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Even now, what the world knows about the mysterious virus 18 months after it broke out in Wuhan city in China, is that it is mysterious. Though officially called Covid-19 after its name was changed many times within three months of its detection, its....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , US , China , Global Security , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , SARS , Wuhan Institute of Virology

The Oxygen Crisis in Second Wave Covid-19 Pandemic in India and “We the People”

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

The Silver Lining

Dr. Rajendra Bharud an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer of 2013 batch presently Collector Nandurbar in the tribal area of Maharashtra started setting up a liquid oxygen plant way back in September 2020 when t....

May 03, 2021 Governance and Political Studies , Article , Wuhan virus , O2 crisis , Nandurbar case , handling the second Covid-19 wave in India , medical oxygen , Rajendra Bharud

Exchanges on Wuhan Virus: A Poem

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

US CLAIMS To start we have to put the blame On the country that is the source Of virus, and hence the right name Must be in documents of course. I have greatest respect for Xi, We get along superbly well, Bu....

May 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Wuhan virus , US Claims , China Disclaims , Europe Declaims , Australia Aims

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 1, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical

Flagship US medical academy backs EU efforts for global virus response

Victor Dzau, National Academy of Medicine president, appealed to Ursula von der Leyen, his European Commission counterpart, to boost global develop....

May 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Trump , Wuhan virus , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , US medical academy , Global virus response , Interior Ministry , MSMEs , G20 Fundraiser , Covid-19 Drugs

TAKING OFF CHINA’S XI-RT | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The situation seems to be: To responsibility Xi-rk, The Chinese will Xi-lly shally, As long as delay will work To get them out of a Xi-t hole, So they make a lot of Xi-ndig, Knowing their armour has a WHO-le, They think that by some ....

April 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , Xi , Xi Jinping , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Coronavirus crisis

WHAT YOU EAT IS WHAT YOU ARE! | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

What you ingest can tell one how You tend to think, how you behave We may therefore examine now The things that Chinese stomachs crave And what this tells about their conduct In politics, investment, trade Offering you a vital produ....

April 21, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , China , Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem , Made in China , silk roads

GUNNING WITH PUNNING | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The coroning ignominy Will come when we discover The roots of the conspiracy And the “WHO-HAN” link uncover Ideas whether batty or not Immersed in Made-in-China soup At all that thrown into the pot The world must look at with a ....

April 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem , Made in China

THE WUHAN VIRUS | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

At Wuhan at the market wet Where bats and pangolins are sold The stage for the virus was set To bring the world into its fold In November came an alert There was a new pneumonic strain The researcher who saw it first Rang bells but....

April 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem

Wuhan Corona Outbreak: Penumbra and Umbra Effects

Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

The Corona virus that originated in December 2019 at Wuhan continues to grab headlines world over. As on 10 Feb 2020, a total of 40625 cases of infections and 910 deaths were recorded. On 18 Feb 2020, the tally reads 73336 infection cases and 1874 d....

February 24, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Taiwan , PLA , BRI , Wuhan virus , epidemic , spin offs , trade war , virus effects