Wuhan Coronavirus Thread

[Gautam Sarkar]

 

[Blue Water Navy]

I hope Modi is not myopic or foolish enough to extend the lockdown beyond May 3.
It is not the economy I worry about, but the notion that a vaccine will save us and we can afford to stay at home till that time which worries me much more.
Let's be clear on something - there is no certainty that a silver bullet vaccine will be developed in the near future. Only promises. Promises and hopes do not count for anything. Once that fails, what is our plan B?

Why Modiji shall do it? When state govt.s are extending the lockdown in their own way. Our state WB has extended till 21 May. And today relaxations were announced but only for green zones & in which only few services are allowed.

On the contrary Modiji shall announce some relaxations for our orange zones. I am dearly hoping that.

plan B is wait out the time it takes for virus to loose its virulence, until that time continue with this red & green zone Tamasha.

The gormint is too busy playing Rangoli.

 

[Gautam Sarkar]

India green-lights UAE, Kuwait request for ex-military doctors, nurses

India will also send two military rapid response teams comprising army doctors, nurses and paramedics to Mauritius and Comoros to help them cope with the crisis

Updated: Apr 29, 2020 19:18 IST
By Shishir Gupta
Hindustan Times, New Delhi

The government has given an in-principle approval to requests from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to send Indian doctors and paramedics to help the two Gulf countries fight the Covid-19 pandemic, a top government official told Hindustan Times on Wednesday.

Kuwait was the first one to seek Indian medical assistance earlier this month when Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah called Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian Air Force had then flown a 15-member military rapid response team.

As this team was wrapping up - it returned on Monday - New Delhi received the request for more medical teams. “They were very impressed with the rapid response team,” an official said.

By this time, senior government officials said, another request for Indian healthcare personnel had come in from the United Arab Emirates. There are also similar requests pending from Mauritius and Comoros, the archipelago off Africa’s east coast Comoros, that are battling the disease.

Other Gulf countries have also sounded out New Delhi that they would need Indian medical assistance and are expected to send formal requests shortly.

In response to these requests, the top official said, “an in-principle decision has been taken to allow retired military doctors, nurses and technicians to travel to UAE and Kuwait to begin with”.

For Comoros and Mauritius, the government has okayed short-term deployment of the military’s rapid response teams. These self-contained teams comprise military doctors, nurses and other paramedics.

The foreign ministry and the armed forces are still working out the mechanics of how the medical teams for Kuwait and UAE would be constituted.

“Retired military healthcare professionals - doctors, nurses, lab technicians - who are ready to take up this assignment, can opt to help the Gulf countries,” the official said.

On an average, a top military official told Hindustan Times, about 100 doctors, 30-40 nurses and a few hundred paramedics retired from the Army Medical Corps every year.

Since it would not have been possible to spare serving government doctors at this time, the decision attempts to address the urgent needs of the Gulf countries without compromising with the healthcare requirements of people in India.

PM Modi and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, who have received numerous requests for Indian assistance from Gulf countries over the Covid-19, had earlier ordered officials to prioritise approvals to their requests for dispatch of millions of paracetamol and hydroxychloroquine tablets.

So far, 45 million hydroxychloroquine tablets and 11 metric tonnes of HCQ’s active pharmaceutical ingredients have been cleared to be shipped on a commercial basis to six Gulf countries, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Another 22.7 million units of paracetamol were also cleared for Kuwait and the UAE before the government lifted export controls on the medicine on 17 April. Some more consignments of paracetamol were subsequently cleared for the two countries, apart from Iraq and Yemen.

Officials suggest India had gone out of its way to cater to the requirements of the Gulf countries at this crucial juncture, gestures that have been warmly reciprocated by the West Asian countries. Like when the UAE was packing off immigrants from every other country following the outbreak of the pandemic, India requested Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to go slow with repatriating Indian nationals because the state governments didn’t have the infrastructure to deal with the influx.

