Economic impacts of Covid
The Coronavirus is a global health crisis that is having devastating effects on global economic activities as a whole. Most of the countries locked themselves which led to a slowdown of the economy, lockdowns...
Category: Pandemics
ASEAN and the changing status quo in post-pandemic Southeast Asia
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is an economic union that comprises 10 member states in Southeast Asia. ASEAN promotes intergovernmental cooperation and aims to facilitate economic, political, military, and sociocultural integration among its...
Cuba’s Vaccine Programme- A spark of hope
With 135,000 cases, 901 deaths but over 128,000 recoveries the small island hamlet of Cuba nestled in the Caribbean shines out as an exemplary role model for small states to manage the crisis brought...
India at the G7 Summit: Discussions and Takeaways
The 47th G-7 Summit took place at Carbis Bay, Cornwall from 11th to 13th June 2021. The meeting discussed several contemporary global issues. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part virtually in the summit...
Universal Vaccination and the need for a Carrot and Stick Policy
The world has been gripped by the CoronaVirus pandemic since early 2020. Different waves of the pandemic have wreaked havoc globally. Global medical experts and vaccine companies scrambled to develop potential vaccines for fighting...
The Vaccination Conundrum
In mid-January, India took up the challenge to launch the world’s largest vaccination campaign and achieved an impressive target of 60 lakh beneficiaries in under a month. Lockdown, social distancing and other virus transmission-mitigation...
Social Pandemic in the 21st Century
A nation that has witnessed trauma and heartbreak, disease and poverty, hunger and death, wars and misery throughout history always stood tall on the limbs of humanity and the maturity of being one of...
Soft Bigotry Against Indians in UK on Rise Amidst ‘Delta Variant’ Spread
Racists in UK to Use ‘Indian Variant’ Virus As Smoking Gun to Perpetuate Hatred Naming viruses after their country of origin and spread has long proven to be dangerous for the ethnic communities that...
OP-ED: A Covax deal is best for Bangladesh
Despite the tricky politics involved I expect that foreign minister AK Abdul Momen feels frustration at the response by the British government to his plea for help in dealing with the pandemic in Bangladesh. Mr...
Biden G7, NATO to-do list: unite allies, fight autocracy, attack COVID-19
President Joe Biden’s meeting with leaders of the G7 leading industrial economies in an English seaside village this week will usher in a new focus on rallying U.S. allies against common adversaries – the...
