Blackstone chief Schwarzman commits USD 5 mn to India in pandemic aid
The Wall Street-headquartered alternative investment management giant Blackstone, which has over USD 20 billion in live-investments in the country, on Wednesday announced a USD 5-million close to Rs 40 crore aid to help India to fight the raging coronavirus pandemic.The announcement by Stephen A Schwarzman, the founder and chairman of the fund, comes on the heels of close to 40 major American companies committing millions of dollars to help the country fight the pandemic which has been topping the infection list globally for a week with daily caseload remaining above 3.25 lakh mark for almost a week now.PTI | Mumbai | Updated: 28-04-2021 12:55 IST | Created: 28-04-2021 12:55 IST
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Vaccine registration
The government of India has mandated that citizens aged over 18 years should register either in the COWIN portal or the Arogya setu app to seek an appointment at the nearest hospital for the Covid vaccine programme. The registration is otherwise a simple process requiring a person to register with mobile phone-based OTP. The user is then directed to select appointment dates and search for the hospitals based on regions or pin code.
Further, there is now an urgent need to publish the list of both private and government hospitals administering the vaccine in leading national and vernacular newspapers. The government should also take proactive steps to publish the list of hospitals through various digital and social media platforms, so as to reach all the targeted audiences. The information will help needy citizens access to the nearest hospital for immunization in a hassle-free manner.
The Wall Street-headquartered alternative investment management giant Blackstone, which has over USD 20 billion in live-investments in the country, on Wednesday announced a USD 5-million (close to Rs 40 crore) aid to help India to fight the raging coronavirus pandemic. The announcement by Stephen A Schwarzman, the founder and chairman of the fund, comes on the heels of close to 40 major American companies committing millions of dollars to help the country fight the pandemic which has been topping the infection list globally for a week with daily caseload remaining above 3.25 lakh mark for almost a week now. In a show of solidarity on Tuesday, heads of around 40 top American companies came together to create a global task force to mobilise resources to help fight the battle against the pandemic under the initiative of the US-India Business Council of the US Chambers of Commerce, and the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum and Business Roundtable.
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