KJo, Saif, Varun eat crow, after nepotism jibe at Kangana massively backfires

KJo, Saif, Varun eat crow, after nepotism jibe at Kangana massively backfires

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All three have apologized through various mediums for their act, despite Kangana not responding to their on-stage charade. Karan Johar‬, ‪Kangana Ranaut‬, ‪International Indian Film Academy Awards‬, ‪Varun Dhawan‬, ‪Saif Ali Khan‬, ‪Nepotism‬, ‪18th IIFA Awards‬‬.

Karan Johar had already been at the receiving end of public wrath when he ridiculed Kangana’s takedown of him on his own show for being nepotistic a few odd months back. While the debate had died a gradual death, Karan, Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan gave the charade a fresh lease of life, by ridiculing Kangana and flaunting their own nepotistic career propellers under the garbed pretext of humour at the recently concluded IIFA awards, as would have been expected, the jibe did not go down well and people reacted strongly to the distasteful humour.

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Varun Dhawan, youngest of the lot, was the first to go into damage control mode, apologising profusely on his social media feed post the backlash. However, he chose to not name the actress acknowledge the IIFA mishap in his tweet.

Saif himself addressed the blazing controversy in an interview to FirstPost, positing, “I respect Kangana tremendously for what she’s achieved, for coming up the hard way. We’re a mutual admiration society. She also agrees that despite having illustrious parents, I too have had an uneven beginning in Bombay. I understand what Kangana means by her stance on nepotism, though I have a slightly different take on it. People knew who I was because of my parents but that didn’t necessarily give me an easy ride. Look at the spate of terrible movies I’ve starred in and you know that phase lasted for a long while.”

But would he have got those opportunities and multiple second chances had he not had a privileged background? An outsider might have outrightly been shun, unless he’s proven himself consistently over a prolonged period of time and established himself a bankable star.

However, the biggest turnaround was from Karan Johar himself, who did not for once try to justify his act, apologising unconditionally for it.

"Of course I don't believe that 'nepotism rocks'. Of course, I believe that only talent rocks. If anything that rocks, it's your talent, hard work and conviction. It's the energy you bring to your job. What we said was meant to be a joke, which I think has been misplaced, misunderstood and I think it went wrong. I regret it.

Karan Johar‬, ‪Kangana Ranaut‬, ‪International Indian Film Academy Awards‬, ‪Varun Dhawan‬, ‪Saif Ali Khan‬, ‪Nepotism‬, ‪18th IIFA Awards‬‬

No matter what I say or feel about my issues with what Kangana said on my talk show Koffee With Karan, I think I was raised to be a dignified, a chivalrous, and a decent person. That's the upbringing that I was given and I feel that I failed on those accounts. I felt that no matter what my thoughts or personal issues on this, I should not have repeatedly brought that up. For that, I'm deeply regretful.

I want to once and for all say and close this chapter after this and subsequently I will not speak about nepotism nor Kangana because it would be distrustful for her and it would be ungraceful at my end, which I've already been. Nepotism is easy access, nobody can deny that, but what you do with that access is what moulds you into a professional,” he told NDTV.

Karan Johar‬, ‪Kangana Ranaut‬, ‪International Indian Film Academy Awards‬, ‪Varun Dhawan‬, ‪Saif Ali Khan‬, ‪Nepotism‬, ‪18th IIFA Awards‬‬

Well, with the kind of rebuking the three were being subjected to across social media platform and public discourses, the apologies were inevitable. This despite the fact that the outspoken actress is yet to respond to the massive fiasco. But will such strong public aversion to the idea of nepotism change the film industry’s skeletally hierarchical means and provide fresh aide to outsiders with potential? One must wait and watch.

