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11 Conferences Every Entrepreneur Should Attend in 2020

One of the best ways to boost your status as an entrepreneur is to go to the right entrepreneur conference. Conferences not only allow you to get insight from some of the fields biggest names, they also afford you the opportunity to connect with people in the same boat as you. No one succeeds in business alone, and conferences are a great way to make valuable connections.

Over the past 10 years Ive attended thousands of conferences. At one point, would sometimes attend three to four conferences a week. That all changed when I had my daughter. I then had less time to travel. It changed even more when my team started to grow from a two- or three-person team to a multi-company team with hundreds of different employees. I could no longer take off so many days to attend all these conferences. I had to whittle them down to the best conferences that drove the most amount of revenue. I wanted to limit myself to 12-18 conferences that really moved my bottom line.

Here are the top conferences every entrepreneur should attend in 2020 that will actually move their bottom line:

February 11-12; Silicon Valley

Startup Grinds annual global conference dedicates two days to relentless innovation and learning by every single attendee. Featuring over 100 speakers and dozens of corporate partners, Startup Grind has made this conference a valuable experience for entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes. Of particular interest is the Startup Program, an opportunity for 300 startups to exhibit to some of their industrys greatest minds and investors.

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Mastermind Talks is an invitation-only event that is exactly what it sounds like: a venue for some of the worlds most dynamic innovators to share their insights. Just because the speakers are notable, however, doesnt mean the conference has lost sight of its attendees the intimate and congenial nature of Mastermind Talks ensures that downtime is minimal and networking opportunities plentiful.

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EYs CEO-focused event may be invitation-only, but the Strategic Growth Forum hasnt lost its forward-thinking mindset in the years since its founding. 2019s speakers included Lindsey Vonn, Alex Morganand Nicole Kidman and 2020s lineup is likely to be just as impressive. Each forum concludes with the awarding of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a fantastic ceremony that should inspire any attendee to keep pushing in the coming year.

March 4-5; Santa Monica, CA

The Montgomery Summit is an opportunity for cutting-edge leaders to connect and share insights theyve gleaned from the front line of business. Attendance is offered by invitation only, and this exclusive atmosphere allows The Montgomery Summit to seem less like a conference and more like a get-together for some of businesss brightest minds. Most conferences dont offer one-on-one meetings with top-level executives from across the business world, but The Montgomery Summit isnt most conferences.

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Possibly the business worlds flashiest conference, Worldz is an annual event focused on blurring the lines between innovation, recreation, and connection. By featuring speakers that run the gamut from Jonah Peretti to Shaquille ONeal, Worldz guarantees that every attendee has the opportunity to hear from someone they can learn from. With its 2019 iteration featuring a complete transformation of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, Worldz 2020 is bound to leave a lasting impression.

September 30-October 3; Long Beach, CA

Designed as a conference and community, FinCon brings together financial influencers, decision makersand brands. Throughout the conference and beyond, this community collaborates on the best methods to generate and share content that audiences can use to create financial freedom. FinCon has become the largest financial content conference in the world, drawing podcasters, influencers, bloggers, and financial experts to share their knowledge and exchange ideas. The conference agenda grows every year with additional panels, workshopsand networking events.

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Ontraport has become nearly ubiquitous in the business world, and OPLZA is the perfect opportunity to master your skills with the software. Tech isnt the conferences only focus, though OPLZA is also an opportunity to get away and use the Ontraport platform as a way to think about how you can grow and evolve your business going forward.

Events throughout the year in Mexico, Utah, Italy, and New Orleans

Baby Bathwater events are just about as unprofessional as it gets ...and thats a good thing. The focus of Baby Bathwater is to provide a casual, community feel that focuses on unplugging, having genuine experiences, and making lasting connections; their ban on pitching also allows all attendees to breathe a bit more easily. Taking place in scenic locations all around the world, Baby Bathwater is a great opportunity to push your business and career to the next level while getting some time off in the process.

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Deloittes Entrepreneur Summit is a unique, networking-focused event open to all entrepreneurs. Though the summit covers all bases of entrepreneurship, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is a particular focus of the event making it a must-attend for anyone working in M&A. Deloitte collects yearly, detailed conference feedback from its partner and attendees, ensuring that 2020s event will be even more impactful than 2019s.

