#india covid situation

[don-lichterman]

Coronavirus India news live updates: Health Ministry closely monitoring Covid situation in Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi and Karnataka

Coronavirus India news live updates: Health Ministry closely monitoring Covid situation in Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi and Karnataka

Coronavirus news live: Union Health Ministry is closely monitoring the COVID19 situation in Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, and Karnataka and has asked them to follow the five-fold strategy, i.e, Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and adherence to COVID Appropriate Behavior, Official sources said. This comes after India recorded single-day rise of over 7000 cases after 99 days. Show more Show less !1 New…

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#Closely #Coronavirus #Coronavirus India #Coronavirus India live #Coronavirus India live news #Coronavirus India news #Coronavirus India situation #Coronavirus news #Covid #Delhi #Health #health ministry #India #India covid situation #Karnataka #Kerala #LIVE #Maharashtra #maharashtra covid news #Ministry #Monitoring #News #situation #updates

[bharatlivenewsmedia]

No possibility of 4th COVID-19 wave in current situation: Maharashtra health minister

No possibility of 4th COVID-19 wave in current situation: Maharashtra health minister

No possibility of 4th COVID-19 wave in current situation: Maharashtra health minister On Sunday, Maharashtra reported 326 COVID-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 78,82,802, while the death toll stood at 1,47,856 as no fresh fatality was recorded. On Sunday, Maharashtra reported 326 COVID-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 78,82,802, while the death toll stood at 1,47,856 as no fresh…

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#4th #covid-19 #current #health: #india #maharashtra #minister #news #possibility #situation #wave

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

02/06/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; New Events calendar; A Safe Space Ship Event; Watch Parties; Reminders; Cast & Crew Sightings; Clowning; OLD SPICE!; Stats!; Market Research?; Articles; Personal Update; Love Notes; Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika

== New Events Calendar from SaveOFMDCrew! ==

More events happening throughout the week! Tumblr Post

Tomorrow is Cosplay Day! Show off your cosplay and OFMD-Inspired outfits with the hashtags: #WearFineThingsWell!

= New Upcoming Event: A Safe Space Ship! =

Sunday, February 11th - Star of India in San Diego, CA! Museum Hrs: 10 am - 5 PM 1/2 Price Tickets!

== Watch Parties ==

Today's WWDITS watch party went great!

Lots of people had fun pointing out our lovely characters from the show (Mads, Taika, Rhys)

It actually went so well the SaveOFMDCrew twitter got banned! It's back though! If you can, please be sure to follow their backup account in case it happens again.

== Reminders! ==

Muppet Treasure Island - Feb 7th 2024 4PM EST, 1PM PST, 9 PM GMT

Watch Party Hashtags:

#MuppetPirates

#AdoptOurCrew

#SaveOFMD

== Cast & Crew Sightings ==

This was technically the 5th, but I don't think the excitement happened mostly today so I'm gonna throw it in! So Chaos Dad popped his head out yesterday just long enough to like Samba's BTS post on twitter and then also Samba and Rhys' little exchange.

And of course that triggered clowning since anytime Chaos Dad pops in we don our clown shoes. Thank you to @merryfinches for catching some of the discourse!

== Old Spice! ==

Well well well, we're back to polite menacing brands until they respond to us!

Looks like another Astroglide is starting up, the Crew is out there matching deodorants to characters. Thanks to @brainfugk for calling it out!

== Stats! Stats! Stats! ==

So close fam! Let's keep pushing that UK viewership if you have the time/spoons!

= Market Research Campaign about OFMD Potentially Going On? =

There's some speculation around the market research company YouGov potentially conducting research on OFMD. There's a big thread. Why is this important? Well this company works with streamers to measure viewership data, and if OFMD is in there...and someone's interested, that could be a good sign.

Some folks signed up, and if you're interested in doing so too, you can here.

== Articles ==

Some fun articles tonight, including Hard Drive again!

Joke Article: HBO Max Unveils Ominous New “Don’t Get Too Attached” Category

Our Flag Means Death and 9 Other Best TV Shows and Movies About Pirates

Our Flags Means Death fans get TV licence just to watch pirate show

== Personal Update ==

Some of you have heard, I got the COVID so I may be in and out over the next several days, I'm still trying to make sure I get to recaps though so don't worry! I'll let you know if I can't. Remember to mask up if you can and stay hydrated out there luvs!