Karan Johar Takes A MASSIVE Dig At Kangana Ranaut And Nepotism At IIFA 2017

Karan Johar‬, ‪Kangana Ranaut‬, ‪International Indian Film Academy Awards‬, ‪Varun Dhawan‬, ‪Saif Ali Khan‬, ‪Nepotism‬, ‪18th IIFA Awards‬‬

Nepotism Rocks act at IIFA Awards 2017 didn’t go well with anyone. Social media criticised Karan Johar, Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan for their actions at the award ceremony. However, KJo now regrets taking a dig at Kangana Ranaut in her absence. In an interview to NDTV, he said, ” Of course, I don’t believe that ‘nepotism rocks’. Of course, I believe that only talent rocks. If anything that rocks, it’s your talent, hard work and conviction. It’s the energy you bring to your job. What we said was meant to be a joke, which I think has been misplaced, misunderstood and I think it went wrong. I regret it”.
He further took the entire blame on him, ” The idea of that joke was entirely mine, so I take the onus of the idea of what we said. And I think we went a bit too far with the Kangana mention.  It was something that we said in humour, it may be terrible humour, bad humour, misplaced humour, but our intention was not to hurt anyone. That very core is what failed. Then I got carried away in the moment and I regret that.”

His final words on nepotism were, ” I want to once and for all say and close this chapter after this and subsequently, I will not speak about nepotism nor Kangana because it would be distrustful for her and it would be ungraceful at my end, which I’ve already been. Nepotism is easy access, nobody can deny that, but what you do with that access is what moulds you into a professional.”
India.com also spoke exclusively to Saif about the trio’s IIFA act. While talking about it Saif explained, ” I’m very fond of Kangana (Ranaut) and respect her achievements. This whole thing was never meant seriously and I thought it’s a joke against us more than anyone else (as clearly there is more to our achievements than nepotism!!) no harm meant.” Looking at the Rangoon star’s stance, it is clear that he meant no harm.” Even Varun Dhawan apologised on Twitter, ” I express my apology and regret… I am extremely sorry if I have offended or hurt anyone with that act”.  Well, the trio has finally apologised and we hope Kangana accepts it.

Cigarette companies woo young people in India while health officials are fuming

Cigarette companies woo young people in India while health officials are fuming

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Cigarette companies woo young people in India while health officials are fuming
Govt officials claim that cigarette firms are barred from public advertising such as the ads put up on cigarettes kiosks, but the firms claim that the advertising is compliant with law

S. K. Arora spent more than three years trudging through the Indian summer heat and monsoon rains to inspect tobacco kiosks across this sprawling megacity, tearing down cigarette advertisements and handing out fines to store owners for putting them up.

But as fast as he removed the colourful ads, more appeared.

The chief tobacco control officer at the Delhi state government, Arora asked the major cigarette companies to put a stop to the cat-and-mouse routine. In official letters and face-to-face meetings, he told them India’s tobacco control laws barred such public advertising and promotion of cigarettes. 

That included the Indian arm of Philip Morris International Inc, the world’s largest publicly traded tobacco company. Early last year, Arora said, he met with a Philip Morris director for corporate affairs in India, a man named R. Venkatesh, and told him the signs were an unequivocal violation of Indian law.

Like other tobacco companies, Philip Morris kept up its ad blitz.

Venkatesh says Philip Morris is doing nothing wrong. In response to questions from Reuters, he said the company’s advertising is “compliant with Indian law” and that Philip Morris has “fully cooperated with the enforcement authorities” on the matter.

But Indian government officials say Philip Morris is using methods that flout the nation’s tobacco-control regulations. These include tobacco shop displays as well as the free distribution of Marlboro– the world’s best-selling cigarette brand—at nightclubs and bars frequented by young people.

In internal documents, Philip Morris International is explicit about targeting the country’s youth. A key goal is “winning the hearts and minds of LA-24,” those between legal age, 18, and 24, according to one slide in a 2015 commercial review presentation.

As with the point-of-sale ads at kiosks, public health officials say that giving away cigarettes is a violation of India’s Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act and its accompanying rules.

Philip Morris’ marketing strategy for India, which relies heavily on kiosk advertising and social events, is laid out in hundreds of pages of internal documents reviewed by Reuters that cover the period from 2009 to 2016.

In them, Philip Morris presents these promotions as key marketing activities. In recent years, they have helped to more than quadruple Marlboro’s market share in India, where the company is battling to expand its reach in the face of an entrenched local giant.

Reuters is publishing a selection of those documents in a searchable repository, The Philip Morris Files.

The company’s goal is to make sure that “every adult Indian smoker should be able to buy Marlboro within walking distance,” according to another 2015 strategy document. In targeting young adults, Philip Morris is deploying a promotional strategy that it and other tobacco companies used in the United States decades ago.