10. SaaStr

March 10-12; San Jose, CA

SaaStr is for those founders, executivesand investors involved in SaaS and the business cloud environment. This annual non-vendor SaaS conference provides three days of panel discussions, sessions, small group meetings, one-on-one mentoring sessions, networking and parties. As part of the three-day event, one entire day is devoted to pitches from venture capitalists. SaaStr is strictly about learning, business and professional development, and collaboration. Featured speakers include leaders of Airtable, Box, Github, Google Cloud, Zoom and more.

May 1-3; St. Louis, MO

Every entrepreneur, regardless of their field or status, wants to achieve financial freedom at some point, and FinCons Financial Freedom Summit is geared towards giving you the tools you need to get there. Focusing on both business and personal finance, the event is designed to help everyone move to the next level of fiscal independence, regardless of where theyre at in their journey.

Entrepreneurs face new hurdles every day ones that arent always easy to prepare for. By learning from the best and connecting with other leaders in your field, you can safeguard against whats to come and give your business a boost along the way.

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People with conservative political beliefs are consistently misrepresented. That has been an idea simmering on the back burner of my mind. Over the Christmas holidays it boiled over. The catalyst was a CBC tweet with a link to a story that read: As conservatives across the country resist efforts to reduce emissions, Island PCs chart a different course. Anyone familiar with the Conservative Party of Canada and all provincial conservative parties, including the PCs in P.E.I., know conservative policies support lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

As this example shows, the greatest political achievement of Liberals, NDP and Green (or those left of centre on the political spectrum) over the last two decades was to cause conservatives (or those right of centre on the political spectrum) to be consistently misrepresented; worst of all, Conservatives allowed it to happen. Whether misogyny, racism, homophobia, bigotry, Islamophobia or the environment, conservatives as a whole have been associated with negative terms such as alt or far-right, science denier, white nationalist and more when discussing these topics. Many political discussions for conservatives in recent decades have revolved around what they do not stand for.

Today, freedom of speech is being stifled in the name of political correctness. As George Carlin said, political correctness is fascism with manners and comes disguised as tolerance. Canadian society will never accept hate and intolerance. Therefore, disagreeing or being offended by a perspective or opinion should never be acceptable grounds to label or personally attack a person, even a conservative.

Any time you have a large number of people associated with an ideology or political party, there will always be a very small percentage that embarrass the entire group. In the last federal election, the Liberals ran a candidate who made anti-Jewish and anti-Israel statements. Does this mean the entire Liberal party, or someone who identifies as or votes Liberal, is anti-Semitic?

So, lets establish that a conservative is not a racist, misogynist, Islamophobic, science denying, homophobic, Bible-thumping bigot.

Now, if that is what a conservative is not; what is a conservative? Writing as a proud conservative I can tell you conservatives:

1) Believe in dignity and equality of all people, including the LGBTQ+ community.

2) Believe the environment is to be protected by each generation for the next.

3) Believe all Canadians should have access to quality health care.

4) Believe in a balance between compassionate social policy and fiscal responsibility that promotes self-reliance.

5) Believe individuals are responsible to provide for themselves, their families and their dependents, while recognizing that government must respond to those who cannot.

6) Believe the purpose of government is to create an environment where initiative is rewarded while security and privacy are protected.

7) Believe individual prosperity is best achieved by the freedom to pursue legitimate interests within a competitive economy; to enjoy the fruits of ones labour to the greatest extent possible; and the right to own property.

8) Believe in the freedom of the individual, including freedom of speech, worship and assembly.

9) Believe Canada should support a well-armed military, honour those who serve, and promote our history and traditions.

10) Believe in a sovereign and united country governed by the Constitution of Canada, its parliamentary institutions, and the rule of law.

If you share many of these beliefs, congratulations you likely lean or are conservative. In recent years, social media, news and popular culture have treated conservatism as a condition worthy of quarantine. But it has been under the above principles Canadian technology, innovation and natural resources have thrived, and, as a result, so too has our economy and standard of living.

