Global Slick

   With its humanitarian aid in the global fight against the Coronavirus pandemic, the United Arab Emirates has emerged a benevolent role model for the world. The UAE is leading the world by providing emergency relief aid and medical supplies to over 50 countries that are facing socio-economic ramifications due to the global health emergency. From Syria, Afghanistan, Sudan, Croatia to India, UK, Italy, and Bangladesh, UAE's humanitarian aid including tonnes of medical equipment, masks, ventilators, PPE kits, and food packets have provided support and assistance to millions of health care workers and impoverished people across the globe. The UAE has partnered with the UN World Food Programme to tackle the hunger problem amid COVID-19 battle. In partnership with WFP, the UAE has launched international air operations to provide food and health supplies to multiple nations. According to state news agency WAM, the UAE has so far provided over 658 metric tons of humanitarian and m

      As the world continues to grapple with the Coronavirus pandemic, the United Arab Emirates has continued its international humanitarian action to support several countries across the world during the critical time. On May 28, the Emirati government sent six metric tons of medical supplies through an aid plane to Iraqi Kurdistan assisting the country's effort in fighting the global health emergency. The medical supplies provided by the UAE will support approximately 6,000 medical professionals in Iraqi Kurdistan as they work to curb the spread of the virus. Iraq has reported over 5,000 COVID-19 cases as of May 29. Ahmed Al Dhaheri, UAE Consul-General to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, responded to the delivery of aid by saying that the UAE stands with Iraq in its efforts to uphold public health and security in light of these difficult circumstances. He added that the UAE is honoured to extend a hand of assistance to Iraqi Kurdistan to aid its fight against COVID-19. &quo

After long weeks of drastic lockdown in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, governments across the world are working on easing restrictions in their countries. The UAE is also gradually lifting its lockdown measures and reopening its economic activities in a bid to return to normalcy after strict curfew amid the global health pandemic. In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, while malls and dine-in restaurants cautiously reopened earlier this month, the government on Wednesday allowed a slew of activities for the citizens. Offices throughout the UAE are also steadily resuming their activities with news rules for safety of workers in place. However, while allowing day-to-day activities, the authorities mandated the people to wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines while stepping out of their houses. Dubai: What is allowed as of Wednesday? Residents are allowed to move freely from 6 am till 11 pm while practicing social distancing norms. Business activities such as cinemas, g

    In a press conference on Sunday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, said that US has been infected by a ‘ political virus ’ , and warned the US forces from using the coronavirus pandemic to push both the nations "on the brink of a new Cold War". “ It has come to our attention that some political forces in the US are taking China-US relations hostage and pushing our two countries to the brink of a new Cold War," he told reporters during China's week-long annual parliament session. Chinese Foreign Minister slammed US for politicisation of a global health emergency and outrightly promoting the so called conspiracy theories , which said that the deadly virus which causes Covid-19 was built in a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan. He accused US politicians of "fabricating rumours" about the virus origin and "stigmatising China". According to the Washington Post , Wang said, “ China has no intention to change, still replace, the United States. It

     In the era of the internet, 'TikTok vs YouTube' has emerged as the brand new war between social media users in the digital space. The battle which started with TikTokers and YouTubers roasting each other on their respective platforms has gained tremendous momentum in the past few days. Things turned ugly when Indian internet sensation CarryMinati (originally known as Ajey Nagar) published his video on the US-based video-sharing platform YouTube in which he extensively roasted TikTok users.  The video, titled TikTok vs YouTube-The End Game, went on to garner over 78 million views, making it one of the most-watched non-musical Indian videos on the platform. However, the video was later removed by Youtube over controversial remarks that CarryMinati used against TikTokers in the video. But, this did not end here. The popular roaster went ahead and posted another video roasting selective TikTokers. This met with massive criticism from TikTok users, many of whom terme

In a major development in the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic, the United Arab Emirates has developed rapid COVID-19 laser testing technology that gives promising results within seconds. QuantLase Imaging Lab, the medical-research arm of the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange-listed International Holdings Company, IHC, announced that it has developed equipment that will allow UAE to conduct rapid mass-screenings generating results in seconds. With the newly-developed equipment, UAE will be able to carry out testing at a wider scale. At a time when scientists across the world are working tirelessly to devise faster methods of testing for COVID-19 suspected patients, the UAE is aiming to be recognized as a hub of research and innovation, with the development of this technology. This successful invention will enable mass-scale screening of Coronavirus cases, providing a new dimension to virus tracing and testing. Dr Pramod Kumar, head of the research team at the UAE lab, said t

       World governments are grappling with the novel Coronavirus pandemic, ensuring all possible measures such as a global lockdown to protect their citizens from virus infections. In the Gulf region, the United Arab Emirates' COVID-19 response plan has emerged as constructive and reassuring in mitigating the repercussions of the disease in the country. UAE's quick combative response has led to pragmatic management of the crisis. Notably, the UAE government led the crisis from a regulatory, economic, and informative perspective with the focus on "safety first", as observed by experts. From regularly updating the public on COVID-19 precautionary measures to ensuring sterilization of public spaces, the administration has been working from the frontline for the safety of its residents. The UAE led the Gulf region in terms of COVID-19 testing by deploying a large number of health care workers at screening centres and setting up multiple drive-through testing fac

UAE’s Covid-19 combat plan helped the nation sail through the hardest splash of coronavirus wave. The nation was quick in implementing few measures to mitigate the impact of pandemic outbreak. It emphasised on actively reaching out the community members and increasing testing to detect and treat more individuals. Besides, the nation ensured equal access to medical facilities to all its residents including both nationals and non-nationals. In order to provide economic and medical relief to its residents, especially the migrant workers, UAE government made sure that the workersobtained their wages even if they were not working (due to coronavirus infection) and were receiving proper treatment. The nation, where population comprises about 90% foreigners, was quick to realise the need to ensure their economic, mental and physical safety. The UAE’s federal government implemented a rule giving the workers the option of taking an early leave, which allowed them to return to their country

Climate activism has grown momentum over the past few years with climate strikes increasingly taking place on the streets across the world in 2019. However, worldwide lockdown in the wake of Coronavirus pandemic has put a stop to large gatherings, following which the climate activists took the movement on the virtual space. With activities halted across the globe due to global Coronavirus stay-at-home orders, environment activists of the internet-savvy generation are mobilizing their demand for action on climate change online. It was predominantly observed on the occasion of the 50th Earth Day on April 22. An "Earth Day Network" was created to execute 24 hours of all-digital climate action. Thousands of activists from several countries went to social media, posting their ideas and messages with #ClimateStrikeOnline as part of a virtual protest, showing solidarity with the movement. While no physical demonstrations could be organized, video calls and virtual conferenc

The Coronavirus pandemic has infected over 3.58 million people and taken the lives of over 2,50,000 people across the world. Medical experts have affirmed that a vaccine can be the only tool to tackle the spread of the virus, with majority of world's population still vulnerable to it. Therefore, countries are stepping up their efforts to prepare a vaccine to tackle the deadly COVID-19 virus. Notably, after months of the pandemic breakout in China's Wuhan city, there is still no vaccine developed to protect the people. Governments across the globehad to resolve to the imposition of worldwide lockdown to ensure social distancing and safety of the citizens. In the meanwhile, as many as 100 research groups worldwide have been aggressively tracing a vaccine with many researches at early stages of human trials. A potential cure for the disease was developed by the University of Oxford and it started trials on people in Europe from April 23. Pharmaceuticals giants such as GSK a