A study published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2002 found that during the 1990s, “tobacco industry sponsorship of bars and nightclubs increased dramatically, accompanied by cigarette brand paraphernalia, advertisements, and entertainment events in bars and clubs.”

With cigarette sales declining in many countries, Philip Morris has identified India, population 1.3 billion, as a market with opportunity for significant growth. “India remains a high potential market with huge upside with cigarette market still in infancy,” says a 2014 internal document.

According to government data, India has about 100 million smokers. Of those, about two-thirds smoke traditional hand-rolled cigarettes. Tobacco use kills more than 900,000 people a year in India, and the World Health Organization estimates that tobacco-related diseases cost the country about $16 billion annually.

Philip Morris is not alone in using marketing methods that Indian officials say are illegal. The country’s largest cigarette maker, ITC Ltd, uses similar tactics, such as advertising at kiosks.

British American Tobacco Plc and Indian state-run companies have large, passive stakes in ITC, which controls about 80% of the market.

Tobacco-control officer Arora, a short, mustachioed man with a gruff demeanour, sent a letter to Philip Morris and other tobacco companies in mid-April, giving them until the end of the month to remove all advertisements. “Legal action will be initiated against the company” if it did not comply, he wrote in the letters, copies of which were reviewed by Reuters.

A day after Arora’s deadline passed, he and his team conducted a raid in an affluent area of cafes and coffee shops in New Delhi that showed his letters did not have the desired effect. On that hot afternoon in May, the team cut down about a dozen advertisements for Marlboro and various ITC brands. As word of the raid spread, worried vendors covered their ads with newspapers or took them down.

One kiosk owner, Rakesh Kumar Jain, removed his Marlboro ads before Arora’s team arrived. Jain said the signs had been put up by Philip Morris representatives. In return, he said, he received free cigarettes each month worth about Rs2,000. Jain knew that putting up the posters was illegal, but they helped improve sales, he said.

About a dozen kiosk owners interviewed by Reuters said that tobacco companies paid them a monthly fee for advertisements and product displays, with the amount determined by factors such as location, volume of business and type of promotional material.

In payment receipts seen by Reuters, Philip Morris’ India unit promised to pay Rs500 a month to a cigarette seller with a small roadside kiosk in New Delhi for putting up Marlboro ads. The receipts were signed by a company representative. During the raid, fines were issued to some vendors, many of them repeat offenders, and they were threatened with court action if the ads went up again.

Like Philip Morris, ITC says that it is in full compliance with India’s 2003 tobacco control law. If it wasn’t, the company said in a statement to Reuters, then “the relevant government authorities would have initiated action.”

Since Arora’s threat of legal action in April, there are fewer Philip Morris advertisements outside cigarette shops in the capital. But both Philip Morris and ITC say that advertising inside a shop is allowed. “Advertisements of tobacco products at the entrance and inside the shops selling tobacco products are clearly and categorically permitted,” ITC said in response to questions from Reuters.

Arora, however, said all advertising is prohibited - “There are no two ways about it,” he insisted - but he can’t start legal proceedings until getting further guidance from the federal government. He has yet to receive an answer.

Federal health officials say in interviews that the ads are out of bounds. Amal Pusp, a director for tobacco control at the health ministry, told Reuters that “there is no confusion”: All advertisements—inside and outside shops—are illegal.

The 2003 law allows tobacco companies to advertise at shops, but subsequent rules issued by the government prohibit it. In 2004, India became one of the first countries to ratify the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) treaty.

The pact has 181 members and contains a raft of anti-smoking provisions, including tobacco taxes, warning labels on cigarette packs and advertising bans. The country enacted its national tobacco control law the year before ratifying the FCTC, and since then the government has added rules to strengthen the law in line with FCTC treaty provisions.

The health ministry published rules in 2005 that banned any display of brand names, pack images or promotional messages. The rule specified that tobacco retailers could only display a 60-by-45 centimetre board, roughly 24 by 18 inches.

The sign can have a description of the type of tobacco products sold—such as cigarettes or chewing tobacco—but cannot include any brand advertising and must carry a large health warning.

