New Zealand Envoy Joins Indians Clamoring for Oxygen on Twitter
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(Bloomberg) The New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi turned to Twitter on Sunday to request oxygen cylinders amid a deadly outbreak of coronavirus in the national capital where hospitals have run out of crucial medical supplies.
(Bloomberg) The New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi turned to Twitter on Sunday to request oxygen cylinders amid a deadly outbreak of coronavirus in the national capital where hospitals have run out of crucial medical supplies.
The high commission initially tagged the youth wing of Indiaâs main opposition Congress party for help, but the Tweet was deleted after it generated a social media storm over whether it was intended to make Prime Minister Narendra Modiâs government look bad.
UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India to fight Covid
Britain has already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India as the country grapples with a devastating surge in coronavirus cases.
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LONDON: The UK said Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India, as a group of doctors staged their own intervention by offering long-distance telemedicine from Britain.
Britain has already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India as the country grapples with a devastating surge in coronavirus cases, and is shipping three larger production units, dubbed oxygen factories. We re going to be sending out another package of 1,000 ventilators, very shortly, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told BBC television.
Jaishankar to visit London for G7 FMs meet on Monday, likely to interact with US Secretary of State
The meet takes place in London from May 3 to 5 and will be the first physical G7 FMs meet to take place in over 2 years. File photo
Updated: May 2, 2021, 09:46 PM IST
New Delhi: India s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will visit the United Kingdom tomorrow for the G7 Foreign Ministers meet. The UK has invited India for an in-person G7 foreign ministers meeting, for which FMs of Australia, South Korea, South Africa, and the Chair and Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have also been invited.
The Economics of the China-India-Sri Lanka Triangle Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Sri Lanka’s relationship with China has been a controversial discussion during the last decade, dominating both domestic and international political conversations. The strengthening relationship between the island nation and the emerging global power has been largely economic. Yet it is quite clear that Sri Lanka’s closest neighbour, India, and the United States are diligently monitoring these developments in the China–Sri Lanka relationship.
China has been a major economic partner for Sri Lanka. Beijing’s assistance has been crucial in saving the poorly performing Sri Lankan economy during the last three years. At the same time, Sri Lanka is compelled not to antagonize India, its closest neighbour, with which Sri Lanka’s relationship runs deep and far back. The India–Sri Lanka relationship is vastly different than its ties with China.
Israel: Dozens dead in stampede at religious celebration
Some survivors had lit candles for the victims while others prayed at a nearby wall.
Emergency services and ambulances are treating dozens of injured, including 20 patients in a critical state, Zaki Heller, spokesperson for Magen David Adom, the Israeli emergency service, said in a statement.
Israeli media published an image of a row of bodies covered in plastic bags on the ground.
Scenes from Meron hours after the accident showed an ultra-Orthodox Jewish crowd in distress
Dov Maisel, a member of the volunteer medical services association United Hatzalah, told DW, What started out as a festival of joy, happiness and dance turned into Israel s worst tragedy.