NEW DELHI: Who would have thought that in the 21st century a pandemic would sweep the world forcing governments to get their people off the streets. From China to Italy and Spain, lock downs have been and are being enforced with national armed forces being deployed for this purpose, with the exception (so far) of […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With the death toll rising every day and major cities in lockdown across the world, health and safety are rightly the primary concerns when dealing with the Wuhan coronavirus. But while doing so we cannot ignore the geopolitical undercurrents it has brought about. From President Donald Trump’s insistence on calling COVID-19 a “Chinese virus” […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China is using the Wuhan coronavirus in the same way it used its economic heft for geopolitical gain. Today, the world is reaching out to China for help even though it is responsible for the pandemic sweeping the world, says Arun K Singh, India’s former ambassador to the US and Israel. In an […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an economic response task force under the finance minister, to deal with the crisis caused by the Chinese coronavirus. In a nationwide address broadcast by Doordarshan on Thursday evening, Modi said the task force would take into account all issues and consult all stakeholders before coming to any […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India is shutting out the world. From Sunday (March 22), no international commercial flight will be allowed into the country for a week. The flight ban is proof (if any were required) that the government will take no chances, given the rising incidence of Chinese virus infection in many parts of the world. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India, once again, is the first responder to a potential food crisis post the Chinese virus outbreak in Afghanistan. India’s Ambassador Vinay Kumar met the Afghan Deputy Minister for Economic Cooperation Mirwais Nab and discussed the recent spurt in food prices in Afghanistan. New Delhi is donating 75,000 tonnes of wheat. To facilitate […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Is the number of random samples being tested by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) adequate to rule out community transmission of the Chinese virus? No, say many community health specialists, prescribing a drastic increase in the numbers for a clearer assessment of whether community transmission has begun. So far, the government has […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the Wuhan coronavirus continues its bloody sweep through the world, there are fears of an economic bloodbath that has not been seen since the 2008 recession. From record stock market crashes to the latest estimate by the United Nations of a $2 trillion loss to the global economy, many believe the economic […]Read More
MOSCOW: Brussels has weighed in on the diplomatic spat between Germany and the U.S. over CureVac—the company developing a vaccine against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. The European Commission said Monday it would offer the company based in the German town of Tübingen a guaranteed loan to a tune of €80 million “to scale up development […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Already reeling under protectionism and US-promoted unilateralism, global trade has been dealt a further blow by coronavirus. Estimates by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) show the COVID-19 outbreak is likely to result in $50 billion decrease in exports across the globe with the most affected being the European Union […]Read More
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