== Love Notes ==

Alright lovelies. We've run out of Rhys videos for a few days so you're back to me being irritatingly loving at you! I saw this today on The Latest Kate's instagram and it reminded me of a few things I wanted to say. My brain is a bit covid-fogged so apologies if it's a bit wibbly wobbly.

We all struggle with so many little and big things in our lives. Whether it's mental health, self esteem, a physical ailment, love, lonliness, self-identity, family, friends, world conflicts, or anything, I could go on and on.

I know sometimes it feels like you are pushing so hard and you start making so much progress-- and then something, big or little stalls everything and you feel like you're having to start from scratch again.

I just want to send you a gentle reminder that progress isn't always linear. Just because you have lost momentum doesn't mean you've lost your progress. Every single situation is a learning opportunity and every time you run into a new hurdle, you learn from the last one.

You are wonderfully intelligent, kind, precious, complex people and no matter what you're dealing with, no matter how small or how big, you are moving forward and making headway bits at a time. Remember to be kind to yourself and don't beat yourself up for bad days.

We are so proud of you lovelies, remember that.

== Daily Darby / Tonight's Taika ==

Tonight's gifs are courtesy of the glorious, brilliant, talented, ever-enabling @celluloidbroomcloset from her post over here.

Ok, Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight all! <3

#daily ofmd recap #ofmd daily recap #ofmd daily recaps #daily ofmd recaps #rhys darby #david jenkins #taika waititi #our flag means death #ofmd #save ofmd #save our flag means death #save ofmd crew #adopt our crew

[allthecanadianpolitics]

As a brown person, I'm starting to fear the whole situation with Canada cutting ties with India. I know that all this is somehow gonna get spun into a racist hate campaign by white people in their echo chambers because these racists are just itching for any excuse to hate on a minority group, just like they did post 9/11, and just like they did during covid.

I hope I'm wrong about this though.

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[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

whenever you have time and energy, please let us hear more of your thoughts on violence under capitalism

Oh, I have the time and the energy, I just didn't want to make the previous ask/answer excessively long!

I think another basic point about both anarchism and communism is that there is violence inherent in capitalism. Capitalism requires the exploitation of the workers by the bosses in order to make profit.

If we take this on a global scale, I think we're all aware of the concept of "sweat shops" in the general, but often we don't consider how unsafe these places are to work. These are factories with no, or very limited regulation- we hear about factory collapses in Bangladesh, where people die in their hundreds. We don't hear about the individuals who are injured or killed every day globally due to unsafe working practices.

Even in the UK, a country that has reasonably good health and safety legislation (of course, legislation is not always followed), in 2018-2019, 147 workers were killed by "accidents at work", as well as 92 members of the public. That's more than 4 people each week. In 2020-21, bearing in mind there were mass lockdowns and many industries stopped working for a period of time, 123 workers, and 80 members of the public were killed. (figures from HSE). These figures do not include deaths from covid-19.

In fact, part of the reason I started this blog during the coronavirus pandemic was because I was aware people were being put in dangerous situations, and covid was being spread more widely because capitalism and profit were being prioritised above people's lives.

The way we are forced to work is killing many people, and injuring huge numbers. In 2021-22, about 150,000 people in the UK sustained an injury at work which meant they were absent for more than 7 days (so potentially quite a serious injury).

Injuries can be caused by unsafe working practices or environments, but equally things like rushing because you are under pressure can lead to a trip or a fall, or people trying to carry things that are too heavy or awkward on their own, and sustaining an injury. The nature of capitalism is that time is money, so we are encourage to work fast, to work when tired, and this can cause people to get hurt.

So that's a little bit about the violence inherent in "work", but what about the violence inherent in the system?

Capitalism kills people- capitalism has always killed people. The nature of the system is that some of us have money and access to all the things we need (food, housing, medication and so on) and some of us don't. People die, or are injured or get ill all the time due to homelessness, even in so-called developed countries. People die due to lack of food, even when there might be food available. People die due to lack of medicine all the time, even in countries where this ought to be freely available, because they cannot afford it.

