PM Modi urges mutual consent for COVID-19 vaccine certificates
The Hindu
Will ease international travel, Mr. Modi says amid row with U.K.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that international travel should be made easier through mutual , amid several countries adopting different sets of rules to allow foreigners to enter their territory in the wake of the pandemic that has caused unprecedented disruption.
In his video remarks at the Global COVID Summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, Mr. Modi also said India was ramping up production of vaccines and emphasised that supply chains of raw materials must be kept open .
“We also need to focus on addressing the pandemic’s economic effects. To that end, international travel should be made easier, through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates,” Mr. Modi said.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.