Explained: All You Need To Know About COVID-19 Foreign Aid And How It Will Be Allocated Among Different States by Swarajya Staff - May 4, 2021 02:01 PM Source: @mrakcreation/Twitter Last year, as India caught a grip over the first wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic, it extended a helping hand to not just its neighbours but countries around the world. Indiaâs âCOVIDiplomacyâ was praised around the world. The goodwill generated is now coming back to India in the form of foreign aid as the nation with more than 1.3 billion peoples grapples with a deadlier second wave of COVID-19. Cryogenic oxygen tanks, ventilators, oxygen concentrators, large oxygen generating plants and items such as respirators and electric syringe pushers are being supplied by Singapore, UAE, EU, Russia, Germany, France, Australia etc.