I hope this letter leads to a discussion on why Canada needs conservative leadership now more than ever. Based on conversations Ive had with people in my everyday life and from my experiences during the last federal election as a Conservative candidate in Avalon, many lean Conservative in their political beliefs despite voting anything but. With new Conservative Party of Canada leadership and better messaging, 2020 looks to be the year people realize Canada, and in particular Newfoundland and Labrador, needs a conservative-led government.

Matthew Chapman,Paradise

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LETTER: You likely lean conservative and you dont know it - TheChronicleHerald.ca

Rep. Justin Amash speaks at CPAC 2013(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)It seems to suggest, after all, that there is no place for an independent in politics.

For years, fiscally conservative advocacy groups were giving then-Republican representative Justin Amash awards, praise, and donations. Now that hes an independent, however, many of those same groups are snubbing him entirely.

Yes : Although Amash remains the most fiscally conservative member of Congress, his departure from the Republican party and support of impeachment have apparently made him a leper in the eyes of the exact same groups who claim to want to fight for fiscal responsibility.

Take, for example, the libertarian/conservative group FreedomWorks. As Matt Welch notes in a piece for Reason, the group gave Amash a FreedomFighter award every single one of his first eight years in Congress, lauding his commitment to the fight for individual liberty and fiscal responsibility. By all accounts, Amash is still very much fighting for those things. The only difference, really, is that hes now doing so as an independent rather than as a Republican and now, FreedomWorks is saying it doesnt plan to continue supporting him.

We dont have any plans to get involved in MI-03 at this time, seeing as were focused on some other key races to help regain the GOPs House majority, a FreedomWorks spokesman, Peter Vicenzi, told The Dispatch. Were going to support some incumbents as well, mainly [House Freedom Caucus] members.

(Note: Amash had actually co-founded the Freedom Caucus, but left it just last June, only weeks before leaving the Republican party altogether.)

FreedomWorks, unfortunately, isnt alone in changing its mind on Amash. As Welch notes, the Club for Growth which brags on its website that it is the only organization that is willing and able to take on any Member of Congress on policy who fails to uphold basic economic conservative principles . . . regardless of party used to be Amashs biggest campaign contributor. Like FreedomWorks, the Club for Growth also gave Amash awards during his first eight years in office, and it still gives him an impressive 99 percent lifetime rating. Given all of this, youd think that the group would continue to support a representative that is so closely aligned with its stated mission.

But youd be wrong. When The Dispatchs Declan Garvey asked if theyd be supporting Amash this time around, he reportedly received an indignant no.

The DeVos family also announced that it would stop supporting Amash last year, and the self-described conservative/libertarian Americans for Prosperity said that they have nothing to announce regarding Amash at this time.

As Welch notes, Amash is indeed facing a tough battle in 2020. Whats more, Welch is also correct that the loss of Amash as a member of Congress would be a loss for the groups that are now refusing to support him. He does, after all, represent many of the exact values that they claim to be fighting for.

The truth is, though, I think that whats happening to Amash here represents a huge problem for our country overall whether you agree with his specific views or not. It seems to suggest, after all, that there is no place for an independent in politics.

Like him or not, you really should respect the fact that Justin Amash makes his political decisions based only on his principles which is truly refreshing in our hyper-partisan era. All too we often, we see politicians on both sides desperately twisting themselves into partisan-hack pretzels, for the sole purpose of defending their own team or attacking the other, without any thought to principles or values whatsoever. This is incredibly harmful, because the people in power over us are not interested in searching for the truth. Instead, theyre viewing everything through their partisan lenses, concerned only with how they can spin things to make their side look better than the other.

This is bad news for all of us. The best policy, after all, is always going to be whats based on actual facts. Whats more, the prevalence of blind partisan loyalty makes government corruption much easier. Think about it: If politicians know that, no matter what they do, theyll have a whole team backing them up and defending them, its going to make it easier for them to get away with more.

I want to see Justin Amash win, and thats not only because I happen to agree with him on most things its also because, even when I dont agree, I can rest assured that at least hes being guided by something greater than the thoughtless partisan hackery.

