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Strong Cooperation between Nepal and India Needed to Win War against Coronavirus
April 22 , 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
Article Views: 5290
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: 4067
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: 5256
“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: 4738
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

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 21, 2020
April 21 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3778
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: 21675
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

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