Whenever people criticise communism, they like to bring up the famine under Stalin. I'm not going to launch into a defense of Stalin, but when we criticise capitalism, we should therefore look at famines caused by it, or contributed to by it. Historically, the potato famine in Ireland, or the Bengal Famine in India (when it was under British rule) are just two examples. We can also look at the ongoing famine in Yemen, and increasing problems in Sudan and the surrounding area.

Many people consider these famines to be solely due to natural causes, "acts of god" if you will. But that's not the case.

If we look at the potato famine, sometimes called an Drochshaol in Gaelic, solely because that's the one I'm most familiar with, we can see that it was caused largely by a capitalist, colonialist system, and the impacts of it were made far more extreme due to capitalism.

People will tell you the potato famine was caused by the potato blight, but it's not as simple as that. There was potato blight across Europe, in the 1840s, leading to about 100,000 deaths across the whole of Europe. In Ireland, more than 1 million people died, and many more emigrated, causing a 20-25% fall in the total population.

Part of the reason for this was the reliance on a single crop. This wasn't a situation chosen by the Irish people. Instead, English landlordism pushed the poorest Irish people into a situation where they had very little land, and the only crop that could sustain them on their land was the potato. Meanwhile, much of the agricultural land was used to grow wheat or other grains, or farm meat, which was solely used for the profit of the landlords.

Arguably the greatest tragedy of the Irish famine was that there was plenty of food in Ireland. It was just all being exported, so that people could make money. And during the famine, people continued to do this, and continued to make money, even whilst people were literally starving in the streets.

And during all of this, the English landlords continued to charge rent. Even before the famine, many families in Ireland could not fully afford their rents, and were supported through relatives working abroad (usually seasonal work in Britain). During the famine, there were a huge number of evictions.

I recently watched a BBC TV show about evictions (because English landlords haven't changed at all) and one of the tenants facing eviction said something along the lines of "eviction is a really violent act"- which I believe is true. And it is even more violent in a situation where your family is starving and everyone around you is starving.

Anyway, my point is that the landlords were able to evict their tenants, in order to make more money, causing even more deaths. And all of this is was fuelled by a capitalist, colonialist system.

And in the last 170 or so years, we can see that on a surface level, things have improved somewhat in some countries. But equally, in England, we still live in a country where someone can evict you for no reason and make you street homeless if *you* can't find another house in time- yes, in some circumstances, "the council" will help house people, but the housing offered is often inadequate or limited for families- and it often doesn't exist for young, single people- so they end up sofa surfing or sleeping on the streets.

In the USA, people still die or end up in extremely difficult situations because they can't afford the medical treatment they need.

I'm sure anyone who lives in a capitalist country can point to some key injustice which leads to death or serious ill health, and is driven solely by profit and the property owning class. This is the violence inherent in the system, and it kills far more people than interpersonal violence ever could.

Again, this has become very long, and there's still more in it that I want to explore, so do keep sending me asks on these themes if you are interested.

#asks #politics #anticapitalism #violence

[mariacallous]

Conspiracists and far-right extremists are blaming just about everything and everyone for Tuesday morning’s Baltimore bridge collapse.

A non-exhaustive list of things that are getting blamed for the bridge collapse on Telegram and X include President Biden, Hamas, ISIS, P. Diddy, Nickelodeon, India, former president Barack Obama, Islam, aliens, Sri Lanka, the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, Wokeness, Ukraine, foreign aid, the CIA, Jewish people, Israel, Russia, China, Iran, Covid vaccines, DEI, immigrants, Black people, and lockdowns.

The Francis Scott Key truss bridge collapsed when the MV Dali cargo ship collided with one of the bridge supports. Six construction workers, who were filling potholes on the bridge’s roadway at the time, are presumed dead. The ship is owned by Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd., and the 22-person crew were all Indian. The ship was en route to Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the time of the accident.

