NEW DELHI: Saudi Arabia on Sunday shipped 60 tons of oxygen to India, a month after it sent 80 tons to help the South Asian nation deal with a deadly second wave of coronavirus. The outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 300,000 people so far, primarily due to an oxygen shortage and a lack of hospital beds. On Sunday, India registered more than 165,000 new COVID-19 cases
Marking the beginning of a green era Updated: Updated: April 28, 2021 00:44 IST To combat climate change, Saudi Arabia has launched the Saudi Green Initiative and Middle East Green Initiative Share Article AAA A picture taken with a drone shows palm trees in al-Ula, Saudi Arabia on April 8, 2021. | Photo Credit: REUTERS To combat climate change, Saudi Arabia has launched the Saudi Green Initiative and Middle East Green Initiative One of the lessons learned from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is the need for collective action among members of the international community to effectively address global challenges such as pandemics and climate change. The pandemic has created an unprecedented crisis that demands an exceptional global response. Even as countries rightly continue to focus on tackling the immediate health emergency, the need is to have a long-term vision to build a climate-resilient global economy for the future.