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The Emerging Bloc Editorial May-2021

WHO Report on the Origins of Covid 19 A look at the key takeaways 1. Markets are the most probable source of major transmission of the virus. The focus is back on markets that sell animals. Covid-19 made its global debut amid a cluster of cases linked to the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan in late December 2019. Researchers tested …

Wakhan Corridor CPEC+ for Pakistan Pakistan is an ideal country for the CARs to have strong trade and diplomatic ties with, owing to mutual interests, social linkages on the base of religion, topographical vicinity, customs, culture, and social and religious values to some extent. Absence of a common border with any Central Asian state was one of the principle obstacles …

Global Gender Gap Report 2021 The World Economic Forum, an international NGO based in Cologny, Geneva Canton, Switzerland, has released the 2021 edition of its Global Gender Gap Report. Now in its 15th year, the report benchmarks the evolution of gender-based gaps in four areas: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. It also examines …

Sports for Development and Peace When you go from Prince Road to Jinnah Road in Quetta, on your left is the Government Science College compound that stretches from Masjid Road Chowk to Jinnah Road Chowk. The buildings of all the educational blocks of the college are connected to Patel Road on the south and Jinnah Road on the west. On …

World in Focus ( MAR-APR 2021) National & International March 16: National Highway Authority (NHA) and Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) signed an agreement under which NHA’s entire network will be monitored by using satellite technology. March 17: The first shipment of privately-imported Russian vaccine, Gam-Covid-Vac or Sputnik-V, comprising 50,000 doses arrived in Karachi. March 17: Prime …

Zakat and the Covid-19 Pandemic Covid-19 – the major health crisis that began in Wuhan (China) and was later declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) – has transformed into one of the worst economic crises of all time. The impact of the crisis is visible everywhere in the world, from migrant labour problems in India to an …

Understanding Hybrid Warfare If we study the hybrid warfare through the lens of strategic studies, it is one of the modern shapes of unconventional warfare; a collection of various kinetic and non-kinetic, strategic and tactical methods and manoeuvres to dent the enemy. Most of the modern writers and strategists are of the view that hybrid warfare is a new kind …

Blunders to avoid in CSS INTERVIEW Common interview slip-ups It is easy to fall into a defeated mental place when making an easily avoidable interview mistake, which can be a hard state of mind to turn around. Here are common mistakes candidates make during the interview and what you should do instead: 1. Arriving late or too early 2. Inappropriate …

Internet Addiction and Compulsive Internet Use The Pandemic of the 21st Century We are living in the age of internet addiction, the 21st century, where we cannot stop ourselves from trolling Instagram posts, checking Facebook notifications, shopping online, watching thrilling seasons on Netflix, playing video games and getting inspired from the fashion sense of models and celebrities. This type of …