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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 11, 2020
May 11 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 2677
Doctors have dubbed these patients “happy hypoxemics,” a reference to the paradox of abnormally low levels of oxygen found in their blood combined with an ability to breathe relatively easily. Dr. Weingart remembers one of his first such patients in March—a 42-year-old man with blood-oxygen levels so low he should have been unconscious.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Africa , artificial intelligence , COVID-19 , Cyber attacks , Daily scan , Mount Everest , NATO , Negative interest rates , Semiconductor Chips , Ventilators

COVID-19 Paves the Way for a Cashless Economy in China
May 11 , 2020 Aayush Mohanty
Article Views: 4667
Governments worldwide are at the time engaged in containing COVID-19 and have either initiated unprecedented lockdowns or following strict social distancing protocols for public safety and prevent community transmission.

China, US, Economic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Banking , blockchain , China , cryptocurrency , Digital Currency , Libra , U.S dollar

Developing Conflict between China and Malaysia in South China Sea
May 10 , 2020 Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal
Commentary Views: 5404
While the world is preoccupied in grappling with the deadly Covid-19 virus unleashed from Wuhan, China un-abashedly marches on with its ominous policy of creeping occupation of South China Sea (SCS). Th...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ASEAN , China , Haiyang Dizhi 8 , Malaysia EEZ , Nine Dash Line , South China Sea , US Navy

South Korea a Model Case for Combating Covid-19: Lessons for India from the Korean Experience
May 9 , 2020 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 4737
When the coronavirus or Covid-19 broke out in the Chinese city of Wuhan, South Korea experienced one of the world’s largest initial outbreaks outside China. Though Covid-19 has spread to as many as 205 countries across the world, infected 3.7 million people and causing over 2.6 lakh deaths (and the number is rising), the United States and Europe have been most severely affected.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : COVID-19 , democracy , Drive-through testing , GPS , Humasis Ltd. , KCDC , Korean model , Mantra , MERS , Pandemic , Personal data , Public will , Social trust , WHO

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 8, 2020
May 8 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 5163
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: 3463
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

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