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A last stand is a last resort in any battle and is taken because the defending force realizes the benefits of fighting outweigh the benefits of retreat or surrender. During the last resort, either the defending force takes heavy causalities or gets destroyed to ashes. 
 
The history is riddled with numerous last stands that depict heroism and sacrifice of the defenders. Some last stands have become a celebrated part of a fighting forces' or a country's history. 
 
A last stand is also when there is an unequal war and history never forgets the real heroes. 
 
Here are descriptions of 3 such greatest last stands taken in the history:

These are the 3 greatest last stands of history and one of them involves Sikh soldiers

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Dr. Fauci said rich countries are failing India as the country battles a record COVID-19 surge. </li><li>"The only way that you're going to adequately respond to a global pandemic is by having a global response," he said.</li><li>India recorded a record of 360,960 new cases Tuesday as its health systems buckle. </li></ul>Dr. <keyword id="225564" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Anthony-Fauci">Anthony Fauci</keyword>, the White House chief medical advisor, said that rich countries have failed India in its struggle with a record surge in COVID-19 cases. In <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/28/were-all-in-this-together-dr-fauci-says-world-has-failed-india-as-covid-cases-surge">an interview with the Guardian</a>, Fauci said that nations had failed to form a global response to the pandemic. He said that the crisis in India, where 200,000 deaths have been recorded, highlighted the unequal access to healthcare that was the key problem. "The only way that you're going to adequately respond to a global pandemic is by having a global response, and a global response means equity throughout the world," Fauci said."And that's something that, unfortunately, has not been accomplished."Often when you have diseases in which there is a limited amount of intervention, be it therapeutic or prevention, this is something that all the countries that are relatively rich countries or countries that have a higher income have to pay more attention to."India on Tuesday recorded 360,960 new cases - the worst ever daily case load for a single country - as well as 3,293 deaths, <a href="https://www.mohfw.gov.in/">according to health ministry figures.</a>The total number of infections in India since the start of the pandemic now stands at 17 million, which some experts believe to be an undercount. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/delhi-getting-requests-trees-funeral-pyres-covid-surge-2021-4">According to reports,</a> forests have been felled for makeshift funeral pyres in Delhi as crematoriums fill. President Joe Biden has come under pressure to make vaccines more widely available to countries battling COVID-19 surges.The US, like other rich nations, had prioritized its own vaccination campaign and ordered more doses than it needed to vaccinate its own population, hoping to reduce the risk of supply-chain problems slowing the process.On Monday officials announced that the US would be making 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine available to foreign countries. Health experts have warned that is too few, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/politics/biden-vaccine-india.html">The New York Times reported. </a>While wealthier countries have begun mass vaccine rollouts, developing world nations are struggling with new waves of the disease."The United States has really revved up their activity in helping out India … we're sending oxygen, remdesivir, personal protective equipment, a variety of other medications and soon we'll be sending vaccine to help out," Fauci said."So I think that that's a responsibility that the rich countries need to assume. Right now it's a terrible tragic situation where people are dying because there's not enough oxygen, where there's not enough hospital beds. We have to try, looking forward, to get as much equity when it comes to public health issues as we possibly can."Because we're all in this together. It's an interconnected world. And there are responsibilities that countries have to each other, particularly if you're a wealthy country and you're dealing with countries that don't have the resources or capabilities that you have."

Fauci said rich countries failed India by focusing on their own COVID-19 outbreaks at the expense of the rest of the world

<ul><li>The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that India’s smartphone industry will only see mid-to-high single digit growth for the year 2019. </li><li>This is despite the third quarter marking a new record for smartphone shipments at 46.6 million. </li><li>One of the reasons is the growth of online platforms as offline sales channels are on the decline.</li></ul>India’s smartphone market hit a new record shipping 46.6 million phones during the third quarter of 2019 — the highest in a single quarter so far. Despite the record quarter, the International Data Corporation (<a href="https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prAP45640019&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed&amp;utm_source=Alert&amp;utm_campaign=rss_syndication">IDC</a>) expects India to see mid-to-high single digit growth for the Indian smartphone market for the year. "This can be attributed to a strong undercurrent of passive consumer sentiment and muted shipments in the last quarter of the year due to a record 3Q19 when channel stock levels went up," stated Navkendar Singh, Research Director with IDC India. A wave of change in consumer preferences Normally Xiaomi and Samsung are battling it out over who can garner the greater market share. But, this quarter’s numbers show that while Xiaomi’s shipping volumes have increased 8.5% since last year, Samsung’s have fallen by the same amount. <div type="image" title="idc1" msid="72006332" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Market share between top 5 smartphone companies in India&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div>

