DESPARDES — Turkmenistan has adopted a special approach to wiping out the coronavirus — by completely banning any mention of the word, according to reports. The Central Asian nation is ordering citizens to stop saying the name of the deadly illness that’s sweeping the globe — and even empowered police to detain anyone letting itContinue reading “Turkmenistan Government Outlaws Any Mention of the Word ‘Coronavirus’”
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Could the Coronavirus Be a Biological Weapon in the Not-Too-Distant Future?
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) entered into force on March 26, 1975. It currently has 182 states-parties. Ten states have neither signed nor ratified the BWC, including Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Israel, Kiribati, Micronesia, Namibia, South Sudan and Tuvalu. THALIF DEEN (IPS) – The devastating spread of the deadly coronavirus across every continent– with theContinue reading “Could the Coronavirus Be a Biological Weapon in the Not-Too-Distant Future?”
Crude Further Tumbles After US Warns that 200,000 People Could Die From Coronavirus Outbreak
“We will get the fiscal space for prepayments”: Pakistani official SoDATA — Oil prices have now plummeted by about two-thirds this year, with a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia compounding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. European stock markets slipped again on Monday, while oil prices dropped to their lowest point in 18 years.Continue reading “Crude Further Tumbles After US Warns that 200,000 People Could Die From Coronavirus Outbreak”
Khan Vows to Take On Coronavirus With “Youth and Faith”
Pakistan has a huge youth bulge — nearly 64pct of the population — and has generally been supportive of Khan including backing him for change in the status quo. DESPARDES — Prime Minister Imran Khan in his address to the nation on Monday evening vowed to defeat the contagion with “youth and faith” amid reportsContinue reading “Khan Vows to Take On Coronavirus With “Youth and Faith””
Coronavirus Trending in Pakistan: “We Had Three Months of Warning We Did Not Prepare”
The Umrah returnees (from Saudi Arabia) in March are a silent source of importing coronavirus to Pakistan DESPARDES — Four (4) major coronavirus trends in Pakistan have been tracked so far as confirmed cases reach 1690 and 21 deaths. These represent accurate account, says a senior member of Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) Think Tank.Continue reading “Coronavirus Trending in Pakistan: “We Had Three Months of Warning We Did Not Prepare””
INSIGHT: Will Warm Temp in Mideast, Asia Eliminate Coronavirus?
DESPARDES — Scientists from the Global Virus Network at the University of Maryland in the US, along with Iranian scientists, used latest climate models to see how the prevalence of COVID-19 depends on the weather. Their study shows that Coronavirus spreads over 30 degrees Celsius and 50 degree north latitude on the world map (anContinue reading “INSIGHT: Will Warm Temp in Mideast, Asia Eliminate Coronavirus?”
WATCH: The Day They Let Us Out Again — Like This Falcon, Chicken and Hen!
IRSHAD SALIM — On Mar 14, 2020 a falcon with mini camera on its back — and released from the top of Khalifa Tower — went looking for its coach, and they found each other — the social distancing order for humans don’t cover birds of prey and vice versa. Chances are when it’s allContinue reading “WATCH: The Day They Let Us Out Again — Like This Falcon, Chicken and Hen!”
Coronoavirus Impact: Negative Global Growth Makes Pak Economy More Vulnerable
SoDATA — The Moody’s rating agency has forecast that instead of an over 3 percent growth in 2020, world economy will now see negative growth due to Coronavirus pandemic. The EIU has projected that the growth rate in 2020 will fall, for example, in China from 6 to -1.5 percent, in India from 6 toContinue reading “Coronoavirus Impact: Negative Global Growth Makes Pak Economy More Vulnerable”
INSIGHT: Coronavirus is Making China Model Look Better and Better
SoDATA — 2020 is the moment when Washington’s global authority could truly begin to buckle, says an opinion piece in Bloomberg as it compares Beijing’s handling of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan and by the Trump administration. Sans narratives and counternarratives by the two competing global powers, the author braves to title his articleContinue reading “INSIGHT: Coronavirus is Making China Model Look Better and Better”