If India is in dire straits, then the world is in dire straits, the head of a top business advocacy group has said, as the US corporate sector mounted an unprecedented effort to help India successfully fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The speed with which the COVID crisis in India has escalated and ravaged the entire country, it has created a sense of urgency in the corporate community, Nisha Desai Biswal, president of US India Business Council told PTI in an interview. She said that the US companies were probably the first to realise that things were moving in a perilous direction, as they were hearing about it from their workforce in India.
FedEx to deply Boeing 777F to deliver medical supplies to India
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Memphis, May 6 : As India and its healthcare systems battle a steep surge in Covid cases across the country, transportation major FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is working with organisations around the world to deliver critical medical supplies and equipment to India.
FedEx is currently supporting the transportation of more than 25,000 oxygen concentrators and converters through an initiative of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and other multinational companies.
An initial shipment of 1,000 critical oxygen concentrators was delivered by FedEx to New Delhi on April 30 as part of this initiative.
FedEx Delivering Critical COVID-19 Aid to India
Thousands of oxygen concentrators and converters, hundreds of thousands of masks among aid being airlifted to India
Published 05-06-21
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 6, 2021 /CSRwire/ As India and its healthcare systems face a surge in COVID-19 infections across the country, FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, is working with organizations around the world to deliver critical medical supplies and equipment during this crisis.
FedEx is currently supporting the transportation of more than 25,000 oxygen concentrators and converters through an initiative with the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum and other multinational companies. An initial shipment of 1,000 critical oxygen concentrators was delivered by FedEx to New Delhi on April 30 as part of this collective.
If India is in dire straits, then world is in dire straits, says USIBC president
WASHINGTON, May 6: If India is in dire straits, then the world is in dire straits, the head of a top business advocacy group has said, as the US corporate sector mounted an unprecedented effort to help India successfully fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The speed with which the COVID crisis in India has escalated and ravaged the entire country, it has created a sense of urgency in the corporate community,” Nisha Desai Biswal, president of US India Business Council told PTI in an interview.
She said that the US companies were probably the first to realise that things were moving in a perilous direction, as they were hearing about it from their workforce in India.
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