This request was accepted though around the same time, the messaging to the rest of the world was that the government could impose restrictions on return of workers later from countries that don’t evacuate their nationals.

“It is in this context”, a foreign ministry official said, “that the unseemly controversy over a cabinet note in Kuwait should be seen”. The document, which spoke about Muslims being targeted in India, was leaked around the same time that Kuwait was requesting India to make an exception and send Indian doctors and healthcare professionals.

It was an effort by vested interests - possibly linked to pro-Pakistan elements in the kingdom - to influence the narrative around India’s deepening ties with Gulf countries. In any case, a minister in the Indian government said, even at meetings of the Union Cabinet in Delhi, all issues and topics under the Sun are discussed. “That does not mean that the view being discussed reflects the stand of the government,” he said.

Officials underline how the concerns referred to in the Kuwaiti document echoed the narrative that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had been trying to build for some time.

Foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had promptly weighed in, calling for a coordinated effort against coronavirus. “Unfortunately, what we’re seeing is that though this virus respects no borders, it doesn’t differentiate between ethnicities or religion — yet in India [...] they’re in the grip of Islamophobia,” he said, according to a report in Pakistan’s newspaper Dawn’s website.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...tors-nurses/story-fc6THXnkTBVLTSMRgZbhdL.html

 

[fire starter]

 

[Craigs]

Do people who have BCG immunization already, need anything, if this vaccine works?

It will help as it will be a boost for the future.

 

[sorcerer]

Do people who have BCG immunization already, need anything, if this vaccine works?

They have a shelf life in the body.. again this like the "plasma therapy" is another thing doing rounds..
dont lean on it too much.

 

[sorcerer]

PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19

So far, a total of 7695 people have been cured. This takes our total recovery rate to 24.5%. The total number of confirmed cases is now 31,332.Secretary (HFW) emphasized that non-COVID essential medical care should not be neglected. It was reiterated that patients needing care like dialysis, cancer treatment, diabetics, pregnant women and those suffering from cardiac ailments must be given adequate care.She has urged the States to promote the ArogyaSetu App which is a self-assessment tool helpful in the prevention efforts of the Government.





