Indian Resilience and Defiance Against COVID-19 (The View from Uganda)
By Grace Akello The people of India have been exhorted to rise above the doom and gloom of COVID-19 and rebuild their shattered economy. Prime Minister Modi made this call when launching a $266 billion post-corona economic recovery package on May 12. Dubbed “Resilient India,” the package is aimed at regenerating the 520-million workers economy […]
Let our anger against Tablighi not degenerate into anti-Muslim tirade
By Surendra Kumar Facts speak for themselves. According to some media reports, by early April 30% of those who have tested Covid-19 positive had attended the Tablighi Jamaat’s congregation at its Marqaz in Nizamuddin in Delhi; many of them have died. The Central Govt., Delhi Govt, the State Govts and concerned agencies had to undertake […]
Amend or risk withdrawal of US membership: Trump to WHO
Allegations in the Letter Mr Trump criticized the body’s response to the crisis since December. He accused the UN agency of having an “alarming lack of independence” from China. Despite repeated calls for “transparency and corrective actions”, the World Health Organization has “consistently ignored the credible reports” of the virus spreading in Wuhan at the […]
India welcomes Afghan political deal but wary of violence
India has cautiously welcomed the political deal reached between President Hamid Karzai and his rival, former chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, in a US-brokered peace initiative but expressed concern over the continued violence in the country. “India has consistently supported inclusive governance, national unity, strong institutions, constitutional order, rights of all sections of society, and the territorial […]
India stresses more funds, vaccine collaboration at WHA meet
Addressing a two-day virtual summit of the World Health Assembly (WHA), Union Health & Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that “global collaboration is paramount” against the pandemic, and as such, the world should allocate more financial resources and boost partnership in vaccine development that would benefit the entire humanity, regardless of where they […]