This did not stop people from “asking questions” about the incident, a frequent conspiracist response to major events. And though conspiracy theorists are having a hard time pinpointing exactly what conspiracy caused the collapse, the one thing they do agree on is that this incident is a “black swan event.”

The term black swan event has been around for decades and is used to describe a major global event (typically in the financial markets) that can cause significant damage to a country’s economy. But in recent years, the term has been co-opted by the conspiracy-minded to explain an event triggered by the so-called deep state that would signal an imminent revolution, a third world war, or some other apocalyptic catastrophe.

One of the first people to call the bridge collapse a black swan event was disgraced former US national security adviser Michael Flynn. “This is a BLACK SWAN event,” he wrote on X. “Black swans normally come out of the world of finance (not military) … There are harbor masters for every single one of these transit points in America that are in charge of assuring the safety of navigation … start there.” Flynn’s post has been viewed 7.2 million times.

Misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, who has been charged in Romania with rape and human trafficking, also posted on X early on Tuesday morning, writing: “Nothing is safe. Black Swan Event imminent.” The post has been viewed almost 19 million times.

The term black swan quickly began trending on X, and soon conspiracists, extremists, and right-wing lawmakers began coming up with explanations for what or who triggered this “black swan event.”

One post claiming a link between the bridge collapse and the film Leave the World Behind has been viewed more than 1.2 million times. The post claimed that because the ship was headed to Sri Lanka, which has a lion on its flag, then the situation was linked to the ship that runs aground at the beginning of the film which was called White Lion. The post also points out that the film was produced by Obama.

A post from Anthony Sabatini, a former Florida state congressman, declared, without evidence, that “DEI did this”—and its been viewed over 2.2 million times.

Some politicians have boosted the conspiracy as well. “Is this an intentional attack or an accident?” Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential and conspiracy-minded member of the GOP, posted on X above a video shared by a prominent QAnon conspiracist.

Under previous iterations of X, formerly Twitter, such speculation would typically have gained little traction, as the algorithm would have prioritized trusted news sources and primary evidence. But under Elon Musk’s reign, anyone willing to pay for a blue check can have their posts artificially boosted by the algorithm. This means that conspiracies like this are ending up in the news feeds of millions of people.

On Telegram, one prominent election denier claimed the incident was linked to the fact that the bridge was named after Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words for the Star Spangled Banner, and was thus an attempt to undermine America.

“Don't let them erase our history,” the conspiracist wrote.

Investigators are looking into the cause of the tragic incident, but William DelBagno, the FBI special agent in charge, said on Tuesday that there are no indications of terrorism.

[world-of-wales]

If I hear once again that meghan and harry started a fucking covid vaccine centre in india then I'll have a brain aneurysm.

THEY DID NOT. THEY COULD NOT BECAUSE OF OFFICIAL GOVT DIRECTIVES!!!

And it pisses me off so much that they and their stans try to piggy back on the tragedy that the covid situation was in India just to get some good pr

#i just saw something and it triggered me so much

[the12thnightproject]

The Brotherhood of the Travelling Warlords

Thank you everyone who helped send me armchair travelling around the world (and in some cases, into the past as well). It was a lot of fun to research these places and try to figure out what our warlords would want to check out while they were visiting.

Event summary...

Fifteen postcards written, as requested by fourteen people.

Warlords on the move: Mitsuhide (4), Nobunaga (2), Shingen (2), and Masamune (2) win the frequent flier honors, but Sasuke, Yukimura, Keiji, Mitsunari, and Kennyo also got to do some sightseeing as well.

Of all the places requested, I had been to three: Times Square, Washington DC, and Dublin Ireland. I've been to Chicago before, but not during the 1896 World's Fair.

Warlord who gave me travel-envy. I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, New Orleans and Prague, so I would have stowed away in Mitsuhide's suitcase without question.

Places I learned about that I now want to visit: Vigan City and Hoi An Ancient Town.

Place that was a nope... well, we sent Sasuke to an active volcano...

Request that gave me the most difficulty. Rome in 2020, only because I had to do some research to figure out what the COVID restrictions were at that time.

Favorite finished postcard design. I really liked the way Paris France, 1900 turned out. The artwork and graphic design of the era is so very much in my aesthetic sweet spot.

