Coronavirus pandemic

Aug

08

2020

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DOUBLE PANDEMIC: AN OVERVIEW

Column, Current AffairsCoronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Domestic violence, India, National Commission for women

Written by : Prarthona Saha Photo credit : shutterstock.com 1.3 billion people in India were restricted to their homes due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Imposing lockdown might protect us from the coronavirus but this move has intensified a more virulent strain of illness we witness in our society, the disease of domestic violence. Domestic Violence is a global phenomenon. Like the ongoing COVID- 19 pandemic, no country is immune to it. Lockdowns are still being imposed on and off which is only escalating this complex issue. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), globally, one out of three women have…

Jul

18

2020

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The Pandemic, Politics and the Future

Column, Politics & SocialCatalan, Coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Global Politics, Spain

Written by : Artur Domingo Barnils, Barcelona, Spain Photo credit: Multidimension The WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic in March of 2020. Since then we have witnessed sweeping changes in the world. While social, economic and political changes were expected; science, technology and education too have undergone a revamp. We are being forced to confront the looming climate crisis, the inefficiency of the neoliberal model of capitalism, the need to reset our priorities as humans and establish a better relationship with the planet. Optimists opine that this is a chance to come back stronger and turn over a new leaf.…

May

01

2020

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Is the current reduction in greenhouse gas emissions a good thing ?

Current Affairs, Science & TechClimate Change, Coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Greenhouse Gas

Written By : Dr. Ananya Mukherjee Department of Plant Science and innovation University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Photo credit : Shutterstock.com The world right now is nothing short of a science fiction movie gone wrong. As the world enters in May, we are all living in a nightmare. COVID -19 or the novel coronavirus pandemichas thus far claimed 234,765 lives and infected nearly 3.3 million people officially. Citizens of the world have been strictly instructed to practice social distancing by maintain a distance. Unsurprisingly, most workplacesother than those rendering essential services have shut down with everyone mostly working from home. Cities…

Apr

18

2020

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COVID-19 Pandemic and India’s Recent Monetary Policy Intervention: A Reality Check

EconomicsCoronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Indian Economy, Reserve Bank of India

Written by : Dr. Anjan Chakrabarti Associate Professor, UGC Human Resource Development Centre The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India Photo credit : Shutterstock.com According to the latest figures published by John Hopkins University, 2,256,844 people have been under the tentacles of Coronavirus or COVID-19 with 154,350 deaths, and 571,851 people have recovered. Nearly 70 per cent of all fatalities occurred in Europe. In the US, there have been 712,184 cases with 32,823 deaths. In comparison, India, the world’s most populous country with 136 crore population, has so far reported 14,792 cases and 488 deaths. Unlike many countries, including Singapore…

Apr

17

2020

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Coronavirus spread in India : elements of promoting fascism

Politics & Social, PopularCoronavirus pandemic, Covid-19, Fascism, Hinduism, Islam, Religion, TablighiJammat

From director’s desk : Written by : Jayanta Chakrabarty Illustration by : Avijit Ghosh To instil fear and heighten the sense of vulnerability in majority of the general population, the tactic of portraying the minority section of the population as an evil force and the cause of all the miseries of the country is the favourite tool of the fascists. In the present context of global pandemic situation with the spread of coronavirus, Hindu radical groups are using the tactic to infuriate public opinion against the entire Muslim community, which is actually the very source of their own political existence.…