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Advisory: US asks its citizens to keep off pandemic-hit India

New Delhi: On a day the US started sending assistance to Covid-19 afflicted India, the Biden Administration directed its citizens to keep off the country where the pandemic’s second wave is wreaking havoc. The US government on Thursday told its citizens to leave India at the earliest as its pandemic crisis is worsening at an […]

Covid-19: ‘Deploy nursing, medical students as 500k extra ICU beds, staff needed in weeks’

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Apprehending that the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic may only become worse amid sped up vaccination program, and then the third wave could also strike, eminent cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty has said India will need an extra 500,000 ICU beds, 200,000 nurses, and 150,000 doctors in the next few […]

Covid-19: US sends emergency assistance worth $100 mn to India

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Reflecting the United States’ solidarity with India as it battles a new wave of Covid-19 cases, America is delivering supplies worth more than $100 million in the coming days, starting Thursday, to provide urgent relief to the South Asian country. In addition, US state governments, private companies, non-government organizations, and thousands […]

Covid-19: World failed to help India, says White House advisor Dr Fauci

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical adviser, has said countries across the world have largely failed to provide adequate global support to help India fight the ongoing crisis of the second wave of Covid-19 and asserted that the rich countries should assume more responsibilities to lend a helping hand. […]

Covid-19: US rushing all help to India, says President Biden

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Recalling again New Delhi’s assistance to America when it was in a “bind” due to the pandemic in 2020, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the US is rushing a whole series of help, including life-saving drugs and machinery, that India needs to combat the massive second wave surge in Covid-19 […]

Covid-19: Maruti, Suzuki to shut plants in May, make oxygen in Haryana, Gujarat

Virendra Pandit New Delhi:  India’s leading automobile maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL) on Wednesday said it will shut down its factories for annual maintenance in Haryana and Gujarat next month to make oxygen available for medical needs. “In the current situation, we believe that all available oxygen should be used to save lives. Accordingly, […]

Help India: Sewa Intl to send 400 oxygen concentrators, raise $500m

Mukund Patel  Houston (Texas): Sewa International is sending an initial shipment of 400 oxygen concentrators and other emergency medical devices and supplies to India immediately and is working on procuring more from multiple suppliers around the world to ease the oxygen shortage caused by the surging numbers of Covid-19 cases in the country. The organization […]

Roving Periscope: ‘Indians for India’ make Biden take a U-turn on vaccines!

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Only a week ago, the US appeared trying to arm-twist India to ape America on a range of issues, including the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad). With India making some deft diplomatic moves, and the burst of Indian-Americans’ sentiments, however, the Biden Administration was almost forced to take a U-turn and announce […]

Covid-19: ‘Indian economy could falter’, says US Chamber of Commerce

New Delhi: The economy of India, the world’s sixth-largest, may falter because of the second wave of Covid-19, creating drag for the global economy, the US Chamber of Commerce said on Monday, days after other rating entities, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), maintained that India’s GDP could grow in double-digits in 2021-21. Myron Brilliant, […]

Covid-19: WHO says the Indian strain not yet classified as ‘worrying’

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: Global health watchdog World Health Organization on Monday warned against jumping to conclusions about a new Covid-19 virus discovered in India, saying it had not yet classified it as ‘worrying’. According to the WHO, a variant is considered worrying if it spreads more easily, causes more serious cases of the disease, […]
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