On the 26th of May 2021, India has been recording a total of more than 27 million positive cases, more than 24 million recoveries, and 311,421 deaths. The second half of April and the month of May 2021 have been particularly devastating in India with more than 200,000 new cases (up to 414,433 on the…
Surveillance is often praised in the name of security, but when the gaze of an authoritarian state penetrates every layer of a person’s life, reality starts to take the shape of a literary dystopia. The all-seeing surveillance system in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, however, is no fiction: with constant police patrols and high-tech cameras…
In September 2020, the Indian Parliament approved three farm acts known as Farm Bills. This led to dissension among farmers especially in the northern regions, followed by protests all across the country. Indian farmers’ conditions To understand the current situation in India, one should consider the importance of agriculture in the country’s economy. According…
Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world because of the high possibility of natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, fires, epidemics. Situated in meridional Asia, it does not have access to the sea, and it contains the Himalayas and Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. The climate is…
The Republic of Yemen is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. Since 2011. Yemen has been in a state of political crisis, which has led to a Civil War in 2012. The war has led to dramatic consequences on the population. Lack of safe drinking water which led…
Based on the World Bank’s definition of the poverty line, China has already eliminated abject poverty. This remarkable record in poverty reduction is predominantly attributable to growth. But, in 1978, China was one of the poorest countries in the world. Then the reform began, starting with the rural sector, where most citizens lived. Agricultural output…