INPUTS FROM PIB FIELD OFFICES

• Chandigarh: Following a spike in positive cases, Adviser, UT Chandigarh has stated that outbreak needs to be contained by focusing all our energy and resources in pockets like BapuDham Colony in Sector 26 and Sector 30-B. Apart from sealing the area, efforts will be made to ensure that the locals maintain social distancing by taking the help of local volunteers and leaders. He also stated that CCTV cameras will be installed and drone photography will be used to find persons, who are violating the social distancing norms in the area. The police will also patrol the area regularly so as to ensure that the curfew orders are strictly followed.
• Punjab: Members of women self-help groups in villages have emerged as warriors in the fight against the Corona virus in big way. The SHGs through the department of Rural Development, Punjab are producing Masks, Aprons and Gloves for the civil administration, police and also for the Panchayats. The Punjab government ITI students have brought pride to the state by topping in producing masks during the lockdown.
• Haryana: Chief Minister said that Information Technology initiatives undertaken by the state government, have played a pivotal role in enabling assistance and procurement services during the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the state government has issued Distress Ration Tokens through e-PDS to the people in distress who would be provided free ration for three months.
• Himachal Pradesh: The State Government has taken several measures to reach out to the Himachalis stranded in various parts of the country by assisting more than 5000 people who had appealed to the government through its helpline numbers and e-mails as well. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister has also written to the Chief Ministers of all those States where large number of Himachalis are stranded, with a request to provide them necessary help.
• Kerala: State approves ordinance that enables salary cut of government employees in the wake of Covid19 pandemic; earlier the Kerala HC had stayed the Govt's order on this. Govt makes face masks compulsory for all at public places. Health officials unable to find the source of infection of the person who tested positive in Kasargod.Various religious leaders in the state appeal to observe a joint-prayer day on May 3rd for all affected by the pandemic. Total confirmed cases till yesterday: 485, Active cases: 123, Cured: 359.
• Tamil Nadu: Chennai food delivery staffer found positive for Covid19, father dies of infection. All rice cardholders in TN to get double their free rice quota for three months. TN plans portal for workers abroad intending to return. Chennai corporation orders all central, state and essential services institutions in city to disinfect their offices twice a day.Total cases till yesterday: 2048, Active cases: 902, Deaths: 25, Discharged: 1128. Max cases from Chennai 673.
• Karnataka: Today 9 new cases confirmed till now; Eight from Kalburgi and One from Belagavi. Total cases reach 532. So far 20 dead and 215 discharged.
• Andhra Pradesh:73 new cases reported in the last 24 hours; total cases reach 1332. Active Cases: 1014, Recovered: 287, Deaths: 31. State instructs employees of all government departments, Banks, contractual employees, media persons, traders and drivers of transport vehicles to download AarogyaSetu App to prevent spread of the virus. District Collectors advised to chalk out strategy to be implemented in containment zones after May 3 if the lockdown is lifted. Districts leading in +ve cases: Kurnool (343), Guntur (283), Krishna (236).
• Telangana:Health Minister says that State had conducted much fewer tests than neighbouring AP, but insisted there was no need for large-scale testing given that the number of positive cases were dropping. Two policemen were injured and a police vehicle was damaged as restless migrant workers resorted to violence on Wednesday at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad. Total cases: 1009, Active cases 610.
• Maharashtra:The number of Covid 19 positive cases in Maharashtra has climbed to 9,318 with 728 new cases reported. Death toll in the state is 369, even as 1,388 persons have been cured and discharged. Meanwhile, Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation has dispatched 70 of its buses to Kota, Rajasthan to bring back over 1,600 students from the state stuck their following lockdown. These students were studying in the numerous IIT and other competitive examination coaching centres, for which Kota is famous for.
• Gujarat: With 196 new Covid cases reported in Gujarat the total number of positive cases has climbed to 3,744. Out of this, 434 have recovered and 181 have passed away.
• Rajasthan:Rajasthan recorded 29 fresh coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 2,393 in the state. The state has so far witnessed 52 deaths due to the virus, with Jaipur accounting for 27 deaths. 781 patients have recovered so far.
• Madhya Pradesh:With 25 more positive cases reported the number of reported cases in Madhya Pradesh has climbed to 2,387. Out of this 377 people have recovered while 120 have passed away.
• Chhatisgarh: Chhattisgarh as on date has only 4 active Covid 19 cases. Out of 38 cases reported so far, 34 have been cured.
• Goa: Goa, which reported only 7 cases in all has no active Covid 19 patient at present.
• Arunachal Pradesh: DC, Itanagar bans transport of pigs and sale of pork in the capital region due to fear of spread of Swine fever disease.
• Assam: Health Minister HimantaBiswaSarma said it is critical to have a new strategy for higher education in wake of #COVID. To prepare a roadmap, he held a meeting with Assam College Principal Council & Assam College Teachers Association along with PrSecy& Education Commissioner today.
• Manipur: A total of 784 people were detained yesterday for violating the curfew and the lockdown order and a collective fine amounting to Rs. 1 lakh was imposed.
• Mizoram: CM said that about 693 people from Mizoram who are stranded in four North East states would be brought back to Mizoram between April 30 to May 2; Govt. will arrange vehicles for those who do not have vehicles.
• Meghalaya: CM inaugurates telemedicine facility at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong for immediate consultation online; facility to provide remote access to general as well as COVID related cases.
• Nagaland: State govt. decides to hike fuel prices. Govt order says COVID-19 cess will be imposed on all fuel products in addition to existing tax &cess.
• Sikkim:Sikkimese woman undergoing dialysis at a hospital in New Delhi tests positive for COVID-19. Sikkim CM said it has still not been established where she contracted the virus from and assures that she is receiving proper treatment, calls on people not to panic.
• Tripura: Govt. to give Jhumia families Rs. 202 per man day for 6 man days under MGNREGA work & Rs.1212 per family in Tripura due to COVID-19.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1619323