Easter eggs... all of Mitsuhide's postcards have a faint hidden graphic underneath the text of the postcard.

Favorite postcard text - I think I might go with Mitsunari on this one. I figured of all warlords, he'd be the one who started out writing his postcard too big, and be forced to make the lettering get smaller and smaller until he had to write up the side of the card (also he was writing the postcard while on a tour bus for part of the time, so it was a little messy for that reason too). Plus, I just enjoyed thinking of him trapped in Trinity College library and not worried at all about it. Him losing his shoes was a running joke in his longfic, so I stuck that in there too.

Mistakes... I think my biggest planning mistake was not figuring out in advance a couple of the world building issues. Would these warlords be going to a recipient who was currently living in Azuchi (or Kasugayama)? Since some of the requests were anon, or from posters I don't know very well, I made the assumption that the postcard recipient had indeed been previously wormholed into the Sengoku. Also, how would the warlords deal with a language barrier? With that one, I figured that for any warlord travelling to a timeline past (or just around) the 20th century - they could probably find someone who spoke their language (both Kennyo and Masamune went to World's Fairs where there was a Japanese installation). But when Shingen went to Ancient Greece and Mitsuhide went to the Golden Age of India, I figured they would just have to do their best with pointing and making up a sign language as they went along (they're both smart men, they can adapt!). Masamune had less difficulty in medieval Poland, not because he found someone to translate, but because he travelled into a siege situation and I figured he was well enough acquainted with battles that he'd do ok ... I er, quite possibly overthought these.

Along those lines... while I had fun picking out handwriting fonts for the warlords, I made a few mistakes early on... Mitsuhide's for example, took up too much space and I couldn't fit as much content on his cards (and so of course, he was the most requested warlord).

Curious about the handwriting I picked? I was pretty random about it... mostly it was a combination of what felt right to me, plus whether or not it would fit on the postcard. Shingen is more romantic, so his handwriting is flowy, whereas Nobunaga's takes up a lot of space - but I had to balance an authoritative font with being able to include a decent amount of text. I figured that Mitsuhide would think faster than he writes, so his is a little more careless looking, and Sasuke would print, because he's used to writing lab reports. And of course, once I picked a handwriting font for one postcard, I kept it through the rest of them.

Here is everyone in a row, for comparison:

As for the postcards themselves... here they are gathered once more...

Masamune visits Malbork, Poland in 1460

Mitsuhide visits Maui, Hawaii

Keiji visits Times Square, New York, New York

Sasuke visits Koma-ga-take volcano in 1582

Shingen visits Ancient Greece

Yukimura visits Rome, Italy in 2020

Mitsunari visits Dublin, Ireland

Kennyo visits Paris, France, 1900

Mitsuhide visits Pataliputra, India, 300 to 600 CE

Mitsuhide visits New Orleans

Nobunaga visits Washington, DC

Nobunaga visits Vigan City, Philippines

Masamune visits the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893

Shingen visits Hoi An Ancient Town

Mitsuhide visits Prague, Czech Republic

Thank you again to everyone who requested a card. Maybe some day I'll bring this back!

#200 followers #event summary #ikemen sengoku #asks #answered #the brotherhood of the travelling warlords #ikesen mitsuhide #ikesen nobunaga #ikesen masamune #ikesen mitsunari #ikesen keiji #ikesen kennyo #ikesen shingen #ikesen yukimura #ikesen sasuke

[indizombie]

The Red Sea crisis comes only a few years after the COVID-19 pandemic when freight rates soared as supply chains snarled and demand for goods jumped. India's small exporters have also since been hit by weakening demand for their goods as Western economies grapple with high inflation levels. "This is one of the worst times for many garment exporters," said Nitin Seth, chief operating officer at Pratibha Syntex, an Indore-based garment manufacturer. "If this situation persists, at least one-fifth of small exporters could resort to job cuts," he said. Other exporters in India's textile industry - which directly employs 45 million people and indirectly another 15 million - said they were worried that they could soon lose business to Turkey's clothing industry. "Turkey, a major competitor for India's textiles exports in Europe, poses a big risk to small exporters due to its locational advantage," said Ajay Sahai, director general of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations.

