In Malayalam, the official language of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, as well as in Sanskrit, the word lakshadweep means "hundred thousand islands". In fact, there are but 36 in the remote Indian archipelago of that name, which spreads across 32 sq km of the Arabian Sea, about 300km off Kerala's coast. Ten of those islands are inhabited by a total population of about 65,000, and none is wider than 1.6km. All of them, though, are under.
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Coronavirus: Japan asks Pfizer for more vaccines; India’s Modi urges ‘symbolic’ Kumbh Mela festival A nurse prepares a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at a vaccination centre. Photo: AFP
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has asked US drug maker Pfizer Inc. for additional supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine to speed up an inoculation drive that is lagging behind many other countries.
Suga, after holding talks with President Joe Biden at the White House, wrapped up his Washington visit on Saturday with a phone call to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.
Suga asked Burla for additional supplies of the vaccine that would cover all eligible recipients by September, as well as to ensure the stable and prompt delivery of the ongoing vaccine shipments, Japanese officials said on Sunday.
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