Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2018-19, high-income countries were spending annually the equivalent of US$8,501 for every child or youth’s education compared to US$48 in low-income countries.
Modi stressed that India considers vaccines as not only vital to good health but also as a global good, and it is India’s duty to assist other countries, including the nations in our neighbourhood, in the collective fight against the virus.
Global diseases bore no political connotations as to their country of origin as COVID-19 does. It’s high time global leaders shunned their blame game and rather stand on a war footing to give the Pandemic a defeat.
The general public was expecting not only a change in effective governance from the new bureaucratic leadership, but a change in perception and imagination also which ultimately goes up to the political leadership.
Thousands of students are battling this strenuous situation because they do not have proper access to the internet and technology such as mobile phones or laptops to join online classes
During a survey by the Imphal Free Press, it was found that smartphones are sold above the maximum retail price during lockdown.
Covid-19 marks the return of a very old – and familiar – enemy.
The prime minister said that India would play a leading role in the global revival from the coronavirus pandemic.
A time of crisis or pandemic can also be a time for fraud, scams and seizures, involving the manufacture and trafficking of substandard and falsified medical products.
Government needs to strive for attraction from big economies by working closely with organizations like G20 and G6 or amongst similar rank countries of G5 excluding China.
There is a glimmer of hope in the horizon as India’s first potential indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, has been jointly developed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL).
Prayers can do wonders. Especially in times of troubles, when everything fails, prayers remain our only means for help.
US officials say many cases are being missed because of gaps in testing while millions of people were infected without their knowledge.
The IMF report estimates that growth this year is at -4.9 per cent, or nearly two percentage points below projections in April, indicating that the recession will be deeper and recovery slower.
A total of 115 household of Moreh Khunou Leikai were given the relief material on Sunday.
This lockdown has not failed to teach us ‘self-love’. We all tend to care a little more, love ourselves a little more than usual.
The virus reminds us that there is no choice but to unchain and empower the disadvantaged and grow together.
Private schools have come to be the backbone of the educational edifice in Manipur when it comes to literacy.
The environmental improvement that we are witnessing currently due to COVID-19 will also be short term if we do not make fundamental change in the economy and our lifestyle.
The role of the governor in the implementation of the Disaster Management Act 2005 is marginal and all such orders are not per se government orders or in other words it should not be executive orders but rather statutory orders.
We need to combat coronavirus with the spiritual weapon. We need to get right with God. We need to humble yourselves, pray and seek God.
Too many people have been killed by the virus and too many people have been facing untold miseries due to the lockdown imposed in so many countries of the world.
Life can be brutal at times and get you down but you can’t be on a life journey without getting through some tough times.
A self haircut would have been beyond the skill set of most people.
This personal story is based on what I saw and experienced while I was in Wuhan, China and at a quarantine facility in Manesar, Haryana and back home in Manipur with a fitness medical certificate.
