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  • Salt Bae Aka Nusr-Et Shares Photo of Whopping Rs 1.36 Crore Bill From His Abu Dhabi Restaurant, Unamused Netizens Slam Turkish Chef Over Excessive Pricing

    Salt Bae Aka Nusr-Et Shares Photo of Whopping Rs 1.36 Crore Bill From His Abu Dhabi Restaurant, Unamused Netizens Slam Turkish Chef Over Excessive Pricing

    Salt Bae has been slammed on social media after bragging about a customer’s bill that came to a staggering Rs 1.36 crore. Netizens criticised the Turkish millionaire restaurateur calling the prices ‘insane’. The chef had recently shared a picture of an AED 615,065 (over Rs 1.3 crore) bill that was handed to a customer at the restaurant at The Galleria on Al Maryah Island of Abu Dhabi. One user wrote  “$45 for an order of french fries? Are they potatoes grown at [sic] the moon? $55 for a Heineken? Hahaha a 12 pack?.” Another wrote: ‘This is lame, that amount of money will help a whole village from dying. This is horrible.’ Another wrote: ’55 bucks for a Heineken just so u can ruin the meal with gold leaf and drop salt through your hairy arms.’ Bank Slip With ‘Tula Rashi’ Written in Amount Column Deposited in Indian Bank’s Moradabad Branch, Viral Photo Leaves Internet in Splits

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  • Snake Charmer Cartoon Used by Spanish Newspaper ‘La Vanguardia’ To Portray India’s Economic Growth; Netizens Unamused

    Mumbai, October 14: India is making a mark in the global economy and the world is acknowledging it. India’s economic prowess has been identified by International Monetary Fund (IMF), which termed India a bright star. Amid the recession, India’s elevation to the world’s fifth-largest economy overtaking the United Kingdom grabbed everyone’s attention. India is on its way to becoming a global leader and there is no doubt about it.

    However, western media is still not able to erase their image of India as a land of snake charmers and its colonial past. A Spanish newspaper found itself in the centre of controversy by painting India’s economic power using a rather racist stereotype. La Vanguardia, a Spanish daily, issued a story ‘La hora de la economia india’, or ‘The hour of the Indian economy on its front page. And, the caricature they used to portray the economic growth of India was a snake charmer. IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva Hails India’s Economic Growth, Says ‘Country A Bright Spot On This Dark Horizon’ (Watch Video).

    As soon as the photo on the daily’s front page went viral, the netizens started critising the shallow mindset of the west. Some users pointed out that using a “snake charmer” image is a racial stereotype and an insult to India. World Bank Downgrades India’s Economic Growth Forecast to 6.5 Per Cent for Fiscal Year 2022–23.

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    Meanwhile, Spain lacks much behind India in terms of economic growth and GDP. Spain is currently the world’s 15th largest economy with a GDP of around $2 trillion while India is the world’s fifth largest economy with a GDP of around $3.5 trillion.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Oct 14, 2022 02:58 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).