The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 23.9 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 12.6 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 3.7 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 94,704
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at 76,979
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are 3,364 [are the new variants more deadly or are vaccinations increasing deaths - as deaths are no longer correlating with new cases or hospitalizations?>U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 13.4 % of the population
An Indian security guard stands next to the first shipment of 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine made by Serum Institute of India, donated by the Indian government to Afghanistan, in Kabul.
NEW DELHI: India, the unmatched vaccine manufacturing power, is giving away millions of doses to neighbors friendly and estranged. It is trying to counter China, which has made doling out shots a central plank of its foreign relations. And the United Arab Emirates, drawing on its oil riches, is buying jabs on behalf of its allies.
The coronavirus vaccine one of the world’s most in-demand commodities has become a new currency for international diplomacy.
Twitter Should Stick to Its Guns in India
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February 13 2021, 5:20 PM
(Bloomberg Opinion) When Indiaâs minister for commerce and industry recently urged his followers to âconnect with meâ on Koo, an âIndian micro-blogging platform,â he did so on Twitter. That should be a lesson to the U.S. social media giant: In its battles with Indiaâs government and others around the world, the platform neednât surrender its principles too easily.
(Bloomberg Opinion) When Indiaâs minister for commerce and industry recently urged his followers to âconnect with meâ on Koo, an âIndian micro-blogging platform,â he did so on Twitter. That should be a lesson to the U.S. social media giant: In its battles with Indiaâs government and others around the world, the platform neednât surrender its principles too easily.
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Behind Pakistanâs talks offer to India lies a Khan-Bajwa plan
This is an old ploy that the Pakistanis have tried ever since 9/11, first with the Bush administration, then with Obama and now with Biden.
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February 2021 started off with a somewhat unnecessary, if also short-lived, flutter over the possibility of some forward movement in the bitter and frozen bilateral relationship between India and Pakistan. On 2 February, while addressing an army graduation ceremony, Pakistan Army Chief, Gen Qamar Bajwa, said, âIt is time to extend hand of peace in all directions.â In the same speech, he also said, âPakistan and India must also resolve the longstanding issue of Jammu and Kashmir in a dignified and peaceful manner as per the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and bring this human tragedy to its logical conclusion,â and then added the standard warnin