The health ministry’s rules were challenged in court by a group of cigarette distributors and put on hold by a state-level high court for seven years. They finally came into force in 2013 on orders of India’s Supreme Court.

The high court had overlooked the fact that advertisement of tobacco products “will attract younger generation and innocent minds, who are not aware of grave and adverse consequences of consuming such products,” the Supreme Court said in its ruling.

Philip Morris has lobbied against the passing of stricter tobacco control rules by the Indian government. In documents detailing the company’s plans for the biennial FCTC treaty convention in India last November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerges as a prime target.

A key goal: to pre-empt Modi from taking “extreme anti-tobacco measures” before delegates were to gather from around the world for the treaty meeting, according to a 2014 corporate affairs PowerPoint presentation. The company planned to gain Modi’s ear through those close to him. It identified several people in this group, including commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman, health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, and Amit Shah, president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Modi and the other politicians didn’t respond to requests for comment. Philip Morris International also didn’t comment on the plan. The tobacco giant’s efforts to fend off anti-smoking steps have had limited impact so far. Last year, for instance, India ordered manufacturers to cover 85% of the surface of cigarette packs with health warnings, up from 20%.

The rule, which is still being challenged in a state court by the tobacco industry, including Philip Morris’ India partner, was implemented by order of the Supreme Court.

Marlboro has just a 1.4% share of the almost $10 billion cigarette market in India. The industry is dominated by ITC, which has a strong grip on distributors and retailers.

One major method Philip Morris is deploying to gain ground, the marketing documents show, is the free distribution of cigarettes at bars and nightclubs—known as Legal Age Meeting Points, or LAMPs, in company jargon. The hiring of young women and men to work at these gatherings is outsourced to event management companies, according to people with knowledge of the gatherings.

Some of the recruiting takes place online. “Hey girls…We are searching A++ Hot & Gorgeous girls for the Marlboro pub activity...Pay: 2000/day...Work: Promotion in clubs in Delhi,” read one post on a Facebook public group in June last year.

There was no company name attached to the ad.

At several parties attended by Reuters in Delhi and Mumbai, young women dressed in the colours of the latest Marlboro variant handed out packs of cigarettes. During one party at a nightclub in a Delhi hotel, a young woman walked around with a tablet showing an ad that highlighted Marlboro features.

A television screen played a video promoting the brand: “For trendsetters, for forward thinkers, a smooth and balanced smoking experience.”

In many ways, it was right out of the Philip Morris 1990s playbook. The American Journal of Public Health study, drawing on previously secret industry documents, found that Philip Morris ran bar promotions in 1990 using racing jackets, and added “neon message boards and cocktail trays” in 1991.

The study described methods for collecting names for a company database “to generate smoker profiles, direct mailing campaigns, and conduct telephone research studies after the bar events.”

At the parties in India, people who took the Marlboro packs were asked their names, ages and preferred brands. Philip Morris calls this distribution of free cigarettes “sampling,” which it says in an internal document is allowed under the law.

The company has spent millions of dollars on these activities. In 2014, for example, Philip Morris estimated it spent $1.6 million on LAMP events and sampling at kiosks in India, according to the 2015 commercial review presentation. The company planned to use LAMPs in 2015 to generate 30,000 “trials,” or samplings of cigarettes. And it planned to generate another 500,000 trials that year through sampling at cigarette shops and kiosks, according to the 2015 strategy document.

The company instructs employees to watch their words. An undated training manual for market researchers says: “Do not say this is a ‘PROMOTION’ or ‘ADVERTISING’.”

Indian health ministry officials say that anyone who hands out free cigarettes, whatever the circumstances, is breaking the law.

The health ministry’s Amal Pusp says the law against distribution of free cigarettes is unambiguous. He cites Section 5 of the country’s tobacco control act, which says: “No person, shall, under a contract or otherwise promote or agree to promote the use or consumption of” cigarettes or any other tobacco product. The law carries a fine of up to Rs1,000 and a sentence of up to two years in prison for a first conviction.

“We believe we market our products in a responsible manner, and in compliance with Indian regulations,” Philip Morris’ Venkatesh said, without elaborating.

