PM Modi has already tweeted that India is committed to meeting the health care needs of the global community.
UPDATED ON JAN 20, 2021 01:55 PM IST
With India flying the much-needed Covid 19 vaccine to Bhutan and Maldives today, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica has written to PM Narendra Modi to seek Covid vaccines to shield his citizens from the coronavirus disease.
In a letter to PM Modi on Tuesday, PM Skerrit wrote: “As we enter 2021 and persevere in our fight against Covid-19, Dominica’s population of 72,100 is in urgent need of enough doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. I, therefore, request, with great humility and respect, that you assist us by donating the doses we need to make our population safe (optimally 70,000 first and second doses).”
PM Modi has already tweeted that India is committed to meeting the health care needs of the global community. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said India, the pharmacy of the world, will deliver vaccines to overcome the pandemic challenges.
In his letter, PM Skerrit said: “I draw your kind attention to the enormous challenge faced by our people in obtaining a vaccine for Covid-19. Notwithstanding the pledge by Oxford-AstraZeneca to provide more than half of its doses to the world’s developing nations, as it currently stands, the large number of Dominicans will not be able to obtain a vaccine for a very long time. We are a small island developing nation, and are unable to compete with larger nations with greater demand for vaccines and more funds with which to pay for it.”
He reminded PM Narendra Modi that his country has often been the fortunate recipient of assistance from India. “In 2017, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the Government of India graciously provided USD 100,000 for immediate relief, as well as a further USD 1 million for the rebuilding of essential infrastructure. In 2016, India also provided medicine for Dominicans as part of a grant in aid scheme. We hope now to again be able to rely on your generosity,” the letter added.
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Suvendu Adhikari accuses TMC of rigging in Lok Sabha polls
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 10:35 AM IST
- Adhikari alleged that the ruling TMC pressured officials to not count the votes in 16 EVMs in Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency, due to which, the BJP candidate lost the polls narrowly.
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IFFCO ranks first among top 300 cooperatives of the world
ANI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 10:01 AM IST
IFFCO with more than 36,000 member cooperatives and a group turnover of nearly 7 billion dollars, it is amongst the biggest cooperative institutions in the world.
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Regret not being there for you: Kangana remembers Sushant Singh on his birthday
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 09:56 AM IST
In a series of tweets, Kangana Ranaut, who has been taking potshots at the Bollywood industry, said that she regretted not being there for Sushant Singh Rajput when he needed help.
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15,223 new Covid-19 cases take India’s tally to over 10.61 million
By hindustantimes.com, HT Correspondent | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 10:06 AM IST
The national recovery rate has risen to 96.70 per cent while the fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent, according to health ministry.
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Phase 3 trial of Sputnik V vaccine begins in Agra
- New documents and data on Sputnik V, including a clinical report on the vaccine’s use among the 60-plus age group, says it showed an efficacy of around 91.8% in people over 60.
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Ahead of Republic Day, MHA asks people not to use plastic flags
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 09:03 AM IST
The advisory asked states/UTs to ensure that only paper flags are used under the provisions of the Flag Code of India, 2002 and such flags are not discarded or thrown on the ground after the event
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13 injured as fire breaks out due to cylinder explosion at Hyderabad home
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 09:02 AM IST
The injured in the fire at the home in city’s Mir Chowk police station limits were admitted to a hospital.
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Final probe report on Kozhikode air crash due in January delayed by 2 months
By Anisha Dutta
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 10:03 AM IST
In August 2020, an Air India Express Boeing-737 plane repatriating Indians stranded in Dubai due to the pandemic overshot the runway in heavy rain and crashed
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Facebook, Twitter officials to appear before parliamentary panel on IT today
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:51 AM IST
News agency ANI reported that recent changes in the privacy policy of Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp will also be discussed at the meeting of parliamentary panel today.
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Supreme Court-appointed panel to begin consultations with farmers
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:50 AM IST
- According to the Supreme Court’s instructions, the committee has to submit a report to the apex court in two months.
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News updates from Hindustan Times: Second farmers-Delhi Police meeting today
By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:50 AM IST
Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion at 9am. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.
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Covid vaccination-related adverse events in India among lowest in world: Govt
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:50 AM IST
In all, 600 adverse event following immunisation have been reported from across the country; 10 people were hospitalised of which seven have been discharged
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Ninong Ering: Union minister turned MLA who is also a part time teacher
By Deeksha Bhardwaj, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:22 AM IST
- Before Ering entered politics in 1989, he served as a teacher for five years in Mirbuk and Miren schools in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Widespread rain, snowfall in western Himalayan region this weekend: IMD
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha
PUBLISHED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:18 AM IST
Once the rain, snowfall causing-Western Disturbance passes, the minimum temperature is likely to fall by 3 to 4°C over Delhi and other parts of northwest India
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BJP chief JP Nadda on two-day visit to UP from today
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2021 08:41 AM IST
The visit also comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trusted bureaucrat Arvind Sharma joined the BJP and got nominated to the upper house of the UP Assembly.
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