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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, June 01, 2020
June 1 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3552
Alongside growing opposition to Chinese investments, protectionism is widening. Nine of the world’s 10 largest economies have introduced new measures restricting foreign investment since 2017, according to the UN Committee on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Cyberattacks , Daily scan , Dollar Convertibility , Drug Patents , GCC , Locusts , New Taxes , Poverty Alleviation , Protectionism , Remote Learning , RIMPAC , UNSC

How to Transform Indian Agriculture During COVID-19 Lockdown?
June 1 , 2020 Dhirendra Singh Dr Suhas P. Wani
Article Views: 8053
Why Indian Agriculture/ “Annadata” Needs Support, in Measured Terms Bailout Package?
The Corona virus (COVID-19) endemic across the globe has caused substantial human and economic losses and disrupted food system value chain1. It has jolted the human minds and made to realise the vulnerability of human life to nature.

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : agriculture , Annadata , COVID-19 , FPOs , Kharif crop , mechanization , MNREGA , PMKISAN , Rabi crop , technology , water management

Truth vs. Reality: Unshackling the Burdens of Intrigue in Kashmir
May 30 , 2020 Col (Dr) DPK Pillay
Article Views: 12994
Truthful journalism is the bulwark that makes democracies work by fulfilling the people’s right to information. This statement cannot be faulted, but there is a less comfortable truth that operates in t...

National Security and Strategic Studies, China, Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir

Tags : Article 35 A , Article 370 , China , Great Game , Kashmir , Pakistan , Pandits

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 29, 2020
May 29 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3236
The coronavirus pandemic “has disrupted the production of many key statistics,” the International Monetary Fund said in a blog post this week. The IMF explained that lockdown measures in many countries to contain the virus has hampered physical visits to stores to survey retail prices, while businesses that have to temporarily shut may not have the resources to respond to questionnaires about production and investment plans.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Business Travel , Chinese students , COP26 , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Food waste , Hong Kong , IMF , Russia , Sustainable Investing , WHO

पाकिस्तान: कोरोनावायरस महामारी से निपटने में परेशान करने वाली बात
May 29 , 2020 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Article Views: 3332
पाकिस्तान में कोरोनावायरस का पहला मामला 26 फरवरी 2020 को कराची में आया। उसके बाद यह चारों प्रांतों, राष्ट्रीय राजधानी तथा कथित आजाद जम्मू-कश्मीर एवं गिलगिट बाल्टिस्तान तक पसर गया। शुरुआती संक्रमण ईरान स...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , कराची , कोरोनावायरस , पाकिस्तान , राष्ट्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 28, 2020
May 28 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3575
The European Union set out a $2 trillion coronavirus response plan, including a massive pooling of national financial resources that, if approved, would deepen the bloc’s economic union in a way that even the Eurozone debt crisis failed to achieve.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Arctic , Big Data , Daily scan , European Commission , Gazprom , Hong Kong , Huawei , Japan Tourist Industry , Meng Wangzhou , Merck , Nord Stream 2 , Power of Siberia , Singapore , Superspreaders , Taiwan

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