJ and TP link canals may be halted in order to prevent agricultural losses to Sindh’s farming community and to avert any adverse repercussions on the economy of Pakistan,” the letter concluded.
Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Sunday urged the federal government to take notice of Indus River Systems Authority’s (Irsa) “unjust reduction of Sindh’s share” and ensure that Sindh received its rightful share of water. A 22 per cent water shortage has been persisting in Sindh for the last ten days as Irsa continues its efforts to “equalise shortages between Punjab and Sindh”. “We are adjusting excessive use [of water] by Sindh and trying to equalise shortages between the two provinces by June 10. Secondly, water position is not satisfactory in rivers. Now with the increase in temperature, it is hoped that we will be able to increase water releases shortly afterwards,” Irsa Director Operations Khalid Idrees Rana earlier told Dawn. But Sindh Senior Minister Memon posted on X that Irsa’s “continued disregard for Sindh’s legitimate concerns and the unjust reduction of Sindh’s share under the guise of ‘shortage equalisation’ is unacceptable and contrary to the spirit of the 1991 Water Apportionment Accord. No province can be given preference at the expense of another”. He urged the Centre to take immediate notice of this situation and ensure “Sindh receives its rightful share of water in accordance with the law”. “The PPP and Sindh Government will continue to defend Sindh’s water rights at every constitutional, legal and democratic forum,” he added. The minister said Sindh “is facing a severe water shortage, with shortages reaching 22pc across the province, 42pc at Guddu Barrage and 29pc at Kotri Barrage”. “This is not only threatening our agricultural sector but also endangering water supply all over Sindh, including Karachi, Pakistan’s economic hub,” he said. He also shared a letter that was addressed to the Irsa director operations and signed by Sindh Irrigation Department’s director of regulation. The letter, dated May 23, said: “Sindh Province’s indent has not been met since May 16, 2026. While the requested indent was 95,000 cusecs (May 16–20) and 110,000 cusecs (May 21–25), Irsa has restricted downstream Chashma releases for Sindh province to just 80,000 and 85,000 cusecs for those periods, which will impact the water supplies to Sindh province during the critical period of Early Kharif Season. “In addition to Sindh’s unmet indent, the Chashma-Jhelum (CJ) link canal and Taunsa-Panjnad (TP) link canal are currently extracting 11,500 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 8,337cfs from the Main Indus Arm.” It added that it was a matter of “great concern that Irsa is not supplying the required indent to Sindh Province at this vital juncture”. The letter highlighted that the demand for irrigation during the Kharif sowing period was escalating day by day, creating “significant distress” among the farming community. “It is, therefore, requested that the indent of Sindh province may kindly be fulfilled and operation of CJ and TP link canals may be halted in order to prevent agricultural losses to Sindh’s farming community and to avert any adverse repercussions on the economy of Pakistan,” the letter concluded.
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Bengaluru police arrested two men for allegedly deceiving customers by serving beef disguised as mutton at their restaurant. Investigations confirmed the allegations after plainclothes officers verified complaints. The owners were booked under the Cow Slaughter and Cattle Prevention Act and sent to judicial custody.
