WHO & China: Culpability for the Pandemic
“There shall come over the whole earth an intense darkness lasting three days and three nights. Nothing can be seen, and the air will be laden with pestilence… He, who out of curiosity, opens...
Category: COVID19
A pandemic prompted lost agenda: Domestic Violence
Introduction Barring the profound impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the medical and fiscal front, a domain that has squarely evaded our attention is the sharp escalation in gender-based violence. In an attempt to...
COVID-19: Nepal’s Evacuation of its Stranded Citizens
“The migrant crisis continues unabated. By better understanding the risks facing these people, we can do more to protect them.” – IOM spokesperson Leonard Doyle Nepalese migrant workers have been stranded in the Gulf States,...
Virus or Terrorism: Which is deadlier?
Globally, as COVID-19 is rising, its reflection on societal upheaval seems quite evident in the countries. South Asia, being recognized as a third-world region, needs to dig deeper into the crucial security implications that...
Experts from around the world discuss life after the pandemic
The continuing coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the economic and political problems of the United States and Europe, which are becoming increasingly hard to ignore. Dozens of experts from various countries attending the “COVID-19...
An Incoming Second-Wave of Migrants
What does it hold for the country? Ironically, at a time when the country’s ivory tower calls for India to become more self-reliant, the most vulnerable await assistance from every source possible. It is...
Worsening a Pandemic: The Politics of Censorship
The current pandemic gives rise to a wave of censorship in various nations. It was legitimised for countering the rapid spread of false and misleading information – labelled as a massive ‘infodemic’ by the World Health...
COVID-19 a grim reminder that international cooperation needs to step up. Now
The COVID-19 crisis has struck a divided and fragile world and exacerbated divisions The COVID-19 crisis comes in the midst of great power rivalry between China and the US. Strangely, the crisis has highlighted...
Compulsions of online learning in higher education
The COVID-19 pandemic is set to change the world sooner than we expected. The way our governments, institutions, organizations, and people think and function, will radically change. On account of the pandemic, the higher...
Vietnam’s Success Story of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 cases surge across the world, there are many models which have emerged to contain the virus successfully. Vietnam’s success story is one which has earned praise across the world. As of...
