LONDON: India’s relationship with China is going through a “very difficult phase” but recent discussions have yielded positive results in terms of easing the flow of logistics during the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. During a virtual session here, Jaishankar was asked about India-China relations and the […]
Geneva: Ambassadors from World Trade Organisation countries on Wednesday resumed discussions on trade rules protecting the technological know-how behind COVID-19 vaccines amid growing pressure on rich nations to relax them as a way to help poorer countries fight the pandemic. The WTO’s General Council was taking up a temporary waiver for intellectual property protections that […]
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Thousands of Afghans were forced to flee their homes as fierce fighting erupted between government forces and the Taliban in a southern province after the US military began withdrawing its remaining troops from Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. Afghan forces pushed back insurgent attacks on multiple checkpoints in the past 24 hours itself in […]
WASHINGTON: Terming the situation in India “very desperate”, America’s top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci has suggested the government marshal all its resources, including the armed forces, to immediately build makeshift field hospitals, and urged other countries to help with not only materials but also personnel. In an exclusive interview to PTI, Fauci, who […]
NEW YORK: COVAX, the global alliance to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, urgently needs 20 million doses to cover interruptions in supply triggered by increased demands for jabs in India, which is the main supplier of the AstraZeneca vaccines, the World Health Organisation said on Monday. Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s […]
UNITED NATIONS: The UN team in India is supporting authorities to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including combating misinformation, a spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told reporters at the daily press briefing on Monday that the UN team in India is working to promote the Secretary-General’s […]
STOCKHOLM: Sweden plans to donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to India via the UN-backed COVAX, an initiative devised to give countries access to coronavirus vaccines regardless of their wealth. The Scandinavian country’s International Development Cooperation Minister Per Olsson Fridh announced it Monday on Swedish broadcaster SVT, adding “we see how the pandemic is […]
Seoul: North Korea on Sunday warned the United States will face “a very grave situation” because President Joe Biden “made a big blunder” in his recent speech by calling the North a security threat and revealing his intent to maintain a hostile policy toward it. Last week, Biden, in his first address to Congress, called […]
KANDAHAR: As the US military began formally withdrawing from Afghanistan on Saturday, some residents in Kandahar — the former bastion of the Taliban — were optimistic the exit will bring peace to the violence-wracked country. “The fighting will then be between two Muslim brothers (Afghan government forces and the Taliban) and the hope is that […]
BEIJING: China’s Shandong aircraft carrier group has recently conducted routine annual exercises in the South China Sea, the People’s Liberation Army said Sunday, after Beijing criticized the US for sending Navy ships into the strategic area. The Chinese Defense Ministry last week urged the US to restrain its frontline forces in the air and seas […]