In October last year, the month before India was due to host delegations from around the world at the biennial FCTC tobacco control conference in Delhi, tobacco-control officer Arora said he suddenly started getting traction. The cigarette ads vanished and Delhi was “cleaned,” he said.

That success couldn’t have come at a better time for Arora and his colleagues at the federal health ministry: They wanted to make sure foreign delegates visiting India saw the country was serious about its tobacco regulations. Weeks after the FCTC delegates left town in November, however, kiosks in the capital were again displaying ads for Marlboro. Reuters

Neele Neele Ambar Par Lyrics: Kalakaar - 1983

Neele Neele Ambar Par Lyrics: Kalakaar - 1983

Hindi-Lyrics Lyrics

Neele Neele Ambar Par lyrics

Pyaar barsaaye humko tarsaaye
Aisa koi saathi ho aisa koi premi ho
Pyaas dil ki bujha jaaye

Neele neele ambar par chaand jab aaye
Pyaar barsaaye humko tarsaaye
Aisa koi saathi ho aisa koi premi ho
Pyaas dil ki bujha jaaye

Oh oonche oonche parvat jab choomte hain ambar ko
Pyaasa pyaasa ambar jab choomta hai saagar ko
Oonche oonche parvat jab choomte hain ambar ko
Pyaasa pyaasa  ambar jab choomta hai saagar ko
Pyaar se kasne ko baahon mein basne ko
Dil mera lalchaaye koi to aa jaaye
Aisa koi saathi ho aisa koi premi ho
Pyaas dil ki bujha jaaye

Neele neele ambar par chaand jab aaye
Pyaar barsaaye humko tarsaaye

Oh thande thande jhonke jab baalon ko sehlayein
Tapti tapti kirnen jab gaalon ko chhoo jayein
Thande thande jhonke jab baalon ko sehlayein
Tapti tapti kirnen jab gaalon ko chhoo jayein
Saanson ki garmi ko haathon ki narmi ko
Mera mann tarsaaye koi to chhoo jhaaye
Aisa koi saathi ho aisa koi premi ho
Pyaas dil ki bujha jaaye

Neele neele ambar par chaand jab aaye
Pyaar barsaaye humko tarsaaye

Hey chham chham karta saawan boondon ke baan chalaaye
Satrangi barsaaton mein jab tan man bhiga jaaye
Chham chham karta saawan boondon ke baan chalaaye
Satrangi barsaaton mein jab tan man bhiga jaaye
Pyaar mein nahaane ko doob hi jaane ko
Dil mera tadpaaye khwaab jaga jaaye
Aisa koi saathi ho aisa koi premi ho
Pyaas dil ki bujha jaaye

Neele neele ambar par chaand jab aaye
Pyaar barsaaye humko tarsaaye

The Place Where You Are

The Place Where You Are

Self-Improvement

The Place Where You Are

We rush through our days with so much to do, so much we should be doing, so much we’re missing out on … but how often do we stop to appreciate the place where we are right now?

I don’t mean to focus on the journey, because that’s many different places … but instead to focus on where you are at this particular time. The physical place you’re in, the emotional state you’re in, the phase you are in life.

Pause for a moment, right now, to notice where you are.

What is it like? What is the light like? What about the sounds, the smells, the feelings your body is feeling, the people around you? What is your state of mind? What are you worried about, joyful about? What is stopping you from appreciating this moment?

Find something to be grateful about where you are: if you’re around someone you love, enjoy that. If you’re doing something that makes the world a better place, be happy about that. If you’re in someplace beautiful, be thankful for that.

What if you don’t like where you are? This is something to appreciate as well. Stop and feel your emotions about where you are. See that you are hurting. See that you wish things to be different. How does that feel in your body? Allow it to happen, and realize that it is temporary but a part of life. Not good or bad, just happening.

Then think about all the things you aren’t suffering from: If you aren’t in a war-torn area of the world, give thanks to the stars. If you aren’t suffering from health problems, aren’t sleeping on the streets, aren’t about to die … that’s a minor miracle. You are alive, and life is a wondrous thing to participate in.

