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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 21, 2020
April 21 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3726
The U.S. Navy's video uploaded on March 19 had little drama to draw the world's attention away from the coronavirus pandemic. What looked like an ordinary missile was in fact a hypersonic glide vehicle, a new-fangled weapon that flies five times the speed of sound and changes direction mid-flight to evade defences.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Coronavirus deaths , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Investigate China , Outbreak , US Navy , Virus infection

कोविड-19 संकट का वैश्विक प्रभाव
April 21 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 21567
कोविड-19 बेहद करीब से जुड़े इस विश्व का पहला विकट संकट है। चीन के वुहान शहर में यह स्थानीय बीमारी के रूप में शुरू हुआ और कुछ हफ्तों में ही पूरी दुनिया में फैल गया। कोरोना संक्रमण के 10 लाख से भी अधिक माम...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , कोरोनावायरस , कोरोनावायरस संकट , कोविड-19 , वुहान शहर , वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था , वैश्विक प्रभाव

The COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Situation & Media Response
April 20 , 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 6223
The COVID-19 aka Coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, in late December has now spread to 212 countries, areas and territories in the world.1 In India, the first case reported on 30 January 2020,...

Media Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Fake news , Government Efforts , Infodemic , Media’s Role , Pandemic and Media , Social Media

GCC and the Indian Diaspora in the context of Covid-19
April 20 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 5358
West Asia is India’s strategic extended neighbourhood. No wonder India’s policy with respect to the region especially the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Ku...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Cooperation , COVID-19 , diaspora , GCC , India , Kafala system

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 20, 2020
April 20 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3778
As President Trump presses to reopen the country and several states are considering lifting lockdowns in the next few weeks, widespread screening is considered critical. The tests, many made in China without F.D.A. approval, are often inaccurate.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Antibody Test , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Global Times , Job creating , renewable energy , Virus resolution

Coronavirus: China’s New Diplomacy
April 18 , 2020 Dr Teshu Singh
Article Views: 5338
As on 15April 2020, the total number of coronavirus cases are 1,986,936, with 125,953 deaths worldwide. The origin of the virus remains unknown. It is widely believed that virus jumped species and is tr...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : 20th Party Congress , API , BRI , CDC , China , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Debt Trap , Europe , HDFC , India-China relations , Neighbourhood , Pandemic , PPE , South China Sea , US , Wuhan , Xi Jinping

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