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Pakistan: Disturbing Trends in the Handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic
April 23 , 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
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The first case of coronavirus was reported in Pakistan on 26 February 2020 in Karachi. Thereafter, it spread to all the four provinces, the federal capital, so-called Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gi...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : doubling rate , Lal Masjid , Pakistan Covid , Ramazan , Tableeghi Jamaat , Taftan quarantine center , Ulemas

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 22, 2020
April 22 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3740
As the Covid-19 pandemic shakes the global economy and disrupts the way we live, work, and conduct business, leaders are scrambling to manage the immediate fallout. But, as history proves, it’s also necessary to prepare for what’s next.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Safety concerns

Strong Cooperation between Nepal and India Needed to Win War against Coronavirus
April 22 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Article Views: 5225
The Global Impact Never before in the history of mankind, the entire globe was affected as much by any event as coronavirus pandemic, called COVID-19. Not even World War I or World War II had made so mu...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Cooperation , COVID-19 , economy , global impact , India , Nepal experience

WHAT YOU EAT IS WHAT YOU ARE! | A POEM
April 21 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Commentary Views: 4021
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

China, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : CCP , China , China-made , Chinese Virus , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Lunar Year , Made in China , Poem , silk roads , WHO , Wuhan curse , Wuhan virus

Industry 4.0 Joins Fight to Contain COVID-19
April 21 , 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Article Views: 5184
“I have a 3D Printer and I am ready to join the fight against COVID-19” is the buzz among the technology developers. There is euphoria to use 3D printers to manufacture a variety of medical products and...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : 3D printing , Additive Manufacturing , COVID-19 , Facemasks , Indian Navy , Industry 4.0 , Ventilators

Corona - Biological War and Other Connotations
April 21 , 2020 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)
Article Views: 4669
The intensity and spread of Corona virus has been unprecedented in the world. All previous calamities either effected smaller regions or petered out with time. In terms of death ‘Black Death’ caused up ...

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : China’s role , Corona spread , Economic effects , India specific Unique Challenges , Limitations , Medium and Long Term Implications , Responses , Short

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