The partition notebook : a review essay

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Modi's India in the global pecking order

À medida que vai ascendendo na hierarquia da ordem internacional, a Índia colide com outros competidores. Este artigo avalia o desempenho do governo de Narendra Modi tendo por base as promessas constantes no manifesto eleitoral do partido do governo, o Bharatiya Janata. Analisam-se as barreiras à ambição da Índia e a continuidade e mudança na sua política externa, defendendo-se que o sucesso depende mais da governação do que de prescrições políticas. No campo da política externa, Modi socorreu-se de uma contra narrativa à visão ocidental da história e dos relevantes contributos que a Índia tem dado ao mundo. Os pilares da sua política externa são o soft power, a transformação económica e um capacity-building estratégico. Através de uma diplomacia muito ativa e determinada em assumir uma maior responsabilidade internacional, a intenção da Índia é a de deixar de ser um “equilibrador” para passar a ser um “líder”. Modi tem demonstrado uma continuidade quanto à prossecução dos objetivos de política externa, garantindo que a região permanece pacífica, segura e estável e assegurando a captação de investimento externo e incrementando a influência do país. Modi conferiu um carácter de urgência à consecução de políticas externas e de segurança como “catalisadores” da transformação da Índia. Ao ligar a política externa à política interna, a primeira enlaçou-se na consciência da população. Mas num sistema internacional imprevisível, poderá Modi alcançar os objetivos de política externa no final do seu mandato em 2019? O desafio não se centra apenas na smart diplomacy, mas em procurar agregar todos os agentes intervenientes numa estrutura governativa em prol da transformação da Índia. Com a consolidação do seu poder nacional a Índia está no centro da arquitetura de segurança internacional. Se quiser ser uma potência mundial – como aspira – Modi necessita de capitalizar as oportunidades atualmente existentes.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

On India's strategic culture

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Global impact of environmental temperature and BCG vaccination coverage on the transmissibility and fatality rate of COVID-19.

The 2019-Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a global impact. The effect of environmental temperature on transmissibility and fatality rate of COVID-19 and protective efficacy of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination towards COVID-19 remains ambiguous. Therefore, we explored the global impact of environmental temperature and neonatal BCG vaccination coverage on transmissibility and fatality rate of COVID-19. The COVID-19 data for reported cases, deaths and global temperature were collected from 31st December 2020 to 3rd April 2020 for 67 countries. Temperature data were split into quartiles for all three categories (minimum temperature, maximum temperature and mean temperature). The impact of three types of temperature data and policy of BCG vaccination on COVID-19 infection was determined by applying the multivariable two-level negative binomial regression analysis keeping daily new cases and daily mortality as outcome. The highest number of cases fell in the temperature categories as following: mean temperature in the second quartile (6°C to 10.5°C), median 26, interquartile range (IQR) 237; minimum temperature in the first quartile (-26°C to 1°C), median 23, IQR 173; maximum temperature in the second quartile (10°C to 16°C), median 27.5, IQR 219. For the minimum temperature category, 28% statistically significant lower incidence was noted for new cases from the countries falling in the second quartile (2°C to 6°C) compared with countries falling in the first quartile (-26°C to 1°C) (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 0.72, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.57 to 0.93). However, no statistically significant difference in incidence rate was observed for mean temperature categories in comparison to the first quartile. Countries with BCG vaccination policy had 58% less mortality as compared with countries without BCG coverage (IRR 0.42; 95% CI 0.18 to 0.95). Our exploratory study provides evidence that high temperature might not be associated with low transmissibility and countries having neonatal BCG vaccination policy had a low fatality rate of COVID-19

Abstracts of National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020

This book presents the abstracts of the papers presented to the Online National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020 (RDMPMC-2020) held on 26th and 27th August 2020 organized by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Science in Association with the Department of Production and Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. Conference Title: National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020Conference Acronym: RDMPMC-2020Conference Date: 26–27 August 2020Conference Location: Online (Virtual Mode)Conference Organizer: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology JamshedpurCo-organizer: Department of Production and Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, IndiaConference Sponsor: TEQIP-