AGAR TU HOTA LYRICS – Baaghi | Ankit Tiwari

AGAR TU HOTA LYRICS – Baaghi | Ankit Tiwari

Hindi-Lyrics Lyrics

Agar Tu Hota Lyrics from Baaghi (2016) sung by Ankit Tiwari. AGAR TU HOTA TO Na Rote Hum LYRICS. This song is composed by Ankit Tiwari with lyrics penned by Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay. Hindi Song Lyrics from Bollywood Movie Baghi: Agar Tu Hota to Na Rote Hum Lyrics

Baaghi movie stars Shraddha Kapoor, Tiger Shroff. And directed by Sabbir Khan. Baaghi releases on 29 April 2016.

Agar Tu Hota Lyrics from Baaghi: Ankit Tiwari sang and composed this song while agar tu hota hai na rote hum lyrics are penned by Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay.

Song: Agar Tu Hota
Singer: Ankit Tiwari
Lyrics: Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay
Music: Ankit Tiwari

Agar Tu Hota Lyrics

Meri raahon mein pade
Tere pairon ke nishan
Ne kahan.. ne kahan
Teri saanson se judi
Meri saanson ki wafa
Ne kahan.. ne kahan
Girte un ansuon mein
Kuch toh tujhsa lagge hai
In ashqon mein main na khota

Agar tu hota toh na rote hum
Agar tu hota toh na rote hum (x2)

Paon ko thhe miley zameen ki tarah
Ankhon mein kyu huwe nami ki tarah
Dil ko tum kehte thhe khuda ka hai ghar
Chod ke kyu gaye ajnabi ki tarah
Girte un ansuon mein
Kuch toh tujhsa lagge hai
In ashqon mein main na khota

Agar tu hota toh na rote hum
Agar tu hota toh na rote hum (x2)

Bin tere dekhun main
Zara sa lagoon
Gham se hi aaj kal
Bhara sa lagoon
Chod de saath na zindagi meri
Soch ke baat yeh darra sa lagoon
Girte un ansuon mein
Kuch toh tujhsa lagge hai
In ashqon mein main na khota

Agar tu hota toh na rote hum
Agar tu hota toh na rote hum (x2)

How To Make Money Online With Payoneer Mastercard Affiliate Program

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African Union set to launch all-Africa passport at July Summit

African Union set to launch all-Africa passport at July Summit

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Imagine having a passport that will allow visa-free access to all 54 countries in Africa.

The African Union (AU) is prepared to launch the electronic passport (e-Passport) at the next AU Summit tabled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, in July 2016. This flagship project, first agreed upon in 2014, falls squarely within the framework of Africa’s Agenda 2063 and has the specific aim of facilitating free movement of persons, goods and services around the continent - in order to foster intra-Africa trade, integration and socio-economic development.

 

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has described this initiative as both symbolic and significant, calling it a “steady step toward the objective of creating a strong, prosperous and integrated Africa, driven by its own citizens and capable of taking its rightful place on the world stage.”

Aspirations 2 and 7 of Agenda 2063, respectively, envision an Africa that is ‘integrated’ and ‘united’, and the introduction of the Common African Passport as an effort towards realizing integration and unity on the continent.
The first group of beneficiaries will include: AU Heads of State and Government; Ministers of Foreign Affairs; and the Permanent Representatives of AU Member States based at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The AU e-Passports will be issued to them in July 2016, at the 27th AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda. In order for all the recipients to acquire the passports, they are strongly encouraged to comply with the needed paper work required to accelerate the processing lead time.

The concept of unrestricted movement of persons, goods and services across regions and the continent is not new; it has been outlined in documents like the Lagos Plan of Action and the Abuja Treaty - an indication that the unhampered movement of citizens is critical for Africa’s development.

Countries such as Seychelles, Mauritius, Rwanda, and Ghana have taken the lead in ensuring easier intra-Africa travel by relaxing visa restrictions and in some cases lifting visa requirements altogether. The scene seems to be set to realize the dream of visa-free travel for African citizens within their own continent by 2020.

In a statement, the court also said that the sentence can be appealed through the Spanish supreme court. Under Spanish law, a tax prison sentence under two years can be served under probation, meaning Messi and his father are very unlikely to go to jail.

The court has also ordered Messi to pay a fine of about €2 million ($2.2 million), while his father was dealt a €1.5m fine for the tax evasion.