 Even Samsung’s market share has fallen from 22.6% last quarter to 18.9% this quarter. And, Xiaomi’s strengthened its hold with 27.1% market share. On the other hand, Oppo’s sub-brand — RealMe — continues to increase it market share, overtaking its parent brand. RealMe has 14.3% market share versus Oppo’s 11.8%. According to the IDC, RealMe has grown by 401.3% over the past year. Festive season and online sales The record shipments of smartphones were mostly due to online sales, new phones launching and price correction on a few key models, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). The high numbers had a key role in turning global sale numbers around. Worldwide smartphone shipments increased by 0.8% in the third quarter of 2019, reversing seven quarters of decline and India led emerging markets in total. However, the growth of shipments in unequal. Online platforms continue to lead the charge as the offline sales channels face challenges. This quarter, online sales grew at a yearly rate of 28.3% while offline sales fell by 2.6%. Offline players tried to match e-commerce platforms will attractive deals of their own while dealing with leftover inventory from previous quarters. "The unabated aggression of the online players will continue to be a challenge for the offline channel, which remains the largest channel for smartphones in India. All these give us an indication of sluggish growth next quarter," said Singh. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/oneplus-smartphone-sales-in-india-are-nearly-double-that-of-apple-and-samsung/articleshow/70465846.cms" style="">OnePlus smartphone sales in India are nearly double that of Apple and Samsung</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/gadgets/news/realme-sold-5-2-million-phones-during-the-festive-season-thanks-to-massive-discounts/articleshow/71920229.cms" style="">Realme sold 5.2 million phones during the festive season, thanks to massive discounts</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/miscellaneous/apple-just-got-bumped-down-to-4th-place-in-a-list-of-the-worlds-top-smartphone-makers-heres-how-it-stacks-up-against-rivals-like-samsung-huawei-and-lg/slidelist/70577805.cms" style="">Apple Just Got Bumped Down To 4th Place In A List Of The World's Top Smartphone Makers - Here's How It Stacks Up Against Rivals Like Samsung, Huawei, And LG</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US Soccer Federation filed a motion to dismiss the USWNT's equal pay and gender discrimination lawsuit against its governing body and de facto employer.</li><li>Publicly available filings from the suit reveal that Carlos Cordeiro, the current president of US Soccer, has previously made comments that seem to support the women's claims of unequal treatment.</li><li>Back in 2018, Cordeiro told <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/club/united-states/660/blog/post/3345079/carlos-cordeiro-ussf-presidential-candidate-answers-espn-fc-questions">ESPN's Jeff Carlisle</a> "we clearly need to work toward equal pay for the national teams."</li><li>The year prior, Cordeiro found himself in hot water with then-US Soccer president Sunil Gulati after publicly stating "our female players have not been treated equally," according to court documents acquired by Business Insider.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>The US Women's National Team players are engaged in a very contentious and highly publicized legal battle with the US Soccer Federation - their employer - over "pay discrimination" due to "gender stereotyping."And recently-released documents suggest that support for the women's inequality claims came from an extremely unlikely source - Carlos Cordeiro, the current president of US Soccer.As president of the federation, Cordeiro sits at the helm of US Soccer and is the foremost representative of the organization acting as the defendant in the equal pay lawsuit. Presumably, Cordeiro's opinion is that of US Soccer and vice versa, but past statements appear to contradict this notion.When he was just running for president of the federation back in January of 2018, Cordeiro spoke with <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/club/united-states/660/blog/post/3345079/carlos-cordeiro-ussf-presidential-candidate-answers-espn-fc-questions">ESPN's Jeff Carlisle</a> about various topics pertinent to the