The rapid spread of the coronavirus over the past few weeks has forced most governments to lockdown on day-to-day public life. Globally, the only things spreading faster than the virus is fear itself and the use of digital services. In a way, the virus and screen time going out of control together. Around the world,…
The East West Institute (EWI) along with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung conducted an extremely successful two day panel discussion in Colombo, Sri Lanka on the water crisis titled “Water Security and Disaster Management in Asia”. The EWI is a conflict resolution organization with headquarters in New York. The participants discussed strategy, progress and possible solutions for…
Sesame Street is a children’s educational programme and has served generations. One of the most famous Muppets on this long running show is the Cookie Monster who is best known for its voracious appetite and for eating almost anything, including inedible objects! After finishing off everything, it still wants more. Thus, if you give a…
Today, in 2020, we face another war, one being fought worldwide and against something quite unfathomable called the “unseen” enemy. We had no previous defence strategy for it. Cities, towns and entire countries have fallen victim to one of the most widespread viruses in the world. What started as a small news clip about the…
Human spirits never die. Most recently on April 4 2020 the Chinese government observed national day of mourning which was a vivid reflection of its holistic policies towards economics of humanity. Economics of humanity has multiplier effects which pay back its unlimited dividends for centuries to come. It also upheld the philosophy of Confucius which emphasized correlation…
“And prepare against them whatever you can of (military) power and of war-horses, to frighten thereby the enemy of Allah, and your enemy, and others besides them, whom you do not know (but) Allah knows them.” Surah Al-Anfal (8:60) Al-Quran. It is the time of peace that determines the triumph or defeat in a war,…
Ordered to sit at home because of the coronavirus epidemic to avoid infection social contact has been outlawed. Apart from touching other people, we even start being afraid to touch door knobs, handrails and other surfaces. Cash money, anyway known to be dirty, is now suspected to be a carrier of the virus and able…
Suicide Bombings Bomb/IED Explosions At least nine persons were injured after an explosion occurred near the Levies Lines on Taj Road in Chaman town of Qilla Abdullah District in Baluchistan on March 7, reports Pakistan Today. The blast was directed towards Levies Risaldar Major Naseebullah who remained safe in the incident. He was travelling in…
1. PROLOGUE 1.1 Nature of Coronavirus-19 Generally speaking the virus is a non-cellular microorganism. It contains genetic substance (DNA or RNA). A virus particle is surrounded by protein coating. Coronavirus is a family of viruses. It is crown like in shape and varies in characteristics from region to region. It is one of the fastest proliferating viruses….
Leaving aside all the conspiracy theories on the virus that have been deleted from my WhatsApp, the lockdown of Italy and the rest of the European countries was inevitable and necessary when by mid-March the number of infected persons listed in Italy jumped from a few hundred to thousands within days and have continued to…
