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  • Vaccine diplomacy: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan & Maldives get India’s anti-COVID-19 doses

    Image Source : FILE/PTI Vaccine diplomacy: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan & Maldives get India’s anti-COVID-19 doses
    Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives have acquired India’s COVID-19 vaccines beneath grant help in sync with its “Neighbourhood First” coverage. India is likely one of the world’s greatest drugmakers and an rising variety of international locations have already approached it for procuring the coronavirus vaccines.
    India has already rolled out a large coronavirus vaccination drive beneath which two vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, are being administered to frontline well being staff throughout the nation.
    On Thursday, Bangladesh and Nepal acquired COVID-19 vaccines from India.
    Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra handed over the vaccine consignment to Prime Minister Okay P Sharma Oli throughout a perform on the Prime Minister’s residence at Baluwatar.
    Health Minister Hridayesh Tripathi and senior authorities officers have been additionally current on the event.
    In the primary section, the vaccines shall be administered to frontline well being staff, staff and safety personnel, based on Tripathi.
    India additionally handed over 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh beneath grant help.
    The vaccines have been supplied to Bangladesh at an important time when the variety of coronavirus circumstances on this nation was rising.
    “India had stood by Bangladesh during the (1971) Liberation War, and today, when the pandemic is rattling the world, India again came with gifts of vaccines,” Bangladesh international minister Dr AK Abdul Momen stated.
    Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami handed over the vaccines formally to Momen at a proper perform in Dhaka.
    On Wednesday, Bhutan and the Maldives grew to become the primary two international locations to obtain the COVID-19 vaccines from India.

    India despatched 150,000 doses of Covisheild vaccines to Bhutan and 100,000 doses to the Maldives.
    External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared on Twitter images of the consignments reaching the 2 international locations.
    Bhutanese Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji thanked India for the “generous gift”.
    “Our profound gratitude to the GoI (Government of India) for the beneficiant present of 150,000 doses of Covishield vaccines that Bhutan acquired as we speak.
    Deeply grateful to GoI for its abiding friendship and unconditional help to Bhutan’s battle towards the COVID-19 pandemic,” he stated on Twitter.
    Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, in a tweet, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the vaccines.
    “A short while ago, a flight from India with a 100,000 doses of the CoviShield vaccine arrived in the Maldives, renewing our hopes for a resolution to the Covid 19 crisis soon. Our heartfelt thanks to PM @narendramodi,” he stated.
    It is learnt {that a} consignment containing 1.5 million doses of Covisheild vaccines will attain Myanmar on Friday.
    In a significant announcement, India on Tuesday stated it would ship COVID-19 vaccines beneath grant help to 6 international locations — Bhutan, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from Wednesday and provides to Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius will start after affirmation of vital regulatory clearances.
    The Ministry of External Affairs stated India will provide COVID-19 vaccines to associate international locations over the approaching weeks and months in a phased method conserving in view the home necessities.
    In an announcement, the MEA stated India has acquired a number of requests for the availability of Indian-manufactured vaccines from neighbouring and key associate international locations.
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  • India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 97,67,372 with 31,522 new infections

     With 31,522 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total cases have risen to 97,67,372, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

    With 412 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 1,41,772.

    The total number of active cases stands at 3,72,293. Total discharged cases are at 92,53,306 with 37,725 new discharges in the last 24 hours.

    Maharashtra reported 74,315 active cases, the highest in the country followed by Kerala with 60,066 active cases.

    Delhi has reported 20,546 active cases, 5,69,216 recoveries and 9,813 fatalities, according to the Union Health MinistryMeanwhile, a total of 15,07,59,726 samples were tested for COVID-19 up to 9th December. Of these, 9,22,959 samples were tested yesterday, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

  • These laws are not in India’s interests & also threatens our food security, says Sitaram Yechury

    The farmers are protesting against the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

    JD(S) had opposed some points in the Bill. JD(S) had mentioned the changes needed. Congress had also opposed Bill but did not say what should be changed, it was limited to the role of Opposition. A significant change has been made in the Act as suggested by JD(S): HD Kumaraswamy

    The opposition should manage its responsibilities constructively. In the case of the Land Reforms Amendment Act, JD(S) has done work for the benefit of the farmers. In terms of the Act, there was no justice by Congress or BJP. JD(S) has made the Act balanced: HD Kumaraswamy,JD(S)Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Kisan Unions yesterday about amendments. Govt will today give a written proposal to Kisan Unions & they’ll think over it. Whatever will be in the interest of country & farmers, is being considered by all: Som Parkash, MoS, Commerce & Industry

  • Bill Gates praised India’s economic policies, said – this country is doing well

    Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates praised India’s policies for financial innovation and inclusion. Bill Gates said that his philanthropic foundation is working with other countries to roll out open-source technology. India is predominantly included in these countries.

    Bill Gates said at the Singapore Fintech Festival on Tuesday, ‘If people are going to study in any country other than China, then I would say they should see India. There are immense possibilities here. This country is doing well. Gates says, ‘Actually the possibilities in India are exploding. There are great opportunities for innovation.

    Gates said that extensive innovation in the private sector and use of technology such as digital devices will help India in providing quality healthcare services at a low cost. Listing his Foundation’s priority areas for India, he praised several programs in India, including benefits of the poor through digital payments, sanitation and polio-free programs. Gates said that his foundation wants to take some of the successful programs here in the countries of the African continent for implementation.

  • Russia backs India’s stance at SCO summit

    Russia on Thursday backed India’s assertion that Pakistan shouldn’t raise bilateral matters at platforms such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), saying these groupings are focused on multilateral cooperation to tackle regional challenges.

    Modi took an indirect swipe at Pakistan at SCO’s virtual summit on Tuesday, saying it is unfortunate that repeated attempts are being made to violate the grouping’s charter by raising bilateral issues.

    Asked about this matter during an online news briefing on Thursday, Russia’s deputy chief of mission Roman Babushkin said SCO’s charter does not allow the inclusion of bilateral issues. Russia, the current chair of SCO, made it clear to all member states that such issues should be avoided. The main objective of SCO is dealing with regional challenges and threats and promoting economic, financial and humanitarian partnership among member states in order to maintain the momentum of ongoing collaboration, he said.

    “We should not [divert] our attention to bilateral disputes, we don’t interfere in these bilateral disputes,” Babushkin said, adding that Russia’s position on India-Pakistan disputes remains “consistent and unchanged”.