Rumita Patel
TOKYO: Japan raised the state of emergency on Monday with new cases of coronavirus that fell to dozens. He got there despite largely ignoring the default playbook. No restrictions were placed on resident movements, and businesses from restaurants to hair salons remained open. There were no high-tech apps implemented to track people’s movements. The country…
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NEW DELHI: China has decided to evacuate its citizens, including students, tourists and businessmen, from India who are facing “difficulties” in the country and want to return home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Chinese embassy posted a notice on its website on Monday, asking those who want to return home to book…
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As India battles the coronavirus pandemic, four Indian states, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat, also face another challenge: a desert locust attack. Sixteen of the 33 districts of Rajasthan are fighting the scourge; Madhya Pradesh has reported one of the worst attacks in 27 years in the Nimar-Malwa region; and, Punjab and Gujarat have…
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After 60 days, India will fly again today. While there have been special flights to bring the stranded Indians back, regular domestic flight operations have remained suspended since the national shutdown was imposed since March 25. There was a solid logic: travel could lead to the spread of the disease. But the flight suspension caused…
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NEW DELHI: As Indian and Chinese troops remain locked in separate positions at various points in Ladakh, there is a determination at higher levels of government that India will not stop its border development activities. While reinforcements in men and material rush to forward positions where soldiers on both sides have launched tents and dug,…
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NEW DELHI: As the Indian skies prepare to open for domestic flights Since Monday after the long pandemic-induced blockade, the Center has clarified once again that only passengers without COVID-19 symptoms You will be allowed to fly and, upon arrival, you must monitor your health for 14 days. If passengers develop any Covid-like symptoms after…
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The prospects for peace in Afghanistan are uncertain. The February Doha Agreement was not about peace. For the Donald Trump Administration, it was intended to remove the remaining troops of the United States (US) from the country before the next presidential election. For the Taliban, it was ridding Afghanistan of foreign forces and taking it…
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The coronavirus disease-induced pandemic (Covid-19) has posed several socioeconomic challenges for India, the most critical being how to revive the economy. To overcome this obstacle, India needs to redesign and reconfigure its socio-economic configuration. One of the key drivers of this reconfiguration would be the behavior of migrant workers. This will be crucial because the…
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Arguably the most important scientific statement about coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was made by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States (USA), in his testimony before the US Senate. USA very careful and, hopefully, humble to know that I don’t know everything about this disease. “This…
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On Monday, the Indian Department of Meteorology (IMD) said heat wave conditions are highly likely to continue in Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, eastern Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha until May 28 . Heat wave conditions, he added, are also likely isolated pockets in Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Inland Odisha, Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Inland Andhra…
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