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Indian pharma frets as China airline uncertainty hits supply
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India’s pharmaceuticals industry is concerned that the disruption to Chinese carrier Sichuan Airlines’ cargo services to the country may seriously hit the imports of key raw materials and has appealed to the Indian envoy to help find a solution.
“The decision of Chinese state-owned Sichuan Airlines suspending its cargo services to India for 15 days is worrisome,” Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) director general Ravi Udaya Bhaskar said, urging the Indian embassy in Beijing to intervene. Notwithstanding reports that the airline was mulling a new plan to resume its cargo flights to the region, an industry official said the carrier’s services to India remained suspended for a few days now. Sichuan operated to 6 Indian cities and other industries too depend on its services.
Total disengagement only solution for peace along LAC in eastern Ladakh, Indian envoy to top Chinese minister
India and China have been witnessing a fierce stand-off along the LAC since April-May last year. Indian Ambassador Vikram Misri (left) with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui in Beijing on Friday. | Photo Credit: Twitter
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Disengagement from both the northern and southern banks of Pangong Tso Lake was completed by both nations
Indian and Chinese armies have agreed to stand back at certain areas and troops have also been removed at LAC
Beijing: Only the disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the remaining areas of eastern Ladakh would help restore the peace and tranquility once seen at the border and improve bilateral ties, Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri, told Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui in Beijing on Friday.