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UP CM likens anti-Covid vaccine to ‘Sanjeevani Booti’

4:30 pm January 24, 2021

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday compared the Covid-19 vaccines given by India to Brazil to ‘Sanjeevani Booti’, a mythological life-saving herb figuring in the Hindu epic Ramayana. Yogi made the comparison a day after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro invoked Lord Hanuman while thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to fight the deadly coronavirus infection in his country, one of the worst-hit […]

India, a true friend, using its pharma to help global community flight COVID-19: US

11:31 pm January 22, 2021

New York: The Joe Biden-led US government has applauded India for sending supplies of COVID-19 vaccine to a host of South Asian nations, calling India ”a true friend” who is using its pharmaceutical sector to help the global community. ”We applaud India’s role in global health, sharing millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine in South Asia. India’s free shipments of vaccine […]

India welcomes Sri Lanka’s emergency use approval of Covishield vaccine against COVID-19

11:00 pm January 22, 2021

Colombo: India has welcomed Sri Lanka’s emergency use approval of Covishield vaccine which is being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives have already received India’s COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance in sync with its “Neighbourhood First” policy. India’s High Commission here took to Twitter to welcome the emergency use approval by the Sri Lankan government. “Welcome emergency use approval of COVISHIELD vaccines by […]

Vaccine diplomacy: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan & Maldives get India’s anti-COVID-19 doses

10:49 pm January 21, 2021

Kathmandu: Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives have received India’s COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance in sync with its “Neighbourhood First” policy. India is one of the world’s biggest drugmakers and an increasing number of countries have already approached it for procuring the coronavirus vaccines. India has already rolled out a massive coronavirus vaccination drive under which two vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, are […]

Nepal and Bangladesh receive Coronavirus vaccines sent by India

3:54 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Bangladesh and Nepal on Thursday received COVID-19 vaccines from India under grants assistance. ”Nepal receives Indian vaccines. Putting neighbours first, putting people first!,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Twitter. ”Touchdown in Dhaka. #VaccineMaitri reaffirms the highest priority accorded by India to relations with Bangladesh,” he said in another tweet, along with a photograph of Air India flight that carried the consignments to Dhaka. […]