organization. Unsurprisingly, equal pay for the USWNT and USMNT came up. More surprisingly, the Bombay, India, native's response seemingly supported the women's players' claims of discrimination."I'm a strong supporter of greater equality, diversity, and inclusion throughout US Soccer, and we clearly need to work toward equal pay for the national teams," Cordeiro told Carlisle. "I believe that where existing agreements are unfair, adjustments should be made immediately. To ensure equal pay going forward, we need to be open to new paradigms while recognizing the specific needs and desires of the WNT and MNT... Beyond player salaries, my platform calls for equal resources for our women's program, from the coaching staff to the training facilities to the travel accommodations."We don't need to wait for CBA negotiations to make these changes; we can start now," he added. "It's the right thing to do."One of the USWNT players' top attorneys, Jeffrey Kessler, quoted these comments in the motion for partial summary judgment he penned on behalf of the women. Additionally, Kessler included an even more damning statement from Cordeiro in which he appears to contradict US Soccer's line of defense."Our women's teams should be respected and valued as much as our men's teams, but our female players have not been treated equally," Cordeiro said, according to the lawsuit filings.That comment got Cordeiro - who had held various roles with US Soccer since 2007 - into quite a bit of hot water with former US Soccer president Sunil Gulati. In an email from December 2017, Gulati refers to his colleague's comments as "incredibly irresponsible" considering the federation had "a pending EEOC charge" at the time.Despite Cordeiro's apparent contradictions, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uswnt-lawsuit-players-suing-equal-pay-2020-2">USSF filed a motion for dismissal of the USWNT players' case</a> Thursday night, alleging that the men's and women's players "perform such different jobs" that there's no basis for a direct comparison between the two and thus no grounds for a discrimination lawsuit.The women, meanwhile, are seeking $67 million in back pay from the US Soccer Federation based on purported violations of Title VII and the Equal Pay Act. Their lawyers argue that the amount - split between the 38 EPA class members and 72 Title VII class members - is commensurate with the amount they would have been compensated had they been given the rate in the men's collective bargaining agreement with US Soccer.Should the presiding judge - Gary Klausner - reject both the USWNT players' motion for summary judgment and the USSF motion for dismissal, the lawsuit will likely move to trial. Though both parties requested a trial date after the 2020 Olympics, Klausner set the date for May 5, mere months before the games begin in Tokyo.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uswnt-lawsuit-players-suing-equal-pay-2020-2">US Soccer says unequal pay for women is fair because 'men are bigger, stronger, faster,' as USWNT sues for $67 million</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/usmnt-on-uswnt-lawsuit-women-should-earn-triple-mens-pay-2020-2">US Men's National Team players broke their silence on equal pay and gender discrimination, calling for the women's team to earn 'triple' the men's pay</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/serena-williams-daughter-uswnt-inspired-gender-inequality-fight-2020-2">Serena Williams credits her daughter and the USWNT for inspiring her renewed efforts to combat gender inequality in sports: 'They encourage me to want to continue to fight'</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uswnt-olympic-roster-cuts-stars-left-off-team-tokyo-2020-2020-2">The USWNT has an embarrassment of riches, and it could be a problem heading into the 2020 Olympics</a></li></ul><p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a title="View Carlos Cordeiro Sunil Gulati Email on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/document/448288774/Carlos-Cordeiro-Sunil-Gulati-Email#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;">Carlos Cordeiro Sunil Gulati Email</a> by <a title="View Meredith Cash's profile on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/user/71398685/Meredith-Cash#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;">Meredith Cash</a> on Scribd

