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Coronavirus : La gestion de la crise sanitaire et les conséquences socio-politiques – Partie 2

Coronavirus : La gestion de la crise sanitaire et les conséquences socio-politiques – Partie 2

Ecrit par : Fugel Khan Etudiant, master en science sociale, Université Paris 8, Saint Denis Photo : Shutterstock.com READ IN ENGLISH Une perspective française – 2ème partie Je t’aime… moi non plus ! Le 17 mars, les confessions d’Agnès Buzyn dans le journal ‘Le Monde’ ont fait l’effet d’une véritable bombe politique contre le gouvernement. Elle a assuré avoir prévenu le président et le premier ministre Édouard Philippe dès janvier de la catastrophe sanitaire qui se profilait. L'ancienne ministre de la santé, qui a remplacé Benjamin Griveaux, le candidat initial affaibli par un scandale sexuel, pour porter les couleurs LREM…
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Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 2

Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 2

Written by : Fugel Khan Student of Masters in Social Science, University Paris 8, Saint Denis Photo credit: Shutterstock.com READ IN FRENCH A French perspective: Part 2 I love you... neither do I! On March 17, the former Health Minister Agnès Buzyn's confession in ‘Le Monde’ newspaper came as political bombshell against the government that she had warned the President and the Prime Minister Edouard Philippe as early as January of an impending health catastrophe. The former Health Minister, who replaced Benjamin Griveaux, the original candidate weaken by sex scandal, to represent the LREM in the municipal elections in Paris…
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A brief summary of the spread of COVID-19

A brief summary of the spread of COVID-19

Written By : Dr. Ananya Mukherjee Department of Plant Science and innovation University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Photo: Shutterstock.com The novel corona virus or COVID-19 has affected, as per recent statistics, 1,356,354 and caused nearly 75,760 deaths. The scary aspect of this enormous statistic is that, it will change when you get your hands on this article and it did change while I was writing the article.COVID-19which is now a global pandemic is a respiratory illness which is not the flu but is characterized by flu like symptoms such as fever, dry cough, fatigue, diarrhea in some cases and in severe…
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What does it mean to be a ‘European’ in the present period of crisis : A Russian Perspective

What does it mean to be a ‘European’ in the present period of crisis : A Russian Perspective

Written By : Ksenia Antropova Export Development Advisor, Saint Etienne Photo Credit: shutterstock.com I’m deeply and strongly convinced about the important role that the European Union plays in our daily intellectual life. I come from Russia, the country having the largest territorial presence in our planet, where I’d grown up under an atmosphere of Nationalism with overpowering desire of domination on the rest of the world and a blatant hostility toward the European Union. Now, after living in France and being a part of a bigger geographical community, I can myself see that my attitude has changed a lot and…
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Coronavirus : La gestion de la crise sanitaire et les conséquences socio-politiques – partie 1

Coronavirus : La gestion de la crise sanitaire et les conséquences socio-politiques – partie 1

Ecrit par : Fugel Khan Etudiant, master en science sociale, Université Paris 8, Saint Denis Photo : Shutterstock.com READ IN ENGLISH Une perspective française – 1ère partie Avant que le monde ne puisse évaluer l'impact des incendies de forêt au Brésil et en Australie sur la survie de l'humanité, on ne pensait pas que le pire était arrivé avant l'apparition du virus COVID-19, qui a fait son apparition dans un marché local de la ville de Wuhan fin 2019. L'autorité chinoise, plutôt discrète au début, a officiellement reconnu la propagation de l'épidémie en janvier 2020, et l'OMS l'a confirmée. La…
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Le sort des agriculteurs palestiniens : contexte d’un reportage

Le sort des agriculteurs palestiniens : contexte d’un reportage

Ecrit par : Joy Banerjee Cinéaste documentariste et ancien journaliste reporter d'images, France Télévisions Photos : auteur READ IN ENGLISH Le checkpoint de Kalandya A quelques kilomètres de Jérusalem, après avoir dépassé une zone industrielle où il n'y a pas âme qui vive, on aperçoit de loin les tourelles militaires qui surplombent le checkpoint de Kalandya. En se rapprochant des casemates, la voiture doit slalomer entre les blocs de béton, les déchets en tous genres qui s'accumulent sur la route. Quelques militaires israéliens, le fusil d’assaut en bandoulière, regardent vaguement les voitures circuler. Ce jour-là, la situation est calme, et…
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Coronavirus : Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 1

Coronavirus : Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 1

Written by : Fugel Khan (Student of Masters in Social Science, University Paris 8, Saint Denis) Photo credit : Shutterstock.com READ IN FRENCH A French perspective : Part 1 Before the world could assess the impact of forest fires in Brazil and Australia on the survival of humankind, the worst was not thought to have happened until the appearance of the COVID-19 virus, which finds its origin in a local market of Wuhan city in late 2019. The Chinese authority, which was rather discreet at first, officially recognized the spread of the epidemic in January 2020, and the WHO confirmed…
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Plight of Palestinian Farmers :  Background of a Reportage

Plight of Palestinian Farmers : Background of a Reportage

Written by : Joy Banerjee Independent Filmmaker and ex video journalist, France Television Photos : Author READ IN FRENCH Kalandya checkpoint A few kilometres from Jerusalem, after crossing an industrial area where there is no living soul, one can see from afar the military turrets overlooking the Kalandya checkpoint. As the car gets closer to the casemates, it has to shuffle between the concrete blocks and all kinds of rubbish dumped on the road. A few Israeli soldiers, with assault rifles, slung over their shoulders, vaguely watch the cars go by. That day, the situation is calm, and the soldiers,…
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Kaamyaab (Round Figure): The Success-dream of Every Commoner

Kaamyaab (Round Figure): The Success-dream of Every Commoner

Written By : Simran Saini New Delhi, India Photo: Official Facebook Page Film Review: Kaamyaab (Round Figure) Country: India Director: Hardik Mehta Cast: Sanjay Mishra, Deepak Dobriyal. In Hindi cinema, the line between the new and the old is not a thin one. To the general public, who goes to the cinema only for ‘entertainment’ (read item numbers, popular actors and fascinating plots), this line may be thick, but almost a blur. If you look closely though, you may read the words ‘critically acclaimed’ engraved on this line. This term has become quite common these days, among the viewers of…
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Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 : Win of  Collective Conscience over Religious Jingoism

Delhi Assembly Elections 2020 : Win of Collective Conscience over Religious Jingoism

From director’s desk Written by : Jayanta Chakrabarty Illustration by : Suman Choudhury In the beginning of January 2014, I was in Delhi. Dhoom 3 was released in theatres a few days back and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had formed a minority government in a hung assembly with outside support of 8 legislative members of Indian National Congress, with Arvind Kejriwal as the Chief Minister. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) was biting the dust instead of being the signal largest party with 31 elected members in an Assembly of 70 seats. It was a tumultuous political situation; it was…
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