NEW DELHI: As countries the world over struggle to battle the Coronavirus, the President of Armenia, a small Asian nation that has a population of 3.5 million, has what he calls a “strange” take on the current scheme of things. “Where we are now is not because of the pandemic. The pandemic is not the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Sweden’s strategy to save the elderly from the coronavirus has been unsuccessful. With that frank admission, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde tells StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi that the government is increasing funding by about $ 220 million to care for the elderly. Fifty percent of those above 70 years old, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: It is said that India will reform only when its back is to the wall. The pandemic appears to have done that. An added incentive are reports that international businesses are seeking to diversify their investments away from China, and India could gain potentially if some of that money flows this way. In […]Read More
NEW DELHI: COVID-19 has hit the aviation industry hard and although Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri stated in a recent interview with StratNews Global that a financial bail out among other decisions are being “considered at the highest levels of the government,” the industry is in freefall (Read: What’s Ailing the Aviation Industry). Some aviation […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has stated the revenue impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global air transport industry will be $252 billion which is 44 percent lower than 2019 figures. “On March 5, we thought that the pessimistic scenario was a revenue loss of USD 113 billion. That was based […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As 234 Kenyan nationals stranded in India by the lockdown landed safely in Nairobi on Friday, StratNews Global’s Amitabh Revi spoke exclusively to Rahul Chhabra, India’s high commissioner to Kenya. “We help countries in Africa with what they require with no strings attached unlike other countries,” he said. Chhabra gave details of efforts […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The fifth generation of wireless communication technology, or 5G as we know it, isn’t just about mobile telephony but can connect everything that you see around you—industries, homes, hospitals, schools and so on, says Rajen Vagadia, VP and president of Qualcomm India and SAARC. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, Vagadia […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Week one of the biggest repatriation of Indians since the 1990 Gulf War, will see five flights operating from Singapore from May 7-13. Scheduled to return are 3,500 Indians registered with the High Commission. In an exclusive chat with StratNews Global’s Amitabh P Revi, High Commissioner Jawed Ashraf describes the preparation for the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Australia and China are at daggers drawn following Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s demand for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. He also called for the overhaul of the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is accused of pandering to Beijing by not calling out the pandemic earlier. China has responded with threats […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The COVID-19 pandemic has presented governments all over the world with challenges but India with its size, diverse population and an estimated 25-million-strong Indian community abroad, has faced a stricter test than many other nations in ensuring a cohesive and united response to the “invisible enemy.” In an interview with StratNews Global Editor-in-chief […]Read More
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