By Muhammad Raafi As international protests continue over Israeli airstrikes that have killed at least 212 Palestinians in Gaza — including dozens of children — police arrested a graffiti artist in another one of the world’s conflict flashpoints after he expressed solidarity with victims through a mural that went viral online. Kashmiri artist Mudasir Gul, …
Read More »Article: Coronavirus variant that first appeared in India arrives in the US. Here’s what to know
Elizabeth Weise and Karen Weintraub The B.1.617 coronavirus variant devastating India right now has arrived in the United States. Experts say it’s not likely to cause much harm here because of high vaccination rates and because the health care system is not under stress. But with a virus that has …
Read More »Article: Russia-India ties — growing asymmetry
Syed Qamar Afzal Rizvi This ongoing irrefutable trajectory of the international relations, that there is no absolute fixation of friendship and animosity holds much sway because of the changing geopolitical, geo-strategic and geo-economical dynamics. And yet, the ongoing romantic American-Indian relationship is being cautiously judged by the Russian policymakers in …
Read More »Article: Modi humbled by India’s coronavirus crisis
Dave Lawler After mishandling the worst domestic crisis India has faced in decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval ratings have plummeted … to 63%. Breaking it down: While that’s down from 74% before India’s second wave struck, per Morning Consult’s tracker, it still makes him perhaps the most popular leader …
Read More »Feature: Shallow graves and bodies in the river: Covid-19 hits India’s villages
Unnano, India, May 15 (KMS): Coronavirus is raging in India’s hinterland, where in some places bodies are being buried in shallow graves or given up to rivers and the sick have little hope other than herbal remedies and amateur doctors. Kidwai Ahmad, from Sadullahpur village in Uttar Pradesh, a huge …
Read More »Article: Our sinking states: Why Covid corpses in Ganga indicate India could face turbulent times
Shekhar Gupta Corpses floating down the Ganga and the Yamuna, shallow-buried or merely strewn on their banks in Covid-stricken Uttar Pradesh and Bihar will remain among the many abiding images of the pandemic for years to come. For us in India, however, it is an indicator of something else. Not …
Read More »Article: People-to-people conversation
Usama Khilji The recent news of backchannel dialogue between the governments of Pakistan and India came as optimistic news for advocates of a peaceful South Asia. However, a critical angle missing from the conversation is that of the people of the region. Despite all propaganda attempts to turn citizens against …
Read More »Article: India’s COVID-19 Crisis Is an Injustice, Not a Misfortune
Dr Irshad Rashid The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has been wreaking havoc in India. Over the last couple of weeks, the world has witnessed horrific scenes of people dying due to the lack of medical oxygen, hospital beds and so on. There isn’t enough place for the dead in crematoriums and …
Read More »Article: India Covid variant: Is it a threat to the UK’s reopening plans?
Ian Sample How worried should we be about the India variant? In recent weeks the UK has recorded a rapid rise in the number of Covid infections caused by a variant of the virus first detected in India last year. Public health officials and scientists are investigating the increase to …
Read More »Article: Is any other country in the world using the fragmented, half-private vaccination model India chose?
These are tragic times. Our public policy responses to the pandemic have so far also been tragic. And this is especially true in the case of our new vaccination policy, which came into effect on May 1. It is a policy that fragments the market, lets private hospitals charge for …
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