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The U.S. Navy says the Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship USS Little Rock will get a 150-kilowatt class laser weapon system from Lockheed Martin this year. This would make Little Rock the third of the service's warships to be fitted with a high-power laser of some kind, following the installation of two different designs on the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Dewey and the San Antonio class landing platform dock amphibious ship USS Portland last year. The War Zonewas first to report that both of these vessels had gotten their respective lasers.

U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Richard Brown, Commander of Naval Surface Forces, told reporters about the impending laser installation on Jan. 13, 2020, as first reported by USNI News. At around this exact time last year, the officer had announced plans to have Little Rock deploy in early Fiscal Year 2020, which officially began on Oct. 1, 2019. If that schedule remains the same this ship notably suffered damage after smacking into a moored vessel in Canada last year shortly after the Navy took delivery of it the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) could be receiving its laser very soon, if it hasn't already, and be preparing to deploy. It is most likely headed for a cruise in Latin American waters, where its primary mission could be chasing drug smugglers, according to USNI News.

Vice Admiral Brown did not say what laser the Navy would install on Little Rock, but the most likely candidate would seem to be a variant or derivative of Lockheed Martin's High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance system, or HELIOS. Previous reports have said this laser is in the 60-kilowatt class, but that the manufacturer was looking to increase its power to the 150-kilowatt class.

As its name implies, HELIOS blends an optical dazzler, which can blind and confuse optics on hostile ships, aircraft, and drones, as well as optical seekers on missiles and other munitions, together with a high-energy laser capable of actually disabling and destroying certain targets, such as small unmanned aircraft and swarms of small boats.

Integrating HELIOS onto Little Rock would make good sense as it is one of two remaining lasers in the Navy Laser Family of Systems (NLoS) that have yet to find their way onto a ship. In November 2019, USS Deweyemerged equipped with what appeared to be the Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) system. USS Portlandis now armed with the prototype developed under the Solid-State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program. The service has also said that there is no immediate plan for an at-sea demonstration of a design developed under the Ruggedized High Energy Laser (RHEL) effort, the last of the four NLoS efforts.

However, if this is the case, it would also represent an important acceleration of the Navy's plans for HELIOS, which it also refers to as the Surface Navy Laser Weapon System (SNLWS) Increment 1. Previously, the service had said that it would install this laser onto an Arleigh Burke class destroyer sometime in Fiscal Year 2021.

The big thing were looking at is, what is that opportunity to pull things in so for instance with directed energy, between the HELIOS, being able to get that onto a DDG [Arleigh Burke], and then some scalable laser technology that weve been working on, whats our opportunity to deploy a laser sooner on an LCS, and the opportunity to potentially use one of those weapons modules to do that as opposed to having to design it someway into the ship?" Joe DePietro, Lockheed Martin's Vice President and General Manager of Small Combatants and Ship Systems, told USNI News in August 2019. "Use some of that power, space, and weight of the mission package to be able to field another capability which was inherently the thought process behind the design of LCS, to be able to integrate those new technologies faster because of the modularity of the ship."

USNI Newshas also reported that Lockheed Martin may have been able to accelerate the integration of HELIOS, or a derivative thereof, onto a Freedom class LCS because of the ship's purpose-built modular design, which means it has significant available space and power generation. This was originally intended to support various mission modules, which have become a saga unto themselves that you can read about more in this past War Zone piece. Lockheed Martin's shipbuilding division also designed and continues to build the Freedom class ships, giving it a deep existing knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of these vessels.

Still, DePietro's mention of "scalable laser technology" raises questions about whether a Freedom class LCS would actually be able to support a 150-kilowatt class system, such as HELIOS, which the Navy has previously indicated would require the power generation capabilities of a significantly larger ship. So, it's also possible that Vice Admiral Brown misspoke and the Lockheed Martin laser Little Rock is getting will be something else, perhaps with more limited capabilities, such as ODIN, which is just an optical dazzler.

Adding a laser to Little Rock could be a stepping stone to adding them to other ships in the Freedom class, as well as other similarly sized ships, such as the Independence class LCSs and the Navy's future FFG(X) frigates. The service has already indicated that it is interested in integrating 150-kilowatt class lasers onto whatever frigate design it chooses in the end and Lockheed Martin has already bailed on competing with a ship of its own to focus on providing key systems for the remaining entrants.

