Each member of the World Bank Group
receives votes consisting of share votes
(one vote for each share of the Bank's
capital stock held by the member) plus
basic votes. E.g - US currently yields
16.71% of total votes, Japan currently
yields 7.62% of total votes

Unschooling is an alternative approach to education that emphasizes self -directed learning & the belief that children learn best through real - life experiences & interests rather than traditional schooling. It is a form of homeschooling that allows children to explore their interests and passions at their own pace, rather than following a structured curriculum. Unschooling parents typically do not assign homework or grades, & they may not follow a set schedule or timetable for learning. Instead, they encourage their children to pursue their own interests & passions, & provide support & resources as needed.

In an academic setting, political leanings can be assessed by the research papers/ articles published and greater academic involvement in confereneces, lectures etc.

Promise programs allow students to attend an alternative school to avoid being charged with a misdemeanor for a non-violent offense. It allows students to enter the program in lieu of arrest and/or an out -of -school suspension. Students have the option to enroll in a set of schools that have chosen to opt into this program.

Bakhmut is Ukranian town in the Donbass
region which has been a key point of interest
for Russian forces. Previously heavily
populated, the town has largely been
evacuated after months of protracted conflict. Currently, the town is occupied by Russian forces. Ukraine's attempts at recapturing lost territory have been unsuccessful and they have instead focused efforts on fortifying the surrounding areas and launching a counter-offensive against Russia. Ukraine has yet to give up on losing Bakhmut

1) Since April 2023, Sudan has been
experiencing an armed conflict between two rival factions of the military government - the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and generals of the Sudanese army.
2) Previously, various regional actors such as Ethiopia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia etc. and the US have attempted to broker peace between both parties.
3) Traditionally, China has had a non-interference policy when dealing with civil
strifes in strategic regions.

Minilateralism is forming arrangements
that occupy the space between bilateral
arrangements and the broader global
multilateral arrangements (WTO, IMF.
etc)

The notion of sisterhood refers to a
considerable degree of solidarity and
loyalty that women have towards other
women especially when it concerns
challenging the patriarchy

Historical revisionism refers to any reinterpretation of recorded history. E.g - Veer Savarkar's contribution to the freedom struggle and BJP's attempt to push him as a nationalist, removal of Mughal history from textbooks, remembrance of the martial law period as the “golden era” of the Philippines by attributing it to Marcos Sr.’s public programs and infra development, etc.

A unicorn is a term used in the venture capital industry to describe a privately held startup company with a value of over $1 billion. Examples of this include Gojek and SpaceX.

Political consumerism refers to people making choices about what to consume based on the politics of the company in question (e.g. boycotting Chick-Fil-A for its stance against abortion, not buying from Ben&Jerry because they advocated for gay marriage).

Over the past few weeks, the US has attempted to engage on a range of military and commercial fields with China. This includes senior US secretaries announcing visits to China to discuss trade and tech, plans to meet senior Chinese defense personnel and diplomatic talks between the two countries in Vienna last month.

You possess a magical machine that can bring everyone to a stimulation world where the harmful effect of climate change is reaching its peak. People in this simulation will feel the same thing (joy, physical pain, etc) as they do in the real world. Everyone in this world experiences the effects of climate change the same way a median person in the world would. The stimulation can only run for one day. But people in the stimulation would feel 10 years has passed. Assuming everything else in this stimulation world is the
same, and the magical machine can only be activated once.

A unicorn is a term used in the venture capital industry to describe a privately held startup company with a value of over $1 billion. Examples of this include Gojek and SpaceX.

Political consumerism refers to people making choices about what to consume based on the politics of the company in question (e.g. boycotting Chick-Fil-A for its stance against abortion, not buying from Ben&Jerry because they advocated for gay marriage).

Bonded scholarship programmes in places like Singapore and Malaysia facilitate the ability of students to study abroad at elite universities. These programs are paid for by the state in return for the student being 'bonded' to work for the state for a given period of time (3, 5, 10 years). Students may be bonded to specific epartments or just bonded in general. It is possible for students to occasionally default on their bond and pay back the cost of education at a large premium.

Fort Minor is a technology that tells you what percentage of the outcomes in your life can be attributed to luck and what percentage due to your effort.