India-UK ‘early market access’ package to be implemented with no further negotiations
May 05, 2021
Vaccine co-operation to continue, says UK High Commissioner to India
The India-UK ‘Early Market Access’ package for sectors such as medical devices, fruits, shrimps and nursing agreed to this week at the Summit meeting will be implemented by the two sides without further negotiations while the full-fledged bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations could take several months to begin, the UK High Commissioner to India Alexander Ellis has said.
On the vaccine co-operation between the two countries, Ellis said that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India was a success but there will be a need to continue the co-operation in the future. “We will need to produce new vaccines as new strains emerge. Vaccines are also being administered through different ways such as through the nose. India is an essential country for us to work with,”
Jaishankar taking all precautions in London after delegates test Covid-19 positive
May 05, 2021
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in London to attend the G-7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, has been made aware of exposure to possible Covid-19 possible cases and is taking all precautions. Indian officials are trying to work out with the UK health authorities what needs to be done, said sources.
“There are concerns that the External Affairs Minister may have been exposed to the virus sometime. We are trying to work out with the UK health authorities the level of exposure and what needs to be done. For the moment delegation members are in isolation. The Minister is hale and hearty . Other members of delegation are also well,” a source closely tracking the matter told
India takes umbrage, summons envoy India displeased with UK debate on new farm laws The context was the farmers’ movement, which is refusing to go away in spite of a collective exercise in amnesia by the Modi govt and large sections of media
India on Tuesday summoned the British high commissioner to convey its displeasure about the debate on agricultural reforms by MPs in Westminster on Monday, billing the discussion as an interference in the politics of another country.
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