The U.S. Will Restrict Travel From India. Experts Warn Of ‘Explosion of Cases’ Around the World.

The Biden administration will restrict travel from India on advice of the C.D.C. in light of the country’s high virus caseloads and multiple variants. The policy will take effect Tuesday, May 4, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said. “If we don’t help in India, I worry about an explosion of cases” around the world.Continue reading “The U.S. Will Restrict Travel From India. Experts Warn Of ‘Explosion of Cases’ Around the World.”

Female Officers Dressed in Black Berets Help Pilgrims at the Prophet Mosque in Madinah

ARAB NEWS: Dressed in tan uniforms, veils and black berets, some 113 officers assist pilgrims and worshipers at the Prophet’s mosque in Madinah. Dozens of female officers are also deployed in Makkah, where they are providing security and managing worshipers at the Grand Mosque. The military-trained batch, created six months ago, is part of theContinue reading “Female Officers Dressed in Black Berets Help Pilgrims at the Prophet Mosque in Madinah”

Covid-19 Pandemic in So. Asia: ‘Peace Mongers’ Call for Cooperation, Empathy

Dozens of South Asians came together for an online meet on Sunday and expressed grief, solidarity amid the suffering inflicted by the pandemic in the region and worldwide. The huddle dovetails several independent observers’ view for regional cooperation beyond geopolitics and fight the “crisis”, its potential fallouts. ‘If this erupts, it’ll hit the world’, saidContinue reading “Covid-19 Pandemic in So. Asia: ‘Peace Mongers’ Call for Cooperation, Empathy”

Can Spite Be a Force For Good?

That’s one of the arguments in Simon McCarthy-Jones’s “Spite,” which Sarah Lyall in her review calls “a highly entertaining book that should be read more as an illuminating examination of an under-discussed topic than as a prescription for how to behave.” ‘Spite’ Looks on the Bright Side of a Dark Feeling BY SARAH LYALL inContinue reading “Can Spite Be a Force For Good?”

India Police Asks Muslims to Offer Prayers to End the Pandemic (Viral Video)

An Indian police officer asks the Muslim community in his precinct to offer prayers for the COVID-19 pandemic to end. A video circulating on social media shows a Mumbai police personnel announcing and appealing to Muslims saying: “Namaz parh kay dua kijiye maina suna hai Allah rozaydar ki jaldi sunta hai.” India’s daily coronavirus deathContinue reading “India Police Asks Muslims to Offer Prayers to End the Pandemic (Viral Video)”