Curfew or Confinement?
The perilous Coronavirus infection made a global appearance with a number of terms and conditions. With the sharp escalation of COVID cases worldwide and the subsequent proclamation of it as a ‘pandemic’ by the...
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Impact of the COVID-19 in Central America
Tucked between North and South America, Central America presents a curious case in terms of economy, military and history. While the Spanish focussed on other privileged colonies such as modern-day Venezuela and Colombia, Central...
Coronavirus in a Time of Chimeras
As the global COVID-19 scourge appears to recede, questions remain over the source and morphology of a virus that had locked down two-thirds of humanity over the first half of 2020. It may take...
Mounting Uncertainties Regarding SARS-CoV2 Being a Naturally Mutated Virus
The world is witnessing a major epidemic caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as termed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, initially came to attention in...
Virus Puts Economy on Life Support: How Economists Tackle the Health Emergency
India recorded its first case of COVID-19 on January 30. Fast-forwarding to the present date (May 9), the number of cases have reached around 60,000 mark and the doubling rate of the virus is...
Pakistan’s fight against Coronavirus threatens its drive to eradicate Polio
Pakistan’s long battle to eradicate the crippling poliovirus has been thwarted by militant attacks, radical Islamic clerics, and anti-vaccination propaganda. But the South Asian nation of 220 million people is facing a new hurdle:...
Policing at the frontlines of a Pandemic
Historian and author par excellence Yuval Noah Harari, speaking in an interview, underscored the need for ‘Global Solidarity’ in times of this unprecedented crisis that the world is facing today. Needless to say, the...
‘Sue China’ Craze Could Lead to Catastrophe for the US and World Markets
Many people in the West are ramping up the anti-China rhetoric by calling for lawsuits against Beijing. They argue that since the COVID-19 outbreak started to spread at alarming levels in Wuhan, central China’s...
Dark Days for Women Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
The entire world is witnessing the devastation and chaos caused by COVID‑19. The world is witnessing changes in every sphere be it socio, political, economic, health, security, world order etc. The severity of global pandemic continues...
COVID-19: Where “We” Failed?
However tragic it might sounds, Coronavirus has diffused due to follies of some and the indifference of others. It is clear that the world, at this juncture, was not at all ready to combat...
