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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 10, 2020

April 10, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Strategic Despite COVID-19, U.S. Military Remains Ready to Fight "To those who wish us harm, make no mistake: even with the challenges that this disease has brought to our shores, the Department of Defense stands ready to meet....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Parliamentary election , Lockdowns , IMF , Global peace , Economic downturn , Daily scan , COVID-19 , Coronavirus crisis

Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics

April 10, 2020 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction National security has traditionally been defined and understood in military terms. This notion of national security focuses on threats such as external armed aggression, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), terrorism, insurgenc....

Keywords : National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Terrorism , Security , Pandemic , Pakistan , North-East , National Security Strategy , national security , Left Wing Extremism , Jammu and Kashmir , Internal Security , insurgency , COVID-19 , Coronavirus , China

भारत के स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र को नया जीवन

April 10, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

कोविड-19 के खिलाफ हमारी जंग में चिकित्सक और स्वास्थ्यकर्मी नायक रहे हैं। इसीलिए निजी सुरक्षा उप�....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Article , Hindi , स्वास्थ्य सुरक्षा , स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र , वेंटिलेटर , राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा , मास्क , जीडीपी , जांच किट , कोविड-19 , कोरोनावायरस संकट , कोरोनावायरस महामारी , COVID-19

Afghanistan: Taliban abandons the 'peace talks'

April 09, 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

Amid the global pandemic, when the countries are fighting for their very survival, the war in Afghanistan is slowly simmering. On Tuesday, the Taliban directed their negotiating team to end the ongoing discussions with the Afghan government on 'priso....

Keywords : Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , War , US , troop withdrawal , Terrorism , Taliban , Sikh minorities , Peace talks , minorities , India , Hazara minorities , COVID-19 , aid cut , Afghanistan

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 9, 2020

April 09, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Medical Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machine....

Keywords : Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Infections , Local healthcare , lockdown , Pandemic , Wildlife trade , Wuhan , COVID-19 Daily Scan , International Relations and Diplomacy

Rejuvenating India’s health sector

April 08, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Doctors and healthcare workers are the heroes of our battle against COVID 19. It is, therefore, painful to see that many of them contracted the infection because of lack of personal protective gears. The country faces an acute shortage of essential ....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Article , Telemedicine , shortage of Doctors , preventive healthcare , medical education , medical devices sector , India's Health sector , Healthcare infrastructure , health R & D , Health Cess , GDP on health , Disease Surveillance mechanisms , Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme , APIS

COVID-19 ails the Beijing Model

April 08, 2020 Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Article

The United Nations Security Council, the premium forum to discuss threats to global peace and security, is yet to discuss COVID-19. An attempt to address the Virus was blocked by China last month while it served as the Chair of the Security Council. ....

Keywords : China , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , WHO , Multilateralism , COVID-19 , China

Province 2 in Nepal - No Name, No Capital

April 08, 2020 Prof Hari Bansh Jha Commentary

In Nepal, the coalition government of the Federal Socialist Party Nepal (FSPN) and the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) in Province 2 could not garner the required number of votes in the Provincial Assembly on the name of the province and its capit....

Keywords : Federal Socialist Party Nepal (FSPN) , Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) , Madhesh , Janakpur , Province 2 , Provincial Assembly , Commentary , Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 8, 2020

April 08, 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic Land ports in China beef up drive against imported infections Chinese land ports around the country are enhancing prevention and control measures on imported coronavirus cases amid a flood of land arrivals after most ....

Keywords : COVID-19 , Daily scan , Infections , Coronavirus , Wildlife trade , Local healthcare , Pandemic , Wuhan , lockdown , COVID-19 Daily Scan , International Relations and Diplomacy