China undermining human rights by locking up rights lawyers, UN independent expert says
Strategic Inferences from Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict 2020, post Ceasefire
ILO study finds migrants earn much less than locals, and the gap is widening
US sanctions Turkey over purchase of Russian missile system
Almost 2 billion people depend on health care facilities without basic water services, warn WHO & UNICEF
The world’s biggest oil exporter Saudi Aramco has said it is focusing its downstream investments in high-growth nations such as India as it negotiates a deal to buy up to 20 per cent stake in Reliance Industries’ USD 75 billion oil-to-chemical business.
The country’s large, elderly population, who are particularly vulnerable to the virus, is seen as factor for the high number of fatalities.
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China has been turning crisis into opportunity. India should do the same.
UAE nationals who left India feared a complete disruption in aviation links between the Gulf and Indian airports
By PTI As many as 276 Indians have been infected with coronavirus abroad, including 255
By dint of Bangabandhu’s statesmanship, Bangladesh was steered into the United Nations and at the same time, Sheikh Mujib pursued the goal of coming out of superpower rivalry, and two years after liberation in 1971, Bangladesh joined the Non-Aligned Movement
The tests show that when the virus is carried by the droplets released when someone coughs or sneezes, it remains viable, or able to still infect people, in aerosols for at least three hours
Days of denials, a national celebration and an election helped the coronavirus spread quickly in Iran
Prime Minister Modi described Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as one of the greatest figures of the last century, and said, “His entire life is a tremendous inspiration to all of us.”
Eleven countries in the region have recorded 480 cases