PM Narendra Modi attended the European Council meet as a special invitee on Saturday. All leaders praise India's efforts in vaccine supplies at India-EU Summit.
Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, whom external affairs minister S. Jaishankar had boycotted in December 2019 for her criticism of India’s Kashmir policy, has emerged as a powerful voice for Indian needs during the second wave of the pandemic at Capitol Hill.
According to a PTI report from Washington, Jayapal, who recently returned to the US from India where her parents had tested Covid-positive, said on Thursday: “India needs our help and it is our moral responsibility to rise to the challenge at the local, federal and international level because to defeat a global pandemic, we need a global response.”
Jayapal’s steadfast support was acknowledged by none other than India’s ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. In a tweet on Thursday, he said: “In our conversation w/Congresswoman @RepJayapal, Chair of the Progressive Caucus, Amb. Mfeketo @RSAinDC & I discussed important issues relating to global public health incl. the TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects
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President Joe Biden applauds a man receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va., April 6, 2021. (CNS photo/Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Washington The Biden administration s May 5 announcement that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines as a means to expand the vaccine s production and distribution is a move the Vatican has been suggesting.
At a February Word Trade Organization meeting, a Vatican representative said this step would be a strong signal demonstrating real commitment and engagement and thus moving from declaration to action in favor of the entire human family.
Prior to the May announcement, the United States has not backed the proposal to waive the vaccines patent rights made by India and South Africa and supported by many congressional Democrats.