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As on 15April 2020, the total number of coronavirus cases are 1,986,936, with 125,953 deaths worldwide. The origin of the virus remains unknown. It is widely believed that virus jumped species and is traced to the “wet market” in Wuhan. It is bel....

April 18, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , US , China , South China Sea , Xi Jinping , Europe , HDFC , Wuhan , India-China relations , BRI , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , PPE , CDC , Debt Trap , 20th Party Congress , API , Neighbourhood

GUNNING WITH PUNNING | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

The coroning ignominy Will come when we discover The roots of the conspiracy And the “WHO-HAN” link uncover Ideas whether batty or not Immersed in Made-in-China soup At all that thrown into the pot The world must look at with a ....

April 17, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem , Made in China

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 14, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

IMF cancels debt payments for 6 months for 25 poor nations

The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million on April 13 to cancel six months of debt payments for 25 of the world's most impoverished countries so t....

April 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Government , Coronavirus , Pandemic , COVID-19 Daily Scan , IMF , Covid 19 , Daily scan , lockdown , G20 finance ministers , Face masks

To Lockdown or Not

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

All Indians await with bated breath the government's decision as to what should be done on expiry of the current countrywide lockdown. There are no easy answers and this is an occasion when no one would envy being in Prime Minister Modi's shoes. Indi....

April 12, 2020 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , economy , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , lockdown , Rising infections , Graded lifting

Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics

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....

April 10, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , China , national security , Internal Security , National Security Strategy , Terrorism , insurgency , Jammu and Kashmir , Security , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , North-East , Left Wing Extremism

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

April 09, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Wuhan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , lockdown , Infections , Wildlife trade , Local healthcare

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

April 08, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Wuhan , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , Pandemic , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , lockdown , Infections , Wildlife trade , Local healthcare

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 7, 2020

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF COVID-19 Daily Scan

Economic

“Sectors, People and Regions… and second lockdowns” Europe sets up taskforces to ease coronavirus lockdowns

France, Spain, Belgium and Finland are among many countries that have set up expert committees to exam....

April 07, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Economic , China’s Economy , Coronavirus , WHO , COVID-19 , Covid , COVID-19 Daily Scan , Daily scan , lockdown , corona bonds

THE WUHAN VIRUS | A POEM

Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

At Wuhan at the market wet Where bats and pangolins are sold The stage for the virus was set To bring the world into its fold In November came an alert There was a new pneumonic strain The researcher who saw it first Rang bells but....

April 06, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , CCP , Coronavirus , Wuhan virus , WHO , COVID-19 , Wuhan curse , Lunar Year , China-made , Chinese Virus , Poem

Notes from the Sub-continent: Responses to COVID-19

Mayuri Mukherjee Article

In this latest compilation of some of the big ideas being debated in the media across the Indian sub-continent, we look at the coverage of the coronavirus (CoVid-19) outbreak over these past two months. It’s interesting to note the similar strands ....

April 05, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Coronavirus , Pandemic , Covid 19 , Covid19 pandemic , Coronimics , South Asian solidarity , Chinese model , Peace Process