Breaking news: Getting more information about Coronavirus

Breaking news: Getting more information about Coronavirus

(Fears, Rumours, Nightmares: How our upscale society is dealing with the reality of coronavirus?)

Ahmedabad, March 30, 2020: Breaking news is now more important than ever before especially when people want to know the real-time information in form of authentic facts and figure from the reliable source now matter whether it is coming from the public, private or social media. When open Google search one can clearly see the third category search i.e Get more information about Coronavirus, it says that people search regular updates from across the world.

Breaking news is like a media fascinated term that appeared 24x7 on TV news channels and Digital News platforms from website to apps. This is time that one can feel the difference between fake news and real news. Journalism is more craft than a profession and to break news as breaking news required a news sense before disseminating on the public domain.  Fears, rumours, nightmares, quarantine, social distancing, isolation and staying home, these are the situation that our society and humanity is dealing with the daily new reality show of COVID-19. Nothing to say about so-called "Gurus" of Whatsapp University and other such Social Channels. We all had this experience during the Coronavirus Outbreak. And yes, its side effects - Sanitizers and Masks, Medicines, Vegetable getting run out every day and night.

What are we doing? Probably nothing or the flip side is many things.  We must behave with responsibility and never follow any breaking news on Social Channel without fact-checking. Go with the responsible media. Many a time that happens that we get misleading breaking news from responsible media also because even they got some misinformation. So, as a responsible citizen, we must follow the Government's official announcement as breaking news in this turmoil situation.

Contributed by: Bharat Thakkar, Business Mentor and Founder of Business Growth Technique Partners Network (BGTPN) and Dr. Shashikant Bhagat, Faculty, National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism (NIMCJ), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

COVID-19 Outbreak: Nature has played a wonderful game with all of us! (COVID-19 : Story 1)

Ahmedabad, March 27 2020: Nature has played a wonderful game with all of us! Within few days Nature controlled over all our mischief / misbehaviour / wrong doings. Man created with huge expenses - Roads, transport facilities, bus transportation, railways, airplanes and now all are useless – it cost nothing at all!

Having taken the human race hostage for four months, nature indirectly stated, "This earth is the shared property of all creatures; it is not for humans alone."

Wherever I am (human) - in USA, in India, in Sudan, in Italy, in China - Whoever I am Christian, Hindu, Muslim or anybody – Whatever my position a Prime Minister or a Big Business Tycoon or Hollywood Hero or a Small Sweeper – I become One Man – I speaks one language only - Corona.

Nature showed us our place and told us “Do not go against the laws of nature, otherwise things will not be natural i.e Beside the Point. Nature has united us the humanity, Nature has united the world. Right now, we are experiencing global unity – global solidarity - And we started helping each-other with the best capacity, without any borders and boundaries, without any religion, without any position.  

Global Solidarity started when 2019 Novell Coronavirus has got new name COVID19. Viruses are named based on their genetic structure to facilitate the development of diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines. WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February 2020, guidelines previously developed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Indian government has started massive preventive campaigns using different means of communications. It went well when PM Modi has announced India stay indoor for 1 day with the name ‘Janta Curfew’ and then 21-days lockdown to control and curb the coronavirus spread which is the human touch deadly disease. On 13 March 2020 WHO and UN Foundation has started first of its kind COVID-19 solidarity response fund and soon after on 15 March 2020 PM Modi has urged SAARC nations to donate fund and announced India’s initiation with $10 million contribution offers.   

SAARC Emergency Fund as on 23 March 2020:

SAARC Country	Voluntarily Fund Contribution	Total Population (Data as on 2017)	Total COVID19 Cases
India	USD$ 10 million	133.92 crores	863
Sri Lanka	USD$ 5 million	2.14 crores	106
Bangladesh	USD$ 1.5 million	16.47 crores	48
Nepal	USD$ 1 million	2.93 crores	4
Afghanistan	USD$ 1 million	3.55 crores	94
Maldives	USD$ 200,000	4.36 lakhs	14
Bhutan	USD$ 100.000	8.08 lakhs	3
Pakistan	----	19.7 crore	1296
Total Accumulated Sum	USD$18.8 million

Source: Computed Data from Internet Sources

Contributed by: Bharat Thakkar, Business Mentor and Founder of Business Growth Technique Partners Network (BGTPN) and Dr. Shashikant Bhagat, Faculty, National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism (NIMCJ), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.