VERIFY: Could India s COVID-19 crisis impact the rest of the world?
The crisis in India may be on the other side of the world, but it s rippled effects could be felt here. Author: Matt Gregory Updated: 9:50 AM EDT May 12, 2021
WASHINGTON While COVID-19 infections decline in the United States they continue to skyrocket in India. The country is experiencing a lethal second wave of the virus that has as many as 300,000 people testing positive for COVID-19 per day.
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that a health crisis on one side of the world can still have a major impact on the U.S.
The missile trap
India, like Turkey, is moving ahead with its purchase of advanced S-400 air defence systems from Russia
KARACHI:
Arming a military seems simple enough to most of us. Sure, there are questions of funding and availability, but once those are sorted, the rest should be easy, right? Military authorities just figure out what they need and the relevant departments just shop around for the best deal possible?
In truth, though, defence deals are rarely, if ever, straightforward. The entire process is deeply mired in politics, even for nations that appear to have no shortage of willing suppliers.
Mumbai: Blank-check companies are increasingly looking to India for acquisition targets, which will keep the country s recent deal-making streak going, according to Nomura Holdings Inc.
ReNew Power last week agreed to merge with a US-listed Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) in a deal that will give India s biggest renewable power producer an enterprise value of $8 billion. Online grocer Grofers is also looking to go public in the US through a merger with a blank-check company. SPAC-led transactions are expected to increase in the coming years in India, Utpal Oza, head of investment banking for India at Nomura, said. Wherever you ve got businesses which have caught the fancy of international investors especially in sectors such as renewables, tech or e-commerce, where the corporate structure enables it to be merged quite easily, you will see SPAC activity.
India-Pakistan Engage In 5th Gen Warfare As Propaganda War Erupts Over Kashmir, Balochistan
January 8, 2021
Could India’s alleged disinformation campaign against Pakistan and Islamabad’s dossier accusing New Delhi of sponsoring terrorism could trigger a ‘fifth-generation war’ between the two nations? A former Indian diplomat believes Pakistan has been engaged in such activities for years.
Fifth-generation warfare denotes an information battle to manipulate perceptions of the masses by using propaganda and fake news, something which assumes significance in the digital era.
The Brussels-based non-profit EU DisinfoLab has recently published a report titled ‘Indian Chronicles’, claiming that India has been running a “misinformation and propaganda” operation against Pakistan since 2005.