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COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 11, 2020
April 11 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3985
On April 9, the virology professor, Hendrik Streeck, presented "interim results” on the "Covid-19 Case Cluster Study" to the press. Streeck and an interdisciplinary team from the University Hospital of Bonn had carried out study on transmission of the virus in the past few weeks in the Heinsberg district.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Chinese PLA , Coronavirus Narrative , Covid , Daily scan , epidemic control , Oil , WHO

Covid-19: Can it be the Sputnik Moment for India?
April 11 , 2020 Rup Narayan Das
Commentary Views: 4817
History often tells us that the best in you comes out in the worst of circumstances. At times devastations caused both by man and nature has impelled people and nations to rebuild from the ruins. There...

Economic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

Tags : APIS , COVID-19 , Domestic manufacurers , India China trade , Telecom equipment

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, April 10, 2020
April 10 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3330
"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 any threat and defend our nation," Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist said during a news conference at the Pentagon on April 9.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Coronavirus crisis , COVID-19 , Daily scan , Economic downturn , Global peace , IMF , Lockdowns , Parliamentary election

Rethinking National Security in an Age of Pandemics
April 10 , 2020 PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 5615
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, insurgencies etc.

National Security and Strategic Studies

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

भारत के स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र को नया जीवन
April 10 , 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF
Article Views: 4993
कोविड-19 के खिलाफ हमारी जंग में चिकित्सक और स्वास्थ्यकर्मी नायक रहे हैं। इसीलिए निजी सुरक्षा उपकरणों की कमी के कारण उनमें से कई को संक्रमित होते देखकर कष्ट होता है। देश के सामने अस्पताल की शैया, वेंटिले...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : COVID-19 , Hindi , कोरोनावायरस महामारी , कोरोनावायरस संकट , कोविड-19 , जांच किट , जीडीपी , मास्क , राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा , वेंटिलेटर , स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्र , स्वास्थ्य सुरक्षा

Afghanistan: Taliban abandons the 'peace talks'
April 9 , 2020 Dr Yatharth Kachiar
Article Views: 3567
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 ...

Afghanistan, Neighbourhood Studies

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

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