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How the coronavirus crisis can fuel antimicrobial resistance – analysis

Rumita Patel
| Jun 2, 2020

Developing countries are reeling from the burden of drug-resistant infections. Low availability and utilization of diagnostics and compromised infection control in communities and hospitals result in overuse of antimicrobials. It contributes to the development of highly resistant pathogens that are difficult to destroy. It is well known that diarrhea and upper respiratory tract infections are…
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Mann ki Baat Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Direction of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ | India News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 2, 2020

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 65th edition of his monthly radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday, the last day of the fourth phase of the national closure. Incidentally, the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ speech comes a day after the first anniversary of the Modi government’s second term. Here are the highlights of…
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India

India Nepal border dispute: With his approval of Prime Minister Oli’s map update plan, Nepal’s ties to India will worsen | India News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 2, 2020

NEW DELHI: With Nepal’s main opposition party, the Nepali Congress, endorsing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s constitutional amendment, the move to “update” the map of Nepal is likely to include Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani in the National emblem has the required two-thirds majority, a development that will worsen the crisis in India-Nepal relations. If the…
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India

The Polavaram project will be completed in 2021: YS Jaganmohan Reddy | Amaravati News

Rumita Patel
| Jun 2, 2020

AMARAVATI: Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy On Tuesday he said that the proposed irrigation projects (IP) in Rayalaseema will be completed without doing any region injustice, as they were designed to extract only the AP water portion of the Srisailam project. He said the government was determined to complete Polavaram project by 2021 despite the…
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Opinion

Opening is the right decision – editorials

Rumita Patel
| Jun 1, 2020

After 68 days, India opens today. While each phase of the blockade was accompanied by a set of relaxations, the government’s decision to frame the period from June 1 to June 30 as Unlock 1.0 is symbolic. It represents a psychological leap. From being locked up and banned from participating in a variety of activities,…
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Opinion

The dismantling of the idea of India – analysis

Rumita Patel
| Jun 1, 2020

March 24, 2020 was a watershed moment with Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi announcing a national shutdown in light of the coronavirus disease pandemic (Covid-19). This black swan event in the first year of the second term of office of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has changed our lives. Before then, the government was…
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Opinion

As LAC warms up, read China’s playbook: analysis

Rumita Patel
| Jun 1, 2020

The confrontation between the Indian and Chinese forces in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh continues with both sides reinforcing their respective positions. While tensions can be reduced through continued dialogue on mechanisms implemented in recent years, the key question is whether Chinese troops agree to vacate the area they have occupied in violation of…
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Opinion

Donald Trump presides over an anarchic turn – editorials

Rumita Patel
| Jun 1, 2020

With his country experiencing the worst racial unrest since the 1960s, the position of the President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, continues to decline both at home and abroad. More than 40 cities are blocked in the original sense, under a curfew for reasons of public order. And all this, even as the…
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Opinion

Summon Parliament, now – editorials

Rumita Patel
| Jun 1, 2020

With the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in India, Parliament’s budget session ended abruptly on March 23, 12 days ahead of schedule. This was the correct decision at the time. The rules of social distancing were not being applied; there was speculation about the possible spread of the disease among parliamentarians (parliamentarians); and the nation…
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Opinion

Modi’s plan for economic revival changes the rules of the game: analysis

Rumita Patel
| Jun 1, 2020

The first anniversary of the National Democratic Alliance government, popularly known as Modi-2, may have been somewhat subdued due to the blockade as a result of coronavirus disease (Covid-19). But the achievements of the past 12 months were succinctly summed up in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent letter to the nation. Initially, he referred to…
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