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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 8, 2020
May 8 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 5051
Top trade negotiators from the United States and China spoke by phone on May 08 and vowed to continue to support the phase one trade deal, Chinese state media reported, in their first contact since the agreement was signed in January.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Coronavirus recovery , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Sharing Economy , US-China trade , WHO

Political Crisis amidst COVID-19 Pandemic in Nepal
May 8 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Commentary Views: 3326
At a time when almost all the countries of the world are struggling to fight the corona virus pandemic, the Council of Ministers in Nepal brought in two important ordinances on April 20, 2020, that coul...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Communist Party of Nepal , Constitutional Council , Federal Socialist Party , Janata Samajbadi Party , PM Oli , Rastriya Janata Party , splitting political parties , Two new ordinances

Lockdown Scenario- A Golden Opportunity for Cyber Criminals
May 8 , 2020 Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF
Article Views: 8106
“Anyone who thinks that security products alone offer true security is settling for the illusion of security.”1 - Kevin D Mitnick

National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security

Tags : Child Protection , COVID19 , Cyber Security , Cybercrime , Cybercriminals , Cyberspace , India , lockdown , Phishing , Ransomware

कोविड-19 – अफ्रीका होगा जंग का अगला मैदान
May 8 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 81022
कोविड 19 वायरस ने पूरी दुनिया को चपेट में ले लिया है और विकसित देशों पर इसकी सबसे ज्यादा चोट पड़ी है। इसके खिलाफ युद्धस्तर पर लड़ाई चल रही है और दुनिया भर के नेतृत्व एक साथ आ गए हैं मगर घनी आबादी वाले ए...

Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hindi , अफ्रीका , कोविड-19 , जनादेश , डब्ल्यूएचओ , महामारी , राजनीतिक अव्यवस्था , वायरस

The Quatrains of Nostradamus: A Poem
May 7 , 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Commentary Views: 10894
From where the golden orb rises far away in the east And the inhabitants have a pallid look, With eyes that run like slender arcs across the face And cheeks that gently rise from it like soft mounds, Wh...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bacillus , Dragon , Europa , Huaxia , Leizhou , Nostradamus , Panda , Phoenix , Silk Road , Yang , Zhongyuan

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 7, 2020
May 7 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3787
The resilient U.S. dollar and the resulting weakness in emerging-market currencies amid the coronavirus pandemic is increasing the risk of default on Asian companies' corporate debt, potentially triggering a wider credit crisis.Analysts say emerging Asia should tread with caution as domestic debt markets cannot rival the dollar bond market.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : COVID-19 , Currency Swaps , Daily scan , Debt Markets , European Banking Authority , European Union , Khalilzad , LNG demand , Phase 1 trade deal , Resilient dollar , Short-time Work , Swiss National Bank , Taiwan , Tomhawks , US- China tensions , WHO

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