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In an environment where global equities are swinging between optimism around AI-led growth and anxiety over persistent inflation, elevated interest rates, and geopolitical uncertainty, investors are once again being tested, not on intelligence, but on psychology.Charlie Munger’s famous list of “human misjudgment tendencies” is not just a philosophical framework. It is, in today’s market, a practical survival guide.Markets in 2026 are still being shaped by three dominant forces:(1) higher-for-longer interest rates, (2) liquidity concentration in a few mega-cap stocks, and (3) emotionally driven retail participation.Against this backdrop, Munger’s behavioral warnings feel unusually relevant.1. The real enemy is not volatility, but emotional distortionMunger repeatedly warned that investors don’t lose money because they lack information, they lose because they misprocess it.Today’s markets amplify that problem.Every CPI print, Fed commentary, or geopolitical headline triggers immediate overreaction. Investors are constantly pulled between fear of missing out (FOMO) in AI-led rallies and fear of correction during rate jitters.This is a classic combination of:Availability bias (overweighting recent news)Social proof (following crowded trades)Stress-induced reaction (panic buying or selling)In Munger’s language, this is the setup for “avoidable stupidity.”2. “Envy and FOMO” are silently driving modern portfoliosOne of Munger’s strongest warnings was about envy, not as emotion, but as a financial destroyer.In today’s market, envy doesn’t look like jealousy of a neighbour. It looks like:Chasing AI stocks after they’ve already rerated sharplyComparing portfolio performance with index benchmarks dailyAbandoning long-term positions because “others are making faster money”When liquidity is abundant in a narrow set of names, envy becomes structurally embedded in portfolio behaviour. Investors are no longer asking “Is this a good business?” but “Am I missing this move?”That shift is dangerous in a market where leadership is concentrated and reversals can be abrupt.3. The “Lollapalooza effect” is stronger than everMunger described the Lollapalooza effect as multiple biases reinforcing each other into extreme outcomes.Today’s version looks like this:Social media hype amplifies narrativesAlgorithmic flows reinforce momentumPassive inflows concentrate capital into large indicesRetail traders amplify short-term spikesThe result: prices detach from fundamentals faster, and corrections become sharper when sentiment shifts.This is why today’s rallies often feel effortless, but reversals feel violent.4. Overconfidence is rising with “easy market memories”A prolonged period of strong returns, especially in largecap tech, creates what Munger called “excessive self-regard”.Many investors now assume:“Buying dips always works”“Quality stocks never go down much”“The Fed will rescue markets eventually”But in a higher-rate regime, that assumption is no longer guaranteed. Valuation compression risk is real, and earnings must now do more of the heavy lifting.Confidence built in one regime often breaks in another.5. The biggest risk today: avoiding pain too aggressivelyOne of Munger’s less discussed but critical ideas is “pain-avoidance behavior”.In today’s context, it shows up as:Selling winners too early to “lock in gains”Avoiding fundamentally strong but volatile sectorsSitting excessively in cash due to fear of drawdownsIronically, in trying to avoid discomfort, investors often underperform the very market they are trying to survive.6. What works in today’s market: Munger-style disciplineIf we translate Munger’s philosophy into today’s environment, a few principles stand out:(1) Concentrate only when conviction is realNot based on stories, but on durable cash flows and long-term pricing power.(2) Expect volatility as a feature, not a flawEven high-quality companies will see sharp drawdowns in a rate-sensitive world.(3) Reduce decision frequencyMost mistakes come from over-trading emotional signals disguised as “information.”(4) Build a bias checklistBefore acting, ask:Am I reacting to news or value?Am I following the crowd?Would I make this decision in isolation?7. The current market lesson in one lineIf Munger were observing today’s markets, the warning would likely remain unchanged:“The biggest returns still come from avoiding obvious psychological errors, not from predicting the next move.”Bottom lineToday’s markets are not irrational, but they are emotionally amplified. Liquidity, technology, and information speed have not removed human bias; they have accelerated it.That is exactly the environment where Munger’s framework becomes most powerful. Because in the end, investing success is still less about knowing more, and more about misbehaving less.
