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(Bloomberg) Top executives, policy makers and investors gathered this week for the two-day Bloomberg Green Summit. The virtual event focused on the core issues of climate change.
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Today’s lineup included Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney and QuantumScape Corp. co-founder Jagdeep Singh. The discussions centered on topics ranging from reducing emissions to real estate and batteries.
The conference started Monday with speakers such as former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who said the global fight against climate change is accelerating and reaching a “political tipping point right now.” It ended Tuesday with the interview with Singh.Sign up here to receive the daily Green newsletter. See Bloomberg’s real-time dashboard of climate and energy transition data.
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Amid an unfolding COVID-19 catastrophe in India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke over telephone on April 26. The call came a day after the United States embarked on a large-scale campaign to assure India, a vital security partner, that it stands by the country amid a tsunami of new cases that has pushed India’s creaky healthcare system to its breaking point.
Over the last couple of weeks as the pandemic raged on, significant and influential sections of the Indian public not only lashed out at the Biden administration’s silence on the issue but also pointed out ways in which his – and former President Donald Trump’s invocation of the 1950 Defense Production Act (DPA) to manufacture COVID-19 in the U.S. could end up choking India’s own efforts in that direction by pulling raw materials and supplies toward U.S. efforts. (The DPA gives the U.S. president an “array of authorities to shape national defense preparedness pr
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US to send India Covishield raw material, medical supplies immediately
India s long request has finally been addressed following a huge outrage over the US wavering on providing vital supplies to India when the country is facing an unprecedented spike in COVID-19 cases
BusinessToday.In | April 26, 2021 | Updated 08:24 IST
File photo of US President Joe Biden (Photo Credits: AP)
The United States has said it will immediately provide the raw material required to ramp up production of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine by the Serum Institute of India (SII).
The raw material for the vaccine, along with other medical supplies and protective gear, will be sent to India on an urgent basis, said a top official in the US government.
Urgent raw material for Covishield to be made available to India: US
Urgent raw material for Covishield to be made available to India: US
The United States on Sunday identified sources of specific raw material urgently required by Pune-based Serum Institute of India to produce the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine – Covishield. This raw material will be made available to India immediately, said a top official in the US government.
India’s long pending request has finally been heard after massive outrage over America dithering on providing critical supplies to India when the country is facing a crisis.
A statement in this regard was issued by Emily Horne, spokesperson of the US National Security Council (NSC). Horne confirmed the same when asked about a phone call between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his American counterpart, Jake Sullivan.