 

[captscooby81]

Looks like first lessons are coming from Germany after they relaxed lockdown rules positive cases numbers started to increase so now they are implementing stricter lockdown rules

Almost seems true. In any case, the virus seems to be more virulent than previously thought. So the percentage of death goes down.

 

[sorcerer]

Fake news busted Today

 

[Absolut_Vodka]

“It is in this context”, a foreign ministry official said, “that the unseemly controversy over a cabinet note in Kuwait should be seen”. The document, which spoke about Muslims being targeted in India, was leaked around the same time that Kuwait was requesting India to make an exception and send Indian doctors and healthcare professionals.

It was an effort by vested interests - possibly linked to pro-Pakistan elements in the kingdom - to influence the narrative around India’s deepening ties with Gulf countries.

So no one wants Paki Hakims from Desi davakahanas nor their counterfeit medicines?

This has always been weak point of Pakiland: Relying overly on propaganda while offering nothing of substance. They are only capable of trending topics on twitter while Indian docs and meds works in field.

On the other hand, we have Indian peacefuls pelting stones on same healthcare workers. These docs better would have served in Gulf earning us reputation and favors rather than appeasing local Abduls of no use.

 

[sorcerer]

India green-lights UAE, Kuwait request for ex-military doctors, nurses

India will also send two military rapid response teams comprising army doctors, nurses and paramedics to Mauritius and Comoros to help them cope with the crisis

Updated: Apr 29, 2020 19:18 IST
By Shishir Gupta
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
View attachment 46597

The government has given an in-principle approval to requests from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to send Indian doctors and paramedics to help the two Gulf countries fight the Covid-19 pandemic, a top government official told Hindustan Times on Wednesday.

Kuwait was the first one to seek Indian medical assistance earlier this month when Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah called Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Indian Air Force had then flown a 15-member military rapid response team.

As this team was wrapping up - it returned on Monday - New Delhi received the request for more medical teams. “They were very impressed with the rapid response team,” an official said.

By this time, senior government officials said, another request for Indian healthcare personnel had come in from the United Arab Emirates. There are also similar requests pending from Mauritius and Comoros, the archipelago off Africa’s east coast Comoros, that are battling the disease.

Other Gulf countries have also sounded out New Delhi that they would need Indian medical assistance and are expected to send formal requests shortly.

In response to these requests, the top official said, “an in-principle decision has been taken to allow retired military doctors, nurses and technicians to travel to UAE and Kuwait to begin with”.

For Comoros and Mauritius, the government has okayed short-term deployment of the military’s rapid response teams. These self-contained teams comprise military doctors, nurses and other paramedics.

The foreign ministry and the armed forces are still working out the mechanics of how the medical teams for Kuwait and UAE would be constituted.

“Retired military healthcare professionals - doctors, nurses, lab technicians - who are ready to take up this assignment, can opt to help the Gulf countries,” the official said.

On an average, a top military official told Hindustan Times, about 100 doctors, 30-40 nurses and a few hundred paramedics retired from the Army Medical Corps every year.

Since it would not have been possible to spare serving government doctors at this time, the decision attempts to address the urgent needs of the Gulf countries without compromising with the healthcare requirements of people in India.

PM Modi and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, who have received numerous requests for Indian assistance from Gulf countries over the Covid-19, had earlier ordered officials to prioritise approvals to their requests for dispatch of millions of paracetamol and hydroxychloroquine tablets.