DePietro had told USNI News that he saw adding a laser to one of his company's LCSs another way to counter complaints about the ships' limited capabilities and vulnerabilities, even in lower-risk scenarios, as well. The Navy has similarly been rushing to add RGM-148A Naval Strike Missiles to both classes of LCS to improve their offensive punch.

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The following column is an opinion piece and reflects the views of only the author and not those of AllOnGeorgia.

By: State Senator William Ligon

Sen. William Ligon serves as Chairman of the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee. He represents the 3rdSenate District which includes Brantley, Camden, Glynn, and McIntosh counties and portions of Charlton County. He can be reached by phone at 404.463.1383 or by email atwilliam@senatorligon.com.

This Monday, legislators met back at the State Capitol to begin the start of the second session of the 155thGeorgia General Assembly. We were able to accomplish a lot of substantial work during the last session, and I believe this momentum has translated into our first four legislative days. In fact, during the first day of session, House Bill 276 was transmitted to the House where a conference committee was appointed. HB 276 will be pivotal in generating a greater revenue source for the state by addressing the collection of taxes from marketplace facilitators. Rather than creating an additional tax, this bill will ensure that Georgia brick-and-mortar businesses do not have an unfair disadvantage compared to e-retailers and other larger providers. As Chairman of the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, one of my top priorities is to ensure that Georgia maintains a fair business climate.

This session, I also continue to serve as Vice-Chairman of the Ethics Committee and of the Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee. I am also a member of the Appropriations, Health and Human Services, and Judiciary committees, and Ex-Officio of the Science and Technology Committee.

In addition to HB 276 and its emphasis on marketplace fairness, the Majority Caucus will work to advance rural broadband infrastructure, to reform price transparency in our healthcare industry, and to increase public safety through additional opportunities for our retired law enforcement officers.

Governor Kemp outlined his own initiatives during his State of the State Address onThursday. In his address, the Governor brought up his plans to advance legislation that will combat human trafficking, provide more resources to our law enforcement to reduce gang activity, fund our education systems, and create better adoption laws. The Governor also recognized our states incredible success in job creation, thus reducing unemployment. Georgia is a strong and prosperous state run by a Governor who has vocally supported pro-life legislation. I appreciate the fact that Gov. Kemp highlighted last years huge legislative win for our state, the Heartbeat Bill. The Governor demonstrated his conservative beliefs last session, and I am interested to see how these values continue to be showcased in this years legislation.

We must not forget that the budget will be one of the key topics we look at as the Senate approaches a week of committee hearings. Georgia has a constitutional obligation to keep our budget balanced, and it is important that we remain fiscally responsible, while securing a substantial percentage of growth and allocation of resources for this Fiscal Year.

This week served as a reminder that while there are a number of new legislative initiatives to take place during the next 36 days, there are still important discussions that have not yet been finished from last session. We must continue to fight for the conservative ideals that best serve our citizens. Furthermore, we must be vigilant to protect our constitutional freedoms. The First Amendment, particularly the free exercise of religion and the freedom of speech, and the preservation of our Second Amendment right to bear arms are under increasing pressure from left-wing socialists. We cannot allow American freedoms to wither and die by a thousand cuts. We must be pro-active in order to pass a heritage of liberty to the next generation.

I would like to end by asking for your prayers for Sen. Greg Kirk and his family. Sen. Kirks death has been difficult on many of us, but far more so for his family. He will be greatly missed. He was a man of enormous faith who put his commitment to God, his family, and his constituents.

Thank you for the privilege I have of serving you in public office. I want to make sure that the issues important to our Third District are well represented in the legislative process. If you have any questions or would like to talk about issues under the Gold Dome, please dont hesitate to contact my office.

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Opposition grows to Nepal governments move to curtail social media By Rohantha De Silva 17 January 2020

Resistance is increasing in Nepal to the proposed Information Technology Bill (ITB), which curbs freedom of expression and social media. Senior journalists, prominent intellectuals and law professionals have voiced their opposition to the draconian nature of the bill, which is part of the ruling Stalinist Nepal Communist Partys (NCP) turn toward autocratic rule.

