NEW DELHI: To say that it’s complicated would be an understatement. The jubilation that followed US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai’s statement that America would be backing intellectual property waivers for coronavirus vaccines, has quickly given way to the realisation that vaccinating everyone will be a long, drawn-out process with no guarantee of success. Why […]Read More
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took the Covid bull by the horns during an interview in London, describing as “unprecedented” the second wave of coronavirus sweeping the country. “People who say this don’t seem to understand the severity of the problem that we are dealing with. We have a demand for medical oxygen […]Read More
India’s armed forces have launched a special operation called ‘CO-JEET against COVID-19. The three services have been pressed into service to help restore oxygen supply chains, set up COVID beds and provide help to the civilian administration. Spearheading efforts is Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Medical) Lt Gen. Dr Madhuri Kanitkar. The third woman […]Read More
New Delhi: With India going through a dark phase in COVID transmissions and deaths, ‘Talking Point‘ this week looks at homegrown life-saving ideas that have been turned to world-class solutions. Our guests Srikant Sastri, Co-founder, CrayonData, Chairman IIM Calcutta Innovation Park and Chairman I3G Network and Professor Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Against the background of the tragedy wreaked by the pandemic worldwide, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar urged greater international collaboration and cooperation. At the inaugural session of the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi, he pointed out that India’s ability to provide vaccines to the world was indicative of our capability, but it was […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Global institutions were under severe stress even before COVID, some were ineffectual, some ineffective. You can call it a comorbidity,” says Suresh Prabhu, India’s Sherpa to the G-20 and G-7, adding, now during the pandemic “we’re facing a critical, unprecedented situation”. The world “needs strong institutions and strong leadership, which is also participative,” […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India has delivered over 6 million COVID vaccine doses to its neighbours and the extended neighbourhood both as aid and as commercial exports. 10 million doses are also planned for Africa and 1 million for UN healthcare workers. On ‘Talking Point’ , Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri, former Indian envoy to Nepal and the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “The vaccines are 110 per cent safe”. With these words and emergency use approvals for two vaccines on a sullen Sunday, India’s drug regulator injected hope into a country that has recorded the second most number of Covid-19 cases in the world (a total of 1.03 crore infected people so far). This paves […]Read More
NEW DELHI: There are a number of vaccines that are being tried and tested to fight the global pandemic that has killed millions and devastated the global economy over the most part of this year. But the leading ones currently are from US Biotech firms Moderna and Pfizer. Moderna which recently released its study claims […]Read More
NEW DELHI: President Vladimir Putin on August 11 announced Russia is the first country to give regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine, which has “passed all the necessary checks”. The ‘ Sputnik V’ vaccine, named after the world’s first satellite launched by the Soviet Union, has not yet completed its phase-three trial, which involves wide-scale testing. […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Collaboration among Oxford University, AstraZeneca and Pune-based Serum Institute of India for a COVID-19 vaccine (Covishield) is a ‘great model’ of ‘research in the UK’ and potentially ‘manufacture in India’, says Ruchi Ghanashyam, who was India’s High Commissioner to the UK till April 2020. Speaking to Amitabh P. Revi, Associate Editor, StratNews Global, she […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Join us LIVE for the Round Table Discussion For BRICS Media Managers : “How Will The Media World Change After The Pandemic?” Moderated by Vasiliy Pushkov, Director of International Cooperation, Sputnik Participants : – Tatiana Kukhareva, Deputy Head, Sputnik Web-sites and Radio (Russia) – Leonardo Attuch, Editor-in-Chief, Brasil247 (Brasil) – Li Xin, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For a company that’s a supplier to OEMs across the globe, Bharat Forge has been hit hard by the Coronavirus but the company’s boss Baba Kalyani sees an opportunity in the pandemic, echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for a self-reliant India. This, coupled with the defence reforms, should be the way forward, according […]Read More
MUMBAI: Of the five previous pandemics, four have resurged, with the second and succeeding waves of infection being more destructive than before. Is it then madness for the government to strive to do away with the lockdown, coupled with some social distancing measures? Before you answer that question, consider this factoid: the quickest virus we […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Until COVID-19 struck the world, who would’ve imagined that the prime ministers of India and Australia would be forced to hold a virtual summit? Or the two would discuss their tensions with China? Given that, it’s clear Narendra Modi and Scott Morrison will be hoping to further crank up their security cooperation in […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The first flight from the Netherlands post the COVID-19 lockdown has brought back Indians from as far as Mexico and Portugal as well as the first batch of those stranded in the host country. Nearly 300 Indians from Mexico, Lima, Lisbon and Amsterdam were on the first KLM flight to Mumbai. India’s Ambassador Venu […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As world opinion gravitates against China because of its mishandling of the Chinese virus, noted China analyst Gordon G Chang is of the firm opinion that China must be held accountable. “The reason Chinese leaders should be deterred is because the Coronavirus is not the last pathogen that will be generated on Chinese […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Overseas Indian missions have undergone a cultural shift, they are getting more service-oriented to the Indian community, says Venktesh Shukla, General Partner, MontaVista Capital. Sharing his diaspora experience on COVID-19 from the United States, Shukla told StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale that people of Indian origin are playing an oversize role during […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As part of the second phase of Vande Bharat repatriation mission, five flights are scheduled to carry back Indians stranded in the Philippines from May 19. While four flights are scheduled from Manila to Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Bengaluru and Jaipur, one flies from Cebu to Ahmedabad. In all, 7000 Indians have registered with the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As the 73rd session of the World Health Assembly got underway at the first ever virtual session, 116 countries including 54 members of the African bloc backed an EU-Australian resolution for a probe into the pandemic. Those numbers were much smaller last evening when India joined, 62 in all. Clearly, there is a […]Read More
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