So far, 45 million hydroxychloroquine tablets and 11 metric tonnes of HCQ’s active pharmaceutical ingredients have been cleared to be shipped on a commercial basis to six Gulf countries, Bahrain, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Another 22.7 million units of paracetamol were also cleared for Kuwait and the UAE before the government lifted export controls on the medicine on 17 April. Some more consignments of paracetamol were subsequently cleared for the two countries, apart from Iraq and Yemen.

View attachment 46600

Officials suggest India had gone out of its way to cater to the requirements of the Gulf countries at this crucial juncture, gestures that have been warmly reciprocated by the West Asian countries. Like when the UAE was packing off immigrants from every other country following the outbreak of the pandemic, India requested Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to go slow with repatriating Indian nationals because the state governments didn’t have the infrastructure to deal with the influx.

This request was accepted though around the same time, the messaging to the rest of the world was that the government could impose restrictions on return of workers later from countries that don’t evacuate their nationals.

“It is in this context”, a foreign ministry official said, “that the unseemly controversy over a cabinet note in Kuwait should be seen”. The document, which spoke about Muslims being targeted in India, was leaked around the same time that Kuwait was requesting India to make an exception and send Indian doctors and healthcare professionals.

It was an effort by vested interests - possibly linked to pro-Pakistan elements in the kingdom - to influence the narrative around India’s deepening ties with Gulf countries. In any case, a minister in the Indian government said, even at meetings of the Union Cabinet in Delhi, all issues and topics under the Sun are discussed. “That does not mean that the view being discussed reflects the stand of the government,” he said.

Officials underline how the concerns referred to in the Kuwaiti document echoed the narrative that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had been trying to build for some time.

Foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had promptly weighed in, calling for a coordinated effort against coronavirus. “Unfortunately, what we’re seeing is that though this virus respects no borders, it doesn’t differentiate between ethnicities or religion — yet in India [...] they’re in the grip of Islamophobia,” he said, according to a report in Pakistan’s newspaper Dawn’s website.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/indi...tors-nurses/story-fc6THXnkTBVLTSMRgZbhdL.html

Officials suggest India had gone out of its way to cater to the requirements of the Gulf countries at this crucial juncture, gestures that have been warmly reciprocated by the West Asian countries. Like when the UAE was packing off immigrants from every other country following the outbreak of the pandemic, India requested Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to go slow with repatriating Indian nationals because the state governments didn’t have the infrastructure to deal with the influx.

Well!! That explains..
we need to send team to take care of the people over there. Anyway theres rumors that Arabs are prioritizing treatment for Arab nationals! in their hospitals.

Foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had promptly weighed in, calling for a coordinated effort against coronavirus. “Unfortunately, what we’re seeing is that though this virus respects no borders, it doesn’t differentiate between ethnicities or religion — yet in India [...] they’re in the grip of Islamophobia,” he said, according to a report in Pakistan’s newspaper Dawn’s website.

Qureshit at it again!! "irus respects no borders, it doesn’t differentiate between ethnicities or religion "
Denial of food to Hindus, Christians in Pakistan 'reprehensible': US government

The USCIRF said it is "troubled" by the reports of food being denied to Hindu and Christian communities in Pakistan amidst the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

 

[Bhadra]

COVID -19 has thrown up many things in the system and society to ponder over.

The first and foremost is the centerstage politics has taken in our system, governance, and in our minds. It appears that the days of chaos that resulted in India getting subjugated by foreign invaders as insignificant as a tribal raider Ghori or a British Trading Company are back. Our politicians, intelligentsia particularly Journalists and opinion-makers just refuse to put the nation above their individual interests.

Another disturbing trend was that of our bureaucracy essentially being anti- entrepreneurship, anti-rich, and having socialist types of mindset by education and their upbringing. The way IRS association wanted to tax the so-called rich to generate income smacks of their basic love for inspector raj, controlled economy, and considering making money as essentially evil. More than that it was disturbing to note that the bureaucracy of the highest order wants themselves to act as a Union and force policy on the government.

