Thailand and Malaysia are trying to avoid what happened in Singapore, where infections spiked among low-wage foreign workers living in cramped housing.
Today, with the globe in the grip of coronavirus, the question of how prepared countries are for handling an epidemic or pandemic seems even more prescient.
The Thai government this week opened doors of its first medical marijuana clinic, offering free cannabis oil to patients with Parkinson’s disease, cancer and insomnia, among other ailments.
What’s happening to Thai tourism could prove a canary in the coal mine for the leisure sector in other Asian economies as China matures and a new India emerges.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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