‘India's small exporters reel as Red Sea crisis helps rivals nab business’, Economic Times

#Economic Times #India #Red Sea #Pratibha Syntex #Nitin Seth #Turkey #Ajay Sahai #Federation of Indian Export Organisations

[manbeardcamera]

The issue of cheap labour in India is worsening post Covid and with the increase in population. One of the main issues is the lack of regulation in the industry, which allows companies to pay workers a pittance for their labour. This is not only unfair to the workers, but it also perpetuates the cycle of poverty in the country. Men and women are forced to work well into their old age, with many working 16 hours a day, seven days a week. This is a travesty that must be addressed immediately.

According to a report by National Geographic, the situation is even worse for women, who are often subjected to sexual violence and physical abuse in addition to debt bondage to compel labour. In an environment already marked by exploitation, agricultural workers are often exempt from a country’s labor laws, left without traditional workplace protections 3.

It is unconscionable that so many people are forced to live in such conditions. We must work together to create a world where everyone has access to the basic necessities of life, such as food, water, and shelter. We must also work to ensure that workers are treated fairly and with dignity, and that they are not subjected to the kind of exploitation that is all too common in many parts of the world. We can start by raising awareness about these issues and by supporting organizations that are working to make a difference. We can also put pressure on governments and corporations to do more to address these problems. Together, we can make a real difference and create a better world for everyone.

#photographers on tumblr #travel photography #streetphotography #original photographers #original photography #lensblr-network #street photography #sustainable tourism

[myrddin-wylt]

More south asian news coming up! Most of it not very good

Pakistan is imploding on itself, again, from India's perspective they've been constantly imploding since independence but its getting worse now, my mum has said multiple times over that then only thing keeping pakistan together is the hatred for the Indian cricket team, and their own cricket team, but seriously the situation is bad there.

Sri Lanka's also having a hell of a time, I cant explain it all that well, I'm not the best at explaining economy but its just bad.

I dont ecacty know what Bangladesh is doing, but it seems not to be doing all that much just yet so that's good. Same with Nepal and bhutan but I dont know what's going on there on a good day.

India is...doing something, tensions with china are as usual, tensions with pakistan too, they're kind of playing both sides if the oil issue, they're buying a lot if cheap oil from Russia and selling it to everyone else for more expensive prices, so they're doing business that's for sure.

I know Sri Lanka has been having a very, very bad time. IIRC, they were already struggling due to civil war in the early 2000s, and then covid plunged their economy off a cliff, and now they're having an energy crisis. I don't know more than that.

also I'm sorry, I got this ask earlier this week but I just do not have the knowledge to really actually converse with you about it. orz I can barely keep track of Europe and northern Asia as it is, so southern Asia is unfortunately beyond my scope and I simply do not like to pass opinions on topics I know I'm ignorant about. but I didn't want to ignore you, either, because things are happening in southern Asia that are significant and need to be talked about. I just can't do much of the talking there.

#ask #anon

[bharatlivenewsmedia]

CBSE asks board exam centres to make proper arrangements in view of COVID situation, heatwave

CBSE asks board exam centres to make proper arrangements in view of COVID situation, heatwave

CBSE asks board exam centres to make proper arrangements in view of COVID situation, heatwave The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday issued directions to the board examination centres to make proper arrangements in the wake of the current Covid-19 situation and the heatwave.The CBSE Class 10 and 12 board exams for the second term began on Tuesday in the country and abroad…

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#arrangements: #asks #board #cbse: #centres #covid #exam #heatwave #india #make #news #proper #situation #view

[newswatchindia]

Corona knocked not only in India but all over the world, the situation of lockdown came!

Covid sub-variant JN. 1 Update: Corona virus is once again spreading across the world including India. According to WHO, Covid cases have increased by 52 percent worldwide in a month. In India too, it has been increasing rapidly in the last few days. The new variant JN.1 has further increased people's concern.