The Federation of Nepali Journalists, Nepal Bar Association, NGO Federation of Nepal and other organisations have condemned the attack on free speech. Addressing a meeting last week in Kathmandu, Nepals capital, constitutional expert Bhimarjun Acharya said the bill must be scrapped entirely.

The parliamentary Development and Technology Committee passed the bill on December 29. It will be presented to parliament for passage to replace the current Electronic Transactions Act, which the NCP government has used already to arrest people for making improper social media posts.

The ITB sets heavy fines of up to 1.5 million rupees ($US13,145), or jail terms of up to ten years, or both, for harassing, bullying or defaming others via social media. Though the government claims this would not stifle freedom of expression, the bills vague language would put social media users at high risk for criticising business leaders, politicians and bureaucrats.

Under the bill, the government would be able to block social media platforms if they are not registered in Nepal, including Facebook, Viber, and WhatsApp. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would also come under scrutiny. The bill authorises the federal, state and local governments in Nepal to direct ISPs to withdraw improper online content, without any court ruling. Equipment and software can be deemed illegal.

Cases will be heard by an Information Technology Court, chaired by a legal expert and with IT and commerce experts as members. Acharya said this would be a kangaroo court designed to bypass the judiciary, violating the Nepal constitution.

Expressing the concern of sections of the Nepali elite, the Himalayan Times wrote on December 31: Democracy will die in the absence of freedom of expression or opinion. A Kathmandu Post opinion piece noted that authorities could block social media, threatening to curtail freedom of speech online as well as increase surveillance of personal data.

Responding to widespread public hostility, the countrys main opposition party, the Nepali Congress (NC), was forced to demand that the government revise the bills regressive provisions. However, the last NC government also attacked basic democratic rights and was widely discredited before it was voted out in the December 2017 general elections.

A day before the parliamentary committee approved the bill, NCP chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal branded the press as the bourgeois media. This is a cynical attempt to justify the attack on basic democratic rights by a government that serves the interests of the capitalist class.

Since its election, the NCP government has sought to gag free expression. The police have filled 106 cases in Kathmandu Valley, where the majority of Nepalis live, for improper posts on social media in the last three years.

The ICB is not the only measure proposed by the Nepal government to attack media freedom. Under the Media Council Bill (MCB), the Nepal Press Council can fine editors, publishers and journalists up to one million rupees if found guilty of damaging someones reputation. Under the current legislation, the council can ask for clarifications and apologies, and blacklist press organisations, but must go to court for compensation orders.

On December 30, the government tabled the Special Service Bill, which authorises Nepals intelligence agencies to intercept telephone and digital conversations under the basis of countering threats to national security, sovereignty and integrity.

With more than half the planets population now using the internet, governments everywhere are increasingly taking measures to gag social media platforms, fearing their use to organise the struggles of workers and youth. At least 29 countries carried out deliberate internet shutdowns last year.

As part of the Nepal governments increasing surveillance against the masses, 165 more CCTV cameras were installed by police in the capital Kathmandu during October. This takes the total number of CCTV cameras in Kathmandu Valley to 1,414, and to more than 3,000 throughout Nepal. A number of schools and colleges in Kathmandu are under CCTV surveillance also.

These developments underscore the NCPs fear of the development of a mass movement against the government. In by-elections held in November for the parliament and provincial assemblies, the NCP lost most of the seats it had held. In an attempt to shield itself from the discontent, the Rastriya Janata Party withdrew its support from the government last March.

Nepal is a social tinderbox. On average, the richest 10 percent of people now own property worth an astounding 26 times more than the poorest 40 percent, and the top 10 percent earn three times more than the poorest 40 percent.

Nepali migrant workers in the Middle East and elsewhere sent home over $7 billion to their families in the last fiscal year, but they endure significant hardships, including 12-hour work-days in desert heat and gruelling hours in factories with no days off. Many are virtual slaves trapped in private homes as domestic helpers. Around 1,000 Nepali migrant workers die every year, mainly in the Gulf region, because of these appalling conditions.

Mass opposition to the ongoing poverty and social problems under the previous Nepali Congress government resulted in the victory of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Olis administration in the 2017 election. But the NCP government has carried forward the same pro-market program of international finance capital, which is intensifying social devastation and political opposition.

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