SNAEHA SATHYAN

91% of the Indian students would still like to continue their abroad dreams for their education which is saddening because they are trying hard to not keep their dreams from shattering away due to the effect of this deadly virus. A study was conducted by edu-tech platform Leverage Edu on the Indian students who had registered on the platform for studying abroad in the next 6-10 months revealed that 76% students surveyed were planning to go ahead with their education abroad in the next 6-10 months (upcoming September or January intakers) ; 16% students said that they will take a decision about studying abroad by the summer, while 8% are considering delaying the decision due to the Covid-19 outbreak ; the above numbers changed when students were informed about the steps being taken by international universities. Around 25% of the students weren’t aware of the contingency measures taken by universities for the September 2020 and January 2021 intakes such as blended learning options...

We know that Corona virus (2019- nCoV) was detected in December 2019. This was espied earlier in the mid-1960s and are noticed to infect humans and a variety of others animals (including birds and mammals).   Since 2002, two corona viruses infecting animals have evolved and caused outbreaks in humans: SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) identified in southern China in 2003, and MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012 ( https://novel-coronavirus.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ). But now this virus has now subverted the economy, lifestyle, environment, survival and other aspects are misshapen around the whole country leaving it in agony. The state & the central governments, NGOs and many social activists at breakneck pace are however undertaking activities by holding the huge responsibility to help the inhabitants to cope up with the epidemic.   In fact it is quite distinct to see the proposal of “ethical precautionary princi...

CORONA Virus has rung alarms on everybody’s lives making it the scariest thing they wouldn’t have possibly imagined to happen. It has certainly brought a transilience in all of them – their lives, dreams and goals to pursue. People are dying, few are depressed, and the others do not have any idea on what has just happened. It is really difficult to copt up with the impact that this virus has created. Despite all this, it is very overwhelming, supportive and heart soothing to see youngsters coming up with the ways to face the pandemic with a positivity. The concept of positivity is personally a likeable concept to me with which I hold my huge belief on. I would like to quote a saying by Kobe Bryant, he says “ The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do”. Likewise, it was great to see my friend Surya in his blog https://timurandceasar.blogspot.com/2020/04/silver-lining-amidst-chaos.html?m=1 coming up with a seed of a...