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India prepares to test Itolizumab, the drug credited for lowering Covid mortality in Cuba0
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- May 30, 2020
The drug will go under trial in six hospitals in India, including AIIMS-Delhi, KEM Hospital in Mumbai and Narayana Health in Bengaluru. HIMANI CHANDNA 30 May, 2020 New Delhi: Drug Itolizumab — touted by Cuba as a possible therapy to prevent deaths due to Covid-19 — could be India’s new bet against coronavirus. The drug will
The Chinese are so predictable, Modi & Shah should’ve seen them coming on 5 August 20190
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- May 30, 2020
India should’ve anticipated the Chinese appearance in Ladakh, even the timing of it, when the status of Jammu & Kashmir was changed. SHEKHAR GUPTA 30 May, 2020 Why, when the Chinese PLA comes bullying its way along the borders in Ladakh, am I invoking an outrageous American political satirist, P.J. O’Rourke? Among his finest pieces is
How the United States Should Deal With China in Pakistan1
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- May 28, 2020
Daniel Markey April 08, 2020 Summary: The Trump administration holds a decidedly critical view of China’s infrastructure initiatives in Pakistan. Although there is much to criticize in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the administration’s fixation on commercial and economic issues threatens to distract U.S. policymakers from deeper concerns.Related Media and Tools Full Text (PDF) Introduction By
Leveraging on the Pandemic: Can Modi Succeed?1
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- May 28, 2020
By Parama Sinha Palit 28 May 2020 SYNOPSIS India is capitalising on the COVID-19 pandemic to exert leadership in South Asia to deflect negative perception of its populist and protectionist policies in domestic politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is striving hard to apply his tech savviness in social media and videoconferencing to score diplomatic advantages,
In Bangladesh, Tanneries in Trouble2
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- May 27, 2020
The Asia Foundation May 27, 2020 By Md. Sadat S. Shibli and Md. Taherul Islam The leather sector is one of the oldest industries in Bangladesh, and tanneries are the dominant employer, accounting for 92 percent of all leather workers. As a source of national export earnings, leather is second only to ready-made garments, and
United States: Freedom House Applauds Passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act2
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- May 27, 2020
Washington – May 27, 2020 — In response to Congress passing S.3744, the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, which would require reporting on human rights abuses in the Xinjiang province of China and impose sanctions on Chinese officials found to be involved, Freedom House issued the following statement: “We applaud Congress’s action to address the horrific human rights
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India, China go toe-to-toe in New Cold War1
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- May 28, 2020
New border tensions revive 1962 China-India war memories but this time US firmly in Delhi’s camp by Bertil Lintner May 28, 2020 When Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered his People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to “think about worst-case scenarios” and “scale up battle preparedness” in order to “resolutely defend the country’s sovereignty”, it was an unusually
Eid in Kashmir; 20201
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- May 28, 2020
By Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Ganaie 28 May 2020 This year at the end of the fasting month of Ramzan when the state sponsored Ruet-e-Hilal Committee in neighbouring Pakistan, announced the sighting of Shawal moon, as a routine late night announcements were made on loudspeakers in the local Masjids, extending greetings to the people. However the
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM- WOBBLY INDIA AND PAKISTAN’s RENASCENCE2
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- May 27, 2020
By: Barrister Pirzada Aurang Zaib 27 May 2020 ‘You are free to go to your temples; you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of
Prospects of globalisation and Covid-193
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- May 26, 2020
by Dr. Rajkumar Singh 26 May 2020 The outbreak of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, that began in Wuhan, China, has a far-reaching historically significant global change. More than 200 countries have confirmed cases of the virus, with the wide nature of the transmission mechanism remaining unclear. Pandemics are not just passing tragedies of sickness and
Youm-e-Takbeer: When A Responsible Nuclear Power Was Born1
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- May 26, 2020
By Anaya Shahid 26 May 2020 Youm-e-Takbeer is a day of greatness when Pakistan already a responsible country was transformed into a strategically mature regional power. It sensibly understood the management and liability of having nuclear weapons for security. Ever since independence, Pakistan is neighbor to a hostile state – India, ruled by extremist Hindutva
22 Years of Nuclearization of South Asia: Current Doctrinal Postures2
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- May 26, 2020
By: Haris Bilal Malik 26 May 2020 May 2020 marks the 22nd anniversary of the overt nuclearization of South Asia. The evolved nuclear doctrinal postures of both India and Pakistan have been a key component of their defence and security policies. During this period; India has undergone gradual shifts in its nuclear doctrinal posture. The
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Indian Navy benefits from Pentagon paranoia over China
US government in a hurry to get new sub-hunting helicopters into the hands of the Indian Navy by Dave Makichuk May 20, 2020 To say the Pentagon is concerned about China’s military expansion would be an understatement — just ask the Indian Navy. According to a report by Paul McLeary for Breaking Defense, the US
Dispute between Nepal and India Worsen over Territory of Kalapani
by Hari Prasad Shrestha 23 May 2020 In his address to the House of Representatives, Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, in response to the opposition lawmakers’ queries about the government’s annual policy and program, he remembered the motto of India’s state emblem, “Satyameva Jayate” (“Only truth triumphs”), and the four-head lion figure of