As the coronavirus sweeps across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, uncertainty and fear are gripping the streets. Citizens are turning to their governments to act; however, lack of transparency over decades has bred distrust and, in many instances, undermined state credibility. People cannot be certain if daily reporting and updates are true....
Recommended mitigation, suppression, flattening curve and lockdown guidelines forwarded by the World Health Organization has ripped-off almost every economy till date. Just as much as the contagion is spreading globally with R naught value of 2-2.5, economic recession has been as much fast as it has been predicted by renowned economists. How long these lockdowns...
The total number of novel coronavirus cases in the world’s second-most populous country, India has risen to 7,876, while the death toll mounted to 276, with the fast-spreading virus in various parts of the country, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases reached over 6,634, while 653 people were either...
The world was fighting with Covid-19 but Saudi Arabia flooded the oil market to close the US shale industry. Every country requires performing energy markets for economic development but since mid- February oil and financial markets have been rocked due to Covid-19. According to International Energy Agency (IEA), the oil industry is going through ‘the...
The rampant outbreak of Covid-19 will charge the world forever like the Fall of Berlin Wall, the end of WW2 & US atomic attack on Japan, or the collapse of Lehmon brothers. The Corona Virus Pandemic will be have devastating consequences on the globe, one can only imagine today. The shattering impacts of Covid 19...
Global policymakers and governance experts, before Covid-19 pandemic, were adamant on reiterating the stance of international writers and think tank experts including political leaders that the need of democratisation of world is of paramount importance. There were news regarding booming stock markets, climate myths, that authoritarianism is bound to fail, and God knows what not....
The total number of global cases has passed 1,000,000, including more than 50,000 fatalities. Over 208,000 patients are reported to have recovered. 1,004,533 COVID-19 cases and 51,560 deaths have been reported across the globe as of April 02, 2020, 19:10 GMT, according to WHO. So far, 205 countries and regions have reported COVID-19 infections. A...
COVID-19 extended its footprint in India on Monday with the eastern state of Odisha reporting its first coronavirus patient and one new case each in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Kerala, taking the total count to 114, Health Ministry officials said. The Maharashtra government also reported four more patients of the infection, as concerns over...
A spike in deaths from the coronavirus in Spain has pushed the global toll past 6,000, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources. The number of novel coronavirus cases globally stood at 163,930 with 6,420 deaths, across 141 countries at 10:30PM, Sunday. Between the tally at 10:30PM on Saturday and the latest figures...
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with the leaders of the SAARC countries through video conference to chart out a common strategy in order to combat COVID-19 in the region. He thanked the leaders for joining the conference at such short notice. Stressing on the ancient people to people ties and interconnectedness of societies of...