Covid-19

A Letter to Generation Alpha

A Letter to Generation Alpha

Written by : Srijanee Biswas Columbus, IN, United States Photo credit: Shutterstock.com Dated: 11th April, 2020 It’s the year 2050 and you, the readership, are almost as old as your Millennial parents now. You may be a Boston resident commuting to your work in Washington D.C. - a mere 40-minute Hyperloop ride; or you may be an architect 3D-printing their next housing project or a pastor preaching a remote congregation from afar. Whatever it is that you might be, you’re most likely to have a cure for or have been immunized against or live in a world completely devoid of…
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Challenges of building Bangladesh in post-corona era free of religious extremism

Challenges of building Bangladesh in post-corona era free of religious extremism

Written by : Noman Robin Filmmaker, Dhaka, Bangladesh Photo credit : Shutterstock.com There seems to be a great deal of confusion surrounding the practice of real Islam in Bangladesh today. Taking the fact into account that almost all the mosques around the country are packed with people during prayers, it is expected that the practicing Muslims possess common courtesy, good manners, mutual respect and sense of honesty. But is it really the case? If not, what is the particular cause then? To begin with, I would repeat that Islam under political influence impacts the faith and liberal rights of individuals.…
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Coronavirus : La gestion de la crise sanitaire et les conséquences socio-politiques – Partie 3

Coronavirus : La gestion de la crise sanitaire et les conséquences socio-politiques – Partie 3

Ecrit par : Fugel Khan Etudiant, master en science sociale, Université Paris 8, Saint Denis Photo : Shutterstock.com READ IN ENGLISH Une perspective française – 3ème partie Récemment une très sérieuse étude de l’INA, revient sur le traitement médiatique qu’a eu Professeur Raoult sur la période de fin mars. « … entre le lundi 23 et le dimanche 29 mars… c’est un total de 401 heures qui ont été consacrées au coronavirus et à ses conséquences…, soit une part d’antenne de 79,6 % ». « Sur la semaine du 23 au 29 mars, BFMTV n'a pas hésité à prononcer les…
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Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 3

Coronavirus: Health Crisis Management and Socio-political Consequences – Part 3

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 3 Recently, a very serious study conducted by the INA (National Audiovisual Institute) shows how the media treated Professor Raoult over the period of end March. "... between Monday 23 and Sunday 29 March ... a total of 401 hours were devoted to coronavirus and its consequences ..., i.e. an on-air share of 79.6%. "During the week of 23 to 29 March, BFMTV has pronounce the words "chloroquine" up to 35 times per…
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A Short Story of European Union (EU) and The Pandemic: A French Perspective

A Short Story of European Union (EU) and The Pandemic: A French Perspective

Written By : Patrick Saumet Retired Engineer, French Armed Forces Photo credit: Shutterstock.com On the 9th of May 1950, the foreign ministry of France laid the founding text of the next EU, as said Martin Luther King in the US… it had a dream and Charles de Gaulle was the French president. This text and thinking follow the end of the WW2 to ensure peace in Europe. In 1951, 6 states (France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) began the first structure of the next EU through the CECA (European community for coal and steel), in 1954 the attempt to…
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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 : 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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