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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. […]

Coronavirus vaccines sent by India reach Bhutan and Maldives

5:03 pm January 20, 2021

New Delhi: Bhutan and Maldives on Wednesday became the first two countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines sent by India in sync with its ‘neighbourhood first’ policy. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared on Twitter photos of the consignments reaching the two countries. On Tuesday, India had said it would send COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from Wednesday. The supplies to Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius will commence after confirmation of […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Kerala’s Gender Park to sign MoU with UN Women

3:16 pm December 18, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: The Gender Park, an autonomous body under the Kerala government, is all set to partner with UN Women to further the cause of women empowerment and function as a South Asia hub for gender equality. The Memorandum of Understanding to formalise the partnership would be signed in the presence of the state’s Chief Minister […]