The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya participated in the Confederation of Indian Industry Asia Health 2021 summit through video-conferencing.
Beijing-based multilateral development bank Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Asian Development (ADB) will co-finance a USD 2 billion loan for India to procure COVID-19 vaccines under ADB's Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX).
In Gujarat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has announced the launch of a new scheme titled 'Go-Green', to provide electric two-wheelers at subsidised rates to construction and industrial workers of the state.
An Indian-origin Canadian politician Anita Anand has been appointed as the new Defence Minister of the country in a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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