An Indian-American non-profit body has raised USD25 million for COVID-19 assistance to India as the country battles a severe outbreak of the viral disease, its functionaries said. So far, we have ordered and have commitments for 5,500 oxygen concentrators, 2,300 hospital beds, 25 oxygen plants, and 30,000 non-electric ventilators, Nishant Pandey, CEO of the American India Foundation (AIF), told PTI on Wednesday. AIF, which was founded in the aftermath of the Gujarat earthquake at the initiative of the then US President Bill Clinton and the then Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has raised USD25 million so far, making it the highest amount raised by an Indian-American non-profit body.
HI USA Announces Phased Reopening Of Hostels
Offers Variety of Accommodation Options from Traditional Hostels to Vacation Rentals, Pod-style Apartments and Privacy Rooms
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NEW YORK, May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Hostelling International USA (HI USA), the nation s largest hostel network, will begin a phased reopening of its hostels beginning with the reopening of HI Chicago Hostel and HI Santa Monica Hostel on May 19. These hostels join the already reopened HI NYC and HI Boston as well as their CA Bay area properties which are currently operating as vacation rentals. HI USA closed all of its hostels last April due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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US President Joe Biden
The US government, corporates, and the people of America are working together to provide COVID-19 relief to India, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said. Sullivan made the remarks after joining the first meeting of the Global Task Force on Pandemic Response. Our people, our businesses, and our entire government are working together to provide COVID-19 relief for the people of India â and we will continue our efforts to help around the world, he said on Thursday.
More than 45 top American companies and its CEOs have joined the task force created by the US Chambers of Commerce and Business Roundtable in association with US-India Business Council and US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum.
US Vice President Kamala Harris said India s welfare is critically important to the US. (File)
Washington:
Describing the surge of COVID-19 infections and deaths in India as nothing short of heartbreaking , US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday that India s welfare is critically important to the United States.
Pledging that the Joe Biden administration is determined to help India in its hour of need, Ms Harris said that the entire government machinery has been galvanised to help the country in this hour of crisis.
India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 4,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.