India is ready to give priority to Sri Lanka when supplying to other countries the vaccine now being produced by India to treat COVID 19 virus, the External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S. Jaishankar told President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Arrived yesterday in the country for a two-day visit, the Indian Minister called on President Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today (6). Commenting on the future course of action to control the COVID 19 pandemic during the ensuing discussion President stated that Sri Lanka would like to obtain the COVID vaccine, which is being produced by India following an accurate assessment of the need for treatment.
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As the new year started, India also began its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council along with Norway, Mexico, Ireland and Kenya. On 17 June, India was elected to the UN Security Council with 184 of the total 192 votes. A member country needs a two-third majority of votes in the General Assembly to become a non-permanent member. This is the eighth time India has been elected as a non-permanent member.
The key priorities for India, will be counter-terrorism and maritime security for global peace and stability. “As the largest democracy, we will be promoting very fundamental values like democracy, human rights and development,” said India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti. Tirumurti has outlined counter-terrorism, peacekeeping, maritime security, reformed multilateralism, technology for the people, women and youth and developmental issues, especially in the context of peac
39 Indian sailors continue to be stranded in Chinese waters, no resolution on horizon
The sailors are on two ships, the Indian MV Jag Anand and Swiss-Italian MV Anastasia, that have been denied permission to offload Australian coal they are carrying.
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New Delhi: The 39 Indian sailors stranded in Chinese waters on two merchant ships for three to seven months, because of deteriorating China-Australia ties, are being counselled for severe mental distress, an official of the National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) has said.
Abdulgani Serang, general secretary, National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI), Friday told ThePrint that the sailors are caught in the middle of a “trade war” between China and Australia and that the union had been counselling the sailors over phone.