BACOLOD CITY—The National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Negros (NDFP-Negros) on Thursday rejected proposals for localized peace talks in Negros Occidental, insisting that any genuine peace negotiations must be conducted on a national scale. In a statement, the NDFP-Negros said a nationwide conflict requires a nationwide solution. READ: Negros execs push localized peace talks with Reds
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• Legal fraternity says ‘facilitative measure’ has turned into ‘gatekeeping mechanism’ • Notes technical glitches make access to justice needlessly complicated LAHORE: The enforcement of mandatory biometric verification for litigants filing cases has triggered widespread concern across Punjab’s legal community, with lawyers describing the requirement as an unreasonable obstacle to access to justice. Notified in January and in force since March of this year, the move was envisioned as a facilitative, technical measure. According to a statement attributed to LHC Chief Justice Aalia Neelum, the system would “help curb fake litigation, prevent impersonation and eliminate the use of bogus witnesses and sureties”. It was described as a significant step towards modernising the judiciary and safeguarding the integrity of judicial proceedings, which would enhance the credibility of the judiciary and provide a secure and efficient mechanism for conducting proceedings. But after a few months of seeing it in action, lawyers argue that the measure has effectively become a gatekeeping mechanism, disproportionately affecting poor and vulnerable litigants’ ability to access justice. Some see the initiative as evolving into a revenue-generation exercise rather than meaningful judicial reform, as the process has imposed an additional financial burden through a “pay-to-access” model, where the officially prescribed fee of Rs200 often rises to Rs300 in practice. According to members of the legal fraternity Dawn spoke to, serious infrastructure deficiencies and recurring technical glitches are disrupting the timely filing of urgent matters. The Lahore Bar Association (LBA) has already issued an ultimatum to the Lahore High Court (LHC), urging it to rationalise the biometric verification requirement. Representatives of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) and the LBA complain that the LHC introduced the new regime without consulting them. They told Dawn that the decision was made after consultations only with the Pakistan Bar Council and the Punjab Bar Council, the country’s and province’s regulatory bar bodies, respectively. LHCBA President Babar Murtaza said the biometric system had already been implemented when his cabinet assumed office in March this year. However, he said the bar leadership later met the LHC administration committee and conveyed the legal fraternity’s concerns regarding the system. According to him, the bar was informed that the system had been introduced pursuant to a decision of the National Judicial (Policy-making) Committee (NJPMC). Mr Murtaza maintained that justice should be swift and inexpensive. He pointed out that the validity period of biometric verification was initially restricted to 24 hours but was later extended to 72 hours following the bar’s intervention. He demanded that the validity period be extended to at least one week. He said the bar supported biometric verification for filing main petitions but opposed its requirement for subsequent civil miscellaneous applications. Criminal cases, witness verification Both Mr Murtaza and LBA President Irfan Hayat Bajwa termed biometric verification “unnecessary” in criminal matters, including pre-arrest and post-arrest bail petitions. They argued that once biometric verification was conducted in pre-arrest bail cases, a suspect could already be easily traced by law enforcement agencies, rendering the purpose of seeking protective bail redundant. In post-arrest bail cases, they added, the accused was already in judicial custody and should not be subjected to additional verification requirements. The lawyers also criticised the requirement for witnesses to undergo biometric verification before recording statements. They questioned who would refund the fee if testimony could not be recorded on the scheduled date because of adjournments or other reasons. A litigant told Dawn that he failed to file a stay application in time because of a technical fault in Nadra’s biometric system. He said access to justice had become unnecessarily complicated due to avoidable technicalities. Revenue at litigants’ cost The fee collected through the biometric verification process also includes a share for the relevant tehsil or district bar association. However, Mr Bajwa said lawyers did not want revenue at the expense of poor litigants. “We are against any such revenue-generation model,” he said. He added that the LBA was still awaiting a response from the LHC regarding recommendations submitted nearly two weeks ago. Former High Court Bar Association-Multan president Syed Riazul Hassan Gilani has also lodged a formal complaint with Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi against the biometric system implemented in Punjab. He alleged that of the mandatory Rs200 fee, Rs20 earmarked as “financial assistance” for employees of the high court and district judiciary amounted to “legalised extortion”. Mr Gilani argued that compelling litigants to pay judicial staff in addition to their government salaries risked normalising monetary demands under the guise of welfare. He pointed out that the Islamabad High Court charges only Rs30 for biometric verification and e-affidavits through Nadra, without imposing any additional welfare levy. The senior lawyer also questioned the jurisdiction of the NJPMC and provincial chief justices to impose mandatory fees or levies on litigants. He maintained that making access to justice contingent upon a “pay-to-access” model violated fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution and disproportionately burdened vulnerable, illiterate and marginalised segments of society. Published in Dawn, May 30th, 2026