It has been a topsy-turvy start to the third decade of this century. COVID-19 has brought with it many disruptions. Coronavirus has significantly changed the contours of professional life. These days, home is the new office. The Internet is the new meeting room. For the time being, office breaks with colleagues are history. I have also been adapting to these …
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PM Lee Hsien Loong on the coronavirus situation in Singapore
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke about the coronavirus situation in Singapore on Saturday (Feb 8). Here is his statement in full. We have faced the new coronavirus (nCoV) situation for about two weeks now. The Ministerial Task Force, advised by DPM Heng Swee Keat, has been leading the Government’s response to coronavirus outbreak. They have been dealing with new …
Read More »Stop Fake Org : Debunking fakes of Russian Propaganda
In an Exclusive Interview with The Charticle, Viktoriia Romaniuk, Deputy Director at Mohyla School of Journalism and Deputy Editor at StopFake.org discussed about the organisation’s fight against fake Russian propaganda, future of Ukraine, conflict with Russia, media ethics and a lot more. We will like to know the idea behind Stop Fake. What motivated your team to start this venture? And …
Read More »Uzbekistan Ex-President’s Daughter Sent to Jail after Violating House Arrest
In a statement, Uzbekistan’s prosecutor office said that Gulnara Karimova, the elder daughter of former President Islam Karimov has been sent to jail after a top court testified that she had dishonoured the guidelines of her house arrest. The statement reiterated that on March 5 Tashkent’s Yashnabad District Court had passed a ruling on behalf of the Interior Ministry demanding …
Read More »What does Jamal Kashoggi’s killing have to do with CPEC?
Geo-political dynamics are complicated. Take the recent accommodation between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. According to the highly prestigious Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan struck gold with the Saudis in October. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon (MBS) agreed that the Saudi kingdom would send Pakistan’s central bank $3 billion USD in outright aid, and would give Pakistan an extra …
Read More »Muslim women exudes love to Magical Israel
Farhana Rahman, a young Muslim woman from New York who is employed in an Israel based mobile app startup named Zula, posted a Facebook status full of boundless love for the state of Israel and its citizens Sunday. For those demoralized by the news these days, it is a true must-read. “As I am typing this,” she wrote upon returning …
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