Russia to Continue Attempt to Be IORA Dialogue Partner, Depends on Support From India
Russia and Saudi Arabiaâs application was opposed by Australia, South Africa and Iran at the virtual Indian Ocean Rim Association meet last week.
Flags of the member countries at the IORA Secretariat in Mauritius. Photo: www.iora.int
Diplomacy21/Dec/2020
New Delhi: After its application could not garner consensus, Russia on Monday stated that it âdependedâ on India to obtain a dialogue partner status in the key regional body for maritime cooperation in the geo-political hotspot of Indian Ocean.
At the virtual Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) council of ministers meeting last week, the application for dialogue partners from Russia and Saudi Arabia did not find a consensus and was thus not approved. As
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New Delhi: India and Vietnam are working towards taking their ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ to the next level by “building on it in order to prepare for an uncertain worldâ, according to the country’s ambassador to New Delhi, Pham Sanh Chau.
Ambassador Pham spoke to ThePrint just ahead of the annual summit between prime ministers Narendra Modi and Nguyen Xuan Phuc scheduled for Monday, and put the emphasis on deepening defence and energy cooperation.
“We need to deepen our bilateral relationship which was upgraded four years ago to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. This is needed as we look to a world full of uncertainties,” the ambassador said.
India set to authorise first set of Covid-19 vaccines, to vaccinate around 300 million
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India s Covid-19 pandemic growth has dropped to 2%: Minister
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday announced that India is at the cusp of authorising the first set of Covid-19 vaccines and expressed the need for an expeditious vaccination drive to cover all the target populations estimated to be around 300 million (30 crore).
The Minister made the announcement while chairing the 22nd meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on Covid-19 through a video-conference here as India crossed the one crore infection mark.
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India on cusp of authorising COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.
The Health Minister made the announcement while chairing the virtual meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers.
India on Saturday crossed the grim milestone of registering one crore COVID-19 infections.
New Delhi: India is on the cusp of approving its first set of COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday (December 19, 2020). Vardhan made the announcement while chairing the virtual meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 as India crossed the one crore infection mark.
The Minister expressed the need for an expeditious