Author: Rahul

As the number of Covid cases decline, people have started resisting mandatory mask policies. There have emerged two factions, one is supporting the wearing of masks while the other side looks at the mandatory mask policies as restrictions on their freedom. Since the beginning of the pandemic, masks have been an important strategy to slow down the spread of Covid 19. The early understanding of the functions of the mask was very limited but now we have enough data to make sound policies. As the virus continues to evolve and people get used to the virus, the pandemic strategy should…

The New South Korean president during his inauguration ceremony offered North Korea economic aid on the condition if its denuclearises itself. Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday that North Korea’s nuclear programme is a big threat but he is ready to provide an “audacious economic plan if the North is committed to denuclearisation.” Yoon has won a closely contested election in March fighting from the main conservative People Power Party. He is a new entrant in politics, having 26 years of experience as a prosecutor. He has signalled a stronger and determined policy toward North Korea. The point is if…

The 2022 Philippines Presidential elections were held on May 9 and Ferdinand Marcos Jr is heading to a landslide majority, who is the son of a former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. There is no official declaration yet, but all trends have shown Marcos victorious. Marcos was facing 10 candidates for the president’s post. The other heavyweights were the daughter of the country’s outgoing infamous president, a human rights lawyer and a world famous boxer. There are 67 million eligible voters in the Philippines. Election Commissioner, George Erwin, was quoted saying he was “overwhelmed by the number of voters flocking to…

Russia strikes a major attack before the G 7 virtual summit where the Ukrainian President was scheduled to hold talks with G7 leaders. Forces of Russia have bombed a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk and as many as 60 people are feared to be dead, informed Governor Serhiy Gaidi. “The explosion happened inside the building. Rescuers are dismantling the debris as quickly as possible. The chances of finding ( anyone still) alive are very small. There were 90 people inside the school building; 27 survived, and 60 people most likely died,” Serbiy Hayday, head of the…