Kathmandu: Nepal has approved the use of the Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield in case of emergency to fight the coronavirus. According to a statement issued by the Department of Drug Administration of Nepal, the decision to sanction the vaccine was taken on Friday. About 1,950 people have died so far from the epidemic in Nepal.
According to the statement, Nepal has been given conditional approval for use in case of emergency of Covishield vaccine against coronavirus. The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is providing the vaccine to several medium and low-income countries other than the Government of India in partnership with the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII). The Serum Institute is the world s largest vaccine producer. During the sixth meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission, Nepal congratulated the Indian External Affairs Ministry for achieving success in developing Covishield and Covaxin and has urged Nepal to vaccinate at the earliest.
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January 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Saturday categorically rejected a malicious statement by India on conviction of a UN- designated individual by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC).
“India has no locus standi to comment on the independent judicial mechanisms of Pakistan. In this regard, the only ‘compliance’ that interests Pakistan is abiding by its own statutes and fulfillment of its international obligations,” said the Foreign Office in a statement.
Without naming Zakiur Rehman Lahkvi, convicted and sentenced to five-year jail in a terror financing case, the FO said Indian insinuations against Pakistan were in fact a vain attempt to conceal its failures and to bring to justice those blatantly involved in state terrorism and brutal suppression of the subjugated people of IOJ&K and other minorities.
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Growing Stress : India Asks China to Help 39 Sailors Stuck at Chinese Ports for Months
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India has asked China to allow two Indian freighters stranded for months near two Chinese ports because of the pandemic to rapidly unload their cargoes or replace their 39 crew members, an official said Friday. There is growing stress on the crew members on account of the long delay, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said. The vessels are among ships from various countries waiting to unload their cargoes at Jintang and Caofeidian ports, Srivastava said. We expect that this assistance will be provided in an urgent, practical and time-bound manner, given the grave humanitarian situation that is developing onboard the ships, he said in a statement.