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The COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Situation & Media Response
April 20 , 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht
Article Views: 6621
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: 5767
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: 3983
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: 5588
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

COVID-19 aftermath: An agenda for QUAD
April 17 , 2020 Amruta Karambelkar
Article Views: 7402
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the entire world. Once the world has overcome the pandemic, a lot of rethinking is likely to occur in global politics. Countries had always emphasised cooperation i...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Australia , BRI , China , COVID-19 , economy , India , International cooperation , International order , Japan , Pandemic , QUAD , Security , trade , US , WHO , Wuhan

Myanmar Round Up: March 2020
April 17 , 2020 Dr Cchavi Vasisht Jaideep Chanda
Article Views: 5359
March 2020 touched new ground in violence with the Arakan Army (AA) scoring major successes against the Tatmadaw with the routing of a Light Infantry Battalion and the capture of its Commanding Officer.

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : 7 Light Infantry Battalion , AA and Tatmadaw fighting March 2020 , Capture of Battalion Commander 7 LIB , Constitutional amendments

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