COVID pandemic, lockdowns and a vaccine tie-up boost for India-UK ties in 2020
A glimmer of hope that 2021 could be healthier came in the form of safe and effective vaccines in human trials, with one of them symbolising a real boost to India-UK relations.
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LONDON:
The COVID-19 pandemic, a cycle of lockdowns to control the spread of a deadly virus and the havoc it wreaked on global health and economy is the inescapable defining feature of the year 2020.
However, a glimmer of hope that 2021 could be healthier came in the form of safe and effective vaccines in human trials, with one of them symbolising a real boost to India-UK relations.
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Each year, the UN observes international days to create awareness on `issues of concern’. The issue of self determination for the Kashmiri in prison and creation of Palestinian State as per UN resolution is never an international day. The avowed aim of observing such days is to `mobilize political will and resources to address global problems and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity.
The people who generally participate in such days and are in media limelight generally hail from the elite stratum of society (foto shoots, Face book and Twitter displays, sumptuous dinners).
One reason why the laity stays aloof is the conviction that the elitist marches and rallies would evolve no concrete programme to ameliorate lot of the common man. . For instance, coronary patients can’t be cured simply through brisk walks and riding bikes in vanishing forests, roads being dangerous. Education is a complex issue and it can’t be improved without stimulating
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