Contrary to the above is also the competition amongst states to get students back from Kota. Tuition industry of Kota is neither govt sponsored nor beneficial to country/society but is a rich kid-driven cash-driven industry supported by the children of rich, black marketeers, corrupt govt officials who spend minimum Rs one lakh per month on their wards. How have those kids become a priority as against migrant labor is not plausible except for petty vote bank politics. They do not belong to one city but to the state some of those bigger than the UK. How can govt splurge money on them on priority??

So, there is no sense of balance - it is all politics, Muslims are free to do whatever they like or rather encouraged to do so but when it comes to others police has no qualms in opening fire on them.

 

[sorcerer]

IIT -K Scientists Develop Covid-19 Killer Box Which Sanitises Food Items, Phones, Cash In Minutes



Scientists at the IIT-K have come up with a corona killer box that will sanitise all essential commodities that are brought into homes from outside.
Vegetables, fruits, sugar, milk, pulses, mobiles, rupees and keys etc. can be sanitised in the box within minutes.
The ultraviolet rays released from this can kill the bacteria and viruses in objects within minutes. The sensor-based box also has an alarm which can be set for a specified period of time.

IIT Kanpur Scientists Develop Coronavirus Killer Box Which Sanitises Food Items, Phones, Cash In Minutes

Scientists at the IIT-K have come up with a corona killer box that will sanitise all essential commodities that are brought into homes from outside

swarajyamag.com

 

[Bhadra]

Officials suggest India had gone out of its way to cater to the requirements of the Gulf countries at this crucial juncture, gestures that have been warmly reciprocated by the West Asian countries. Like when the UAE was packing off immigrants from every other country following the outbreak of the pandemic, India requested Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to go slow with repatriating Indian nationals because the state governments didn’t have the infrastructure to deal with the influx.

Well!! That explains..
we need to send team to take care of the people over there. Anyway theres rumors that Arabs are prioritizing treatment for Arab nationals! in their hospitals.

Foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi had promptly weighed in, calling for a coordinated effort against coronavirus. “Unfortunately, what we’re seeing is that though this virus respects no borders, it doesn’t differentiate between ethnicities or religion — yet in India [...] they’re in the grip of Islamophobia,” he said, according to a report in Pakistan’s newspaper Dawn’s website.

Qureshit at it again!! "irus respects no borders, it doesn’t differentiate between ethnicities or religion "
Denial of food to Hindus, Christians in Pakistan 'reprehensible': US government

The USCIRF said it is "troubled" by the reports of food being denied to Hindu and Christian communities in Pakistan amidst the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Foreign Policy invariably gets linked to domestic political compulsions. However. the main consideration is whether such domestic compulsions are vote bank driven or internal compulsions of National Interests.

Gulf countries are important as India's extended neighbors, counties of IOR in Indian areas of interests, source of foreign remittances and employment, source of India's oil supply, and to some extent emerging markets of Indian goods and services.

Hence in spite, they being Jihadi supporters, India must maintain good relation with them. The Jihadi connection is for Indian authorities to break which can not be substituted by foreign governments.

 

[sorcerer]

Foreign Policy invariably gets linked to domestic political compulsions. However. the main consideration is whether such domestic compulsions are vote bank driven or internal compulsions of National Interests.

Gulf countries are important as India's extended neighbors, counties of IOR in Indian areas of interests, source of foreign remittances and employment, source of India's oil supply, and to some extent emerging markets of Indian goods and services.

Hence in spite, they being Jihadi supporters, India must maintain good relation with them. The Jihadi connection is for Indian authorities to break which can not be substituted by foreign governments.

and all that paki screwup is the sand people using pakistan as a a scape pig (well!! its pakistan) to put their propaganda against India.
Its not like the sand people dont have int. on the real affairs in Delhi..the protest etc.
They towed the line of pakistan..aired their version.. and then blamed pakistan..(obviously ..the exit route)
well! that was already choreographed before the ploy was deployed.
Thats the true nature of sand people when it comes to supporting jihadis and their tactical leverage inside India, indian politics.

