From PM Modi's 'One Earth, One Health' mantra to G7 global Covid vaccine pledge: 10 points

The health crisis owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic dominated the G7 summit as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for "One Earth, One Health" approach, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau emphasised the need to build a consensus on "how to work with China" and the G7 announced its global Covid vaccine plan.

The Group of Seven (G7), comprising the United Kingdom (UK), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States (US), met on Saturday to discuss priority areas, amid a pandemic that has ravaged economies and pushed healthcare to an edge across the world. Of all, the health crisis owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic dominated the G7 summit as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for "One Earth, One Health" approach, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau emphasised the need to build a consensus on "how to work with China" and the G7 announced its global Covid vaccine plan. During the G7 summit, the "Carbis Bay Declaration" was also adopted which will see the world's leading democracies commit to a series of measures that are designed to quash future pandemics within the crucial period of the first 100 days.