#Corona_Virus #coronavirus #CoronaVirusUpdate #coronavirusindia #covid #covid19UK #covid_19 #COVID19PH #COVID19 #Covid19India #CoronavirusLockdown #covid19newvariant #newvariantcovid #covidjn1 #coronavirusjn1 #coronavirusnewvariant #newvariants

[urfavdrei]

NIPAH VIRUS

This is news from WION, which was released on September 13, 2023. According to this news, there is a new virus called the Nipah virus. It comes from bats and goes to other animals and people. This virus is similar to COVID-19 because those affected by the Nipah virus disease are similar to COVID in that you can have fever, cough, sore throat, and headache. The Nipah virus is believed to be more dangerous and deadly than COVID-19. So for me, I believe that there is nothing wrong with being careful." Since September 11, 2023, the Nipah virus has been showing cruelty, especially in the country of India, because every day someone is dying from it. "Because these situations are like a snake, if you are bitten and the snake's poison enters your body, it is possible that you will die.

What I understood from the news I watched is that India is having a lot of trouble with what they are experiencing right now because of the Nipah virus. In this day and age everyone should be more careful, especially since we have already experienced COVID-19, which has ravaged almost the entire world. As a student, I understood better what people need when there is a virus. And we should all be more careful nowadays, especially the children and the elderly.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Lula in China: The End of Brazil’s Flirtation With the Quad Plus

The new Lula administration has brought Brazil’s China policy back in line with its traditional approach, after the anti-China rhetoric of Jair Bolsonaro.

In 2018, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi dismissed the idea of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), formed by the United States, Japan, India, and Australia, asserting that it would “dissipate like sea foam.” The Quad, created to facilitate the convergence of the four countries in terms of policies toward the Indo-Pacific, not only proved to be resilient over time but also intensified its activities in the region under both former U.S. President Donald Trump (2017-2021) and current President Joe Biden. During this period, the consultation between the group members went from being a biannual foreign ministerial dialogue to head of government-level consultations. 

Analysts introduced the term Quad Plus in 2020 to describe a minilateral dialogue of states that extends the Quad beyond the four lynchpin democracies. However, while the term “Quad Plus” is not officially endorsed by Washington, Canberra, New Delhi, and Tokyo, it has become shorthand for non-Quad members that are closely cooperating with the group. That list includes other important U.S. partners such as Brazil, South Korea, Vietnam, Israel, New Zealand, and France. The idea originated during the uncertainty and global tensions at the time of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first concretization of the Quad Plus framework took place on March 20, 2020, when then-U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun proposed a Quad meeting including Vietnam, New Zealand, and South Korea, which aimed to enable an exchange of assessments of the national pandemic situation of participant nations and align their responses to contain its spread. Later, a foreign ministers-level meeting in May 2020 with the participation of Israel, South Korea, and Brazil consolidated the Quad Plus with a global outlook. The extended initiative also materialized for the first time in the security realm in April 2021, when France led the La Pérouse Naval Exercise in the Bay of Bengal. 

The unstated motivation of the Quad is the shared concern among the four original members about the rise of China’s international political and economic clout and the desire to check Beijing’s increasing military activities in the South and East China Seas. At the time, Brazil seemed to share such wariness in relation to Beijing since it was under the Jair Bolsonaro administration (2019-2022). The far-right former Brazilian Army captain aligned the country’s foreign policy to Washington’s interests. Bolsonaro also embraced fierce anti-Chinese rhetoric due to his distaste for Communism and China’s growing investments in sensitive Brazilian sectors like agriculture, meatpacking, and mining. Bolsonaro insinuated that China had engineered the COVID-19 virus and purposefully spread it worldwide to benefit from the pandemic economically. 

Despite contentious relations with the East Asian power, Brasília failed to concretize a rapprochement with the Quad. It happened for three main reasons. First, Brazil is clueless about the Indo-Pacific. It lacks a full-fledged long-term strategy toward the region and has failed to include the very term “Indo-Pacific” in its official vocabulary. Brazil’s geographical position, facing the South Atlantic Ocean, and its limited capacities of naval power projection beyond marginal seas make it unlikely that Brasília will be able to ensure the freedom of navigation in a region half a world away. For example, among the last seven IBSAMAR Naval Exercises, carried out with India and South Africa, Brazil deployed an offshore patrol vessel to Goa only once. 

