Planes and GNI per capita.

"Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau belatedly left India Tuesday (yesterday) after an aircraft breakdown forced a two-day extension of his rocky visit to New Delhi for the G20 summit." ET. "It could be unbelievable for people in the developing world that Canada's prime minister is flying in an aircraft which is nearly 40 years old." ET. "Of Canada's five CC-150s, only three are currently in service." On the other hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India uses a B777 aircraft, two of which were retrofitted with "similar security measures as the Air Force One planes used by the US President". The total cost of purchase and retrofitting came to Rs 8,400 crore (Rs 84 billion). ET. And why not? In 2022, at current prices, Canada had a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of $52,960, while India's per capita GNI was a paltry $2,380. World Bank. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the median income of full-time workers in 2022 would have been $54,132. "The mean American income in 2020, according to Statista, was $71,456". First Republic. All G20 leaders, plus UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres visited Raj Ghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. HT. "Winston Churchill disparagingly referred to Mohandas Gandhi as the 'half-naked fakir'. Gandhi regarded the expression as a compliment." mkgandhi.org. On the other hand, Modi's sartorial elegance, frequent changes of clothes and fancy headgear would put any supermodel in the shade. "Over the course of the last year, Canada has welcomed 2,26,450 Indian students, making the subcontinent the top source for international students entering the North American country." ET. We can take it for granted that none of these students will return to India. How many Canadians want to stay in India? Trudeau was deliberately ignored during the G20 summit and "According to sources, Trudeau has not been participating much in multi-lateral meetings and has not been given much coverage." News18. "Modi scolds Trudeau over Sikh protests in Canada against India." Reuters headline. On 1 September, Canada "unexpectedly said it had paused talks on a proposed trade treaty with India, just three months after the two nations said they aimed to seal an initial agreement this year." Reuters. Canada could, of course, severely curtail the number of students it takes from India, which will cause an absolute outcry. Modi is no friend of the West, wrote Pankaj Mishra. "Sweeping denunciations of the West as selfish and arrogant, deserving of a comeuppance, are now routine in India. More remarkably, as Modi's ministerial colleagues as well as social media trolls go after George Soros, India is openly participating, for the first time in its long history, in the global networks of anti-Semitism." A poster by the BJP showed how Modi is more popular than any other leader in the world. Which is why Modi can do whatever he likes. Within India. Canada is a member of the G7 and NATO. Don't think you can go on insulting it.