 

[Bhadra]

and all that paki screwup is the sand people using pakistan as a a scape pig (well!! its pakistan) to put their propaganda against India.
Its not like the sand people dont have int. on the real affairs in Delhi..the protest etc.
They towed the line of pakistan..aired their version.. and then blamed pakistan..(obviously ..the exit route)
well! that was already choreographed before the ploy was deployed.
Thats the true nature of sand people when it comes to supporting jihadis and their tactical leverage inside India, indian politics.

Bro,,,, they also have their domestic populations. Being rulers they can not possibly afford to be seen as not being pro - Islamic. However, the real question is the quality of such support - in thousands or in millions of USD.

What has Pakistan to give them except repeatedly reminding the Arab that they can not leave their slaves just like that..

By the way Malaysia as also Turkey's noise against India was essentially driven by their domestic politics..

 

[Indrajit]

Not good news, if true......

 

[Indrajit]

and all that paki screwup is the sand people using pakistan as a a scape pig (well!! its pakistan) to put their propaganda against India.
Its not like the sand people dont have int. on the real affairs in Delhi..the protest etc.
They towed the line of pakistan..aired their version.. and then blamed pakistan..(obviously ..the exit route)
well! that was already choreographed before the ploy was deployed.
Thats the true nature of sand people when it comes to supporting jihadis and their tactical leverage inside India, indian politics.

The difficult truth is that jihadis in India have proved their point. They have made an international stink and no matter what we think of it, the government has to take note. The second and more disheartening point is that they have shown street power and basically made it costly for governments to do things that they deem unacceptable. Sure, the government may do some noises but both the internal lunacy and the external stink makes it unlikely that the government will want a repeat anytime soon. Also, in several states, including places like TN and Bihar, they will make NDA allies very uncomfortable with the BJP. Unless there is Hindu consolidation to a massive extent, expect allies to make noises or risk losing elections with Muslim voters making up a single consolidated block. Essentially the BJP can only have allies who don’t have a Muslim vote share at all, that is not likely to happen and therefore expect amplification of noises.

 

[Craigs]

IIT -K Scientists Develop Covid-19 Killer Box Which Sanitises Food Items, Phones, Cash In Minutes



Scientists at the IIT-K have come up with a corona killer box that will sanitise all essential commodities that are brought into homes from outside.
Vegetables, fruits, sugar, milk, pulses, mobiles, rupees and keys etc. can be sanitised in the box within minutes.
The ultraviolet rays released from this can kill the bacteria and viruses in objects within minutes. The sensor-based box also has an alarm which can be set for a specified period of time.

IIT Kanpur Scientists Develop Coronavirus Killer Box Which Sanitises Food Items, Phones, Cash In Minutes

Scientists at the IIT-K have come up with a corona killer box that will sanitise all essential commodities that are brought into homes from outside

swarajyamag.com

Put a UV bulb in a box. IITK could have come up with something better. UV bulb cost $30-$60. Cost of box $0 (pick one from the recycle bin). Cost of cheap publicity - priceless.

 

[Bhadra]

The difficult truth is that jihadis in India have proved their point. They have made an international stink and no matter what we think of it, the government has to take note. The second and more disheartening point is that they have shown street power and basically made it costly for governments to do things that they deem unacceptable. Sure, the government may do some noises but both the internal lunacy and the external stink makes it unlikely that the government will want a repeat anytime soon. Also, in several states, including places like TN and Bihar, they will make NDA allies very uncomfortable with the BJP. Unless there is Hindu consolidation to a massive extent, expect allies to make noises or risk losing elections with Muslim voters making up a single consolidated block. Essentially the BJP can only have allies who don’t have a Muslim vote share at all, that is not likely to happen and therefore expect amplification of noises.

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