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When Earth Speaks

Climate change has emerged as a pressing and intricate concern in global dialogues, reshaping the dynamics of our planet's ecosystems and posing a significant menace to both the environment and humanity. With temperatures ascending, polar ice diminishing, and the frequency of extreme weather incidents surging, it is paramount not only to acknowledge this complex issue but also to urgently undertake measures to avert its far-reaching and severe ramifications.

The science underpinning climate change is rooted in the accumulation of greenhouse gases, predominantly carbon dioxide, within the atmosphere. These gases trap solar heat, causing a gradual warming of the planet—a phenomenon commonly referred to as the greenhouse effect. Human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation have significantly amplified the concentration of these gases, hastening the pace of global warming.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), human actions have already induced an approximately 1.0°C increase in global temperatures from pre-industrial levels. If left unchecked, the perilous 1.5°C threshold could be breached as early as 2030, leading to dire and potentially irreversible consequences for Earth ("Global Warming of 1.5°C," IPCC, 2018). This statistical revelation underscores the gravity of the situation, implying that a 1.5-degree rise will have profoundly adverse effects on ecosystems and food production.

Evidence of climate change's impact is present worldwide. Coastal regions, exemplified by India, are grappling with rising sea levels and subsequent flooding. Escalating instances of extreme weather events—ranging from hurricanes to droughts and wildfires—have disrupted both natural systems and human lives, disturbing the delicate equilibrium that sustains our planet.

A study in the "Nature Communications" journal highlights that a 2°C temperature increase could lead to around 14% of the global population experiencing recurrent severe heatwaves, adversely affecting both health and productivity (Perkins, S. E. et al., "Increasing Risk of Concurrent Summer Drought and Heatwaves in Western Europe," Nature Communications, 2012). Agriculture, a crucial pillar of human sustenance, bears the brunt of climate change. The mounting temperatures create stress for plants, impeding growth and ultimately reducing crop yields—especially concerning staple foods like rice and wheat, vital for global food security. Created by water scarcity from intensified droughts, crop productivity falters, aggravating the food production crisis and damaging economies and societies.

Predictions by the World Bank paint a grim picture, forecasting that if inaction persists, over 143 million individuals in regions including Africa, Asia, and Latin America could be forced from their homes by 2050 due to climate-induced factors, exacerbating poverty and instability ("Groundswell: Preparing for Internal Climate Migration," World Bank, 2018).

In the past, global leaders convened in vital efforts to combat the climate crisis.

 A notable example is the 1988 gathering in Wisconsin, USA, where experts and leaders, brainstormed for four days to shape the 21st century's agenda. The leaders emphasized the need for an ecologically conscious lifestyle. However, subsequent years have witnessed a escalation of global warming, deforestation and pollution. Cyclones and floods underline the severity of the challenge. Regrettably, world leaders often offer pretty much nothing. What  they do is, they setup these meetings and discuss how they could get money off this cause. First off, by setting up these meetings, we as the general public, often tend to prefer their government, then they make up contracts with their other social elite friends and make money off it, well at least it seems that way. I mean its been close to two decades global warming is still at large. COVID is the only real reason why global warming somewhat even stopped.  

The urgency of the situation demands a collaborative response. Governments, corporations, and individuals must join forces to curb the emissions responsible for the crisis. Transitioning to clean energy sources such as solar and wind, adopting sustainable agricultural practices, and constructing resilient infrastructure to withstand extreme weather events are pivotal steps.

Individual actions are equally influential. Embracing energy efficiency, reducing waste, and advocating for informed environmental policies can catalyze change. Furthermore, fostering awareness and understanding of climate change through education campaigns will empower individuals to contribute substantively.

In my own capacity, I am actively contributing to the urgent matter of addressing the climate crisis. Through diligent research and the creation of this paper, my goal is to create heightened awareness regarding the need for immediate action. Moreover, in the course of my everyday routine, I am making eco-conscious decisions, incorporating reusable products and practicing energy conservation. I firmly believe that these seemingly small changes, when amplified, hold the potential to become an influence in the mission of combatting climate change.

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