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Tablighi Jamaat in India: Evolution and Impact
May 12 , 2020 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
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Brief Profile of Tablighi Jamaat (TJ)
The outbreak of COVID 19 pandemic in India coincided with headlines news in the Indian media on TJ. On 2 April 20 Lav Agarwal Joint Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated ‘COVID-19 cases are doubling in 4.1 days, without Jamaat it would have been 7.4 days’.

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Covid 19 , independence movement , Indian secularism , Markaz , Tablighi Jamaat

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 12, 2020
May 12 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 3064
Investment between the U.S. and China is off to a weak start in 2020 and could worsen, according to a report published on May 11 that tallies a continuing slide in a once-vibrant business relationship due to “political friction, regulatory tightening and market dynamics.”

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Belt and Road Initiative , Carbon Economy , COVID-19 , Daily scan , national security , Phase One deal , Russia , Small Business aid , Social distancing , Supply chains , US-China investment , VAT , Wuhan

Central Asia's Labour Migration amid Coronavirus
May 12 , 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Article Views: 3958
1. Introduction
The term 'migrant' is often stereotyped as a person who is an undesirable burden and their economic contribution to national economies is seldom measured. The correlation between migration and remittances can be understood as a result of a chain of development.

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Central Asia , Coronavirus , COVID-19 , EEU , Kyrgyzstan , Labour , Migration , Pandemic , poverty , Remittances , Russia , Tajikistan , Unemployment , Uzbekistan

The Idea of Non -Alignment @ 65
May 11 , 2020 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 4877
The idea of Non- Alignment (NAM) in the international discourse is often being scoffed as anachronistic and archaic especially in the 21st century political hyphenism where brute power plays out at will.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bandug conference , COVID-19 , India , International Solar Alliance , Multilateralism , NAM , NAM Contact group , PM Modi

COVID-19 International Developments: Daily Scan, May 11, 2020
May 11 , 2020 Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF
COVID-19 Daily Scan Views: 2548
Doctors have dubbed these patients “happy hypoxemics,” a reference to the paradox of abnormally low levels of oxygen found in their blood combined with an ability to breathe relatively easily. Dr. Weingart remembers one of his first such patients in March—a 42-year-old man with blood-oxygen levels so low he should have been unconscious.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Africa , artificial intelligence , COVID-19 , Cyber attacks , Daily scan , Mount Everest , NATO , Negative interest rates , Semiconductor Chips , Ventilators

COVID-19 Paves the Way for a Cashless Economy in China
May 11 , 2020 Aayush Mohanty
Article Views: 4419
Governments worldwide are at the time engaged in containing COVID-19 and have either initiated unprecedented lockdowns or following strict social distancing protocols for public safety and prevent community transmission.

China, US, Economic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Banking , blockchain , China , cryptocurrency , Digital Currency , Libra , U.S dollar

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