Dubai [UAE]/ New Delhi [India], December (ANI/BusinessWire India): An invigorating Founders & Funders Forum marked Day 2 of the second UAE edition of the India Global Forum (IGF) in Dubai on December 13, packed with insightful conversations on a broad range of topics including fintech, metaverse, funding for the technology sector and the future of social media amongst other topics.

Earlier this month Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja said that Pakistan may consider pulling out of Asia Cup 2023 if their tournament hosting rights are withdrawn due to the Indian team not travelling to their country. Earlier in October, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had completely dismissed the speculations of Team India travelling to Pakistan for the event and said that the Asia Cup would be held at a neutral venue.

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Secretary-General of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf on the mechanism of consultations between India and the GCC.

Washington [US], January 4 (ANI): On Monday, India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had a broad-ranging telephonic conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The conversation was on bilateral and global issues, including the current state of affairs in the Indo-Pacific region. Both sides also exchanged New Year greetings.

New Delhi, November 3: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday granted an emergency use listing nod to Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN. The WHO said that COVAXIN is “extremely suitable” for low, middle-income countries due to easy storage requirements. After the approval from the WHO, the “Made in India” vaccine will now be recognized by […]

New Delhi Sep 23 PTI British High Commissioner Alex Ellis on Thursday said India and the UK held excellent technical discussion on the issue of vaccine certification Referring to new British travel rules Ellis had on Wednesday said there was no problem with Covishield vaccine and that the main issue is COVID-19 vaccine certification done through the CoWIN app Excellent technical discussions with rssharma3 AyushmanNHA Neither side raised technical concerns with each others certification process An important step forward in our joint aim to facilitate travel and fully protect public health of UK and India he tweeted on Thursday Following Indias strong criticism over the UKs refusal to recognise Covishield London on Wednesday amended its new guidelines to include the Indian-made version of the AstraZeneca vaccine in its updated international travel advisory However Indian travellers vaccinated with two doses of Covishield will still have to undergo 10 days of quarantine in the UK notwithstanding the amendment UK officials clarified on Wednesday saying the inclusion of the vaccine will not make much of a difference Were clear Covishield is not a problem The UK is open to travel and were already seeing a lot of people going from India to the UK be it tourists business people or students Ellis said in a statement on Wednesday We have been having detailed technical discussions regarding certification with the builders of the CoWIN app and the NHS app about both apps Theyre happening at a rapid pace to ensure that both countries mutually recognise the vaccine certificates issued by each other he said According to new rules Indian travellers who received both doses of the Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India will be considered unvaccinated and will have to undergo self-isolation for 10 days In a strong reaction India had on Tuesday warned of reciprocal measures if the UK does not address its concerns over the new travel rules relating to COVID-19 vaccine certification with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla describing these norms as discriminatory Referring to the latest guidelines issued by the UK government that will come into effect on October 4 another UK officials had said that London does not have any problem with the Covishield vaccine but there are certain issues related to vaccine certification in India The new British rules have triggered massive criticism in India External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also took up the issue of Covishield-vaccinated travellers being required to quarantine in the UK with newly-appointed British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss at a meeting in New York on Tuesday PTI MPB ZMN ZMN