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By Norman Palihawadana MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera yesterday said that while he had been initially critical of the quality of the Indian COVID-19 vaccine; he had taken the jab as he had to visit China soon. The Thera said that if he had not been inoculated he would have had to undergo a lengthy […]
Israel’s upcoming election: A referendum on the handling of the coronavirus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to Leumit Health Care Services vaccination facility in Jerusalem where he meets the 4,000,000 person who had been vaccinated in Israel, February 16, 2021. Alex Kolomoisky/Pool via REUTERS
March 23 will see Israelis trek to the polls for the fourth time since April 2019 after the close of an election campaign that has, thus far, entertained discussion of little else other than the coronavirus and its ramifications.
COVID-19 has earned singular status as a potential game-changer in Israeli political life. In a recent Israel Democracy Institute survey, only 24 percent of Israelis awarded a positive score to the incumbent government’s handling of the public health crisis, voicing even lesser approval for its measures to mitigate economic and social fallout from the pandemic. These numbers contrast markedly with the 57 percent and 48 percent of
Private sector involvement in developing ports became a
critical necessity in the 1980s due to a host of reasons. The bottleneck effect caused due to congestion in ports, had a considerable strain on the efficiency of distribution chains, which is an important factor that needed attention.
In this backdrop, government investments into port development were seen as a “White Elephant Syndrome”.
Amplified by recurring port congestion, consequent chronic service failures, were mainly attributed to the deterioration of service quality during this period.
Inadequate port services are phenomenal in this context, owing to the inability of governments to invest in port infrastructure capable of catering to the needs of international shipping. Hence many port complexes became virtual “white elephants”.
by Dulara Vithana, Bhanushi Perera and Kaushalya Kariyawasam
The term, ‘online’, pertains to the Internet. The ‘consumer’ is a person who buys things or enlists services. Therefore, the ‘online consumer’ can be defined as a person who engages in activities and achieves his goals through the use of internet and social media networks. With increasing globalization, humans are becoming busier and more dependent on the Internet. As a result, the number of people who used computers and the internet has increased exponentially, especially after the outbreak of COVID-19, which upended the world and caused almost all countries to be locked down partially or completely. Educational activities from primary to university students, various work-related day-to-day activities, bank transactions, etc., have come to be conducted online, causing an unprecedented increase in the number of online consumers.