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AP Photo/Esteban FelixHolding signs that read in Spanish, from left, "We pay Cops Salaries and subway fare, and here they are against us," "Save on your ticket," and "The people united will never be defeated," students block the turnstiles to the subway protesting against the rising cost of subway and bus fare, in Santiago, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)<ul class="summary-list"><li>Zach Silk is the president of Civic Ventures and a recurring cohost on the "Pitchfork Economics" podcast.</li><li>He says that Chile represents "the tip of the proverbial spear in the fight against income inequality." The protests there have captured the attention of elites through economic erosion and show that people will lash out when they realize they're playing a rigged game.</li><li>For more on this topic, listen to the latest episode of "<a href="http://pitchforkeconomics.com/episode/the-pitchforks-are-here-with-cesar-hidalgo/">Pitchfork Economics</a>."</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul>It's been more than five years since Civic Ventures founder Nick Hanauer <a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014">made a dire prediction about global economic inequality in Politico Magazine</a>. The piece was titled "The Pitchforks Are Coming ... for Us Plutocrats," and in it Hanauer predicted that after four decades of the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer, it was only a matter of time before the people rose up in anger."You show me a highly unequal society," Hanauer wrote, "and I will show you a police state. Or an uprising. There are no counterexamples. None. It's not if, it's when."He was right: The pitchforks are here. If you have any doubt as to what <a href="https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-11-25/iran-chile-hong-kong-protests-around-the-world">this kind of inequality-fueled uprising might look like, Melissa Etehad described it in the Los Angeles Times last month</a>: "From Chile to Sudan, Lebanon to Colombia, mounting anger and frustration over rising economic and social inequality, political corruption, and disillusionment with democratically elected and authoritarian governments have led to a wide array of mass protests in recent months."Each of these protests started over a seemingly modest matter. Chile's protest began with a few dozen high school girls demonstrating against a small subway fare price hike. A tiny tax on calls to and from the popular messaging app WhatsApp kicked off nationwide turmoil in Lebanon. Iran and Ecuador saw unrest rise over slashed fuel subsidies. In Sudan, it was a one-two punch of fuel and bread subsidy reductions that inspired people to take to the streets. An uptick in the price of onions inspired mass action in India. These protests all began in urban areas and spread like wildfire. People were injured, and even killed, in clashes with law enforcement.But it's clear now that these uprisings aren't just about a few dimes here and there. They're about an ever-growing majority of the global populace that has become fed up with cost of living increases, low wages, the erosion of public trusts like health insurance and pensions, and a corrupt justice system that protects the wealthiest citizens from the consequences of their actions while penalizing the poorest citizens for smaller and smaller infractions. In Chile, a relatively small 3.75% increase in subway fare was simply the spark that started the fire.This week on our podcast "Pitchfork Economics," Nick Hanauer and Civic Ventures Fellow Paul Constant interview physicist César Hidalgo about the protests in Chile and what they might mean for the rest of the world. Chile represents the tip of the proverbial spear in the fight against income inequality. It's nearly 65% more unequal than the <a href="https://www.oecd.org/unitedstates/">OECD</a> average. Perhaps that's why the protests have been so much more consequential than in other nations: At last count, some 26 people have died, with untold thousands injured since the first actions on October 18. The chaos has caused over a billion and a half dollars in property damage, and battles with law enforcement have become commonplace.These protests have inspired uncertainty in Chile's economy, leading the nation's finance minister to lower the annual economic growth for 2019 from 2% to 1.4% and lower next year's forecast by over a full percentage point. In response, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/03/chile-announces-5point5-billion-economic-recovery-plan.html">Chilean leaders are rolling out a five-and-a-half billion-dollar recovery plan</a> to keep the economy from collapsing. The people, in other words, have captured the attention of the elites who run the nation by threatening them in the only language they understand: money.Courtesy of Zach SilkZach Silk.And they've been heard. This coming April, Chile will hold a referendum to decide the fate of the nation's constitution, which was written under a dictatorship. Voters will decide if they approve of launching a new constitution. If so, they'll also decide whether the current government should be in charge of writing the new foundational document or not.Uncertain times always exact an unthinkable toll from a nation. But uncertainty also brings with it an opportunity to remake things for the better. Hidalgo is helping to shape the discussion as Chile moves forward to a potential new constitution. He's working to develop an online platform called <a href="https://chilecracia.org/">Chilecracia</a>, a kind of Tinder for government on which protesters can rank the policies that mean most to them. The mobile app clearly met a demand with Chileans: Within 10 days of launch, Chilecracia had logged more than seven million votes for and against proposed policies. "We found that the list [of policies] that people produced made sense very quickly," Hidalgo says on Pitchfork Economics. Within the first week of policy selection, voters prioritized pension reform, for instance - increasing the minimum pension to at least match the nation's minimum wage. Many of the other policies selected "were punitive toward the rich," according to Hidalgo. Chileans want to see prison sentences for wealthy people who commit tax fraud, price fixing, and other forms of corruption. In the end, Chilecracia seems to confirm this global unrest comes down to a very simple principle: People can tell when they're playing a game that's been rigged in someone else's favor. And if they lose too many times, they're likely to lash out in anger.These are uncertain times, and no nation is safe from these kinds of populist uprisings. It's impossible to predict exactly which straw will break the proverbial camel's back, but it's obvious that the breaking point is nearer than it's ever been in modern times. With all this talk of protests and pitchforks, it's important to remember that there's plenty of good news. Thinkers like Hidalgo are creating new technological ways for citizens to be heard in a decentralized, inclusive manner. People around the world are more aware than ever of the problem of income inequality, and demanding bold new ways to address it. Make no mistake: This is a moment of global crisis. But we also live in a historically unique moment, one in which the nearly instantaneous communication and transmission of ideas is open to everyone. Unlike the revolutions of the past, people today have the opportunity to construct a new, and more just, system without destroying everything that came before. For those of us who believe in the inherent decency and inclusive tendencies of human beings, these protests represent an opportunity to address the mistakes of the past and forge a new path forward with better outcomes for everyone - not just those at the top.This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author(s). <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-jay-z-and-diddy-made-millions-off-of-cheap-alcohol-zack-omalley-greenburg-2018-3">How Jay-Z and Diddy used their fame to make millions off of 'cheap grapes'</a></h3>

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