Medical and oxygen-related support is being worked out from over 40 countries that will send items to deal with the pandemic’s second wave, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday. The capacity-boosting supplies are expected to arrive in the coming days from Egypt, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Guyana, apart from the big powers like Russia, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.“Over 40 countries have come forward to offer assistance in.
Analysis: Xi s message to PM Modi-first step for an India-China thaw?
Sat, May 1 2021 13:06 IST |
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Modi speech with Matua Community in Bangladesh Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 1: Chinese President Xi Jinpings message on Friday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi extending Beijings support to counter the second Covid wave in India is a major step, marking the first direct communication between the two leaders following the Chennai informal summit in 2019.
Interestingly, Xi reached out to the Prime Minister, after US President Joe Biden and the Russian President Vladimir Putin had spoken to Modi, and followed up their conversation with the dispatch of planeloads of essential medical supplies to counter the second vicious wave of Covid-19.
After US companies, actor Sonu Sood accuses China of blocking Covid-19 supplies; China denies disruption Geeta Mohan After US companies, actor Sonu Sood accuses China of blocking Covid-19 supplies; China denies disruption
Even as China publicly extended a helping hand to India, Indian Bollywood celebrity Sonu Sood on Tuesday claimed that China has blocked two consignments of critical Covid-19 supplies, including oxygen concentrators, to India.
As India battles the second wave of pandemic and the healthcare system faces an acute shortage of medical oxygen, Sonu Sood s organisation has been trying to source oxygen-related supplies from various quarters to help ease the Covid-19 situation in the country.
Pakistan Generals worried that India may bond with Taliban
Sat, May 01 2021 01:51:43 PM
By Mrityunjoy Kumar Jha
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS): Pakistan is not happy with the Taliban. A report by prominent Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir published in The News, a daily newspaper, says that Pakistani security officials have approached the Afghan Taliban leadership in Doha and made it very clear to them that their refusal to participate in the Istanbul Conference was a big blow to the Afghan Peace Process and if they do not show some flexibility they will have to face the consequences. Enough is enough message has been given to the Talibani leadership and the same message was conveyed to the Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani by the Pakistani delegation last week in Kabul.
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