Coming out in wholesome praise of Prime Minister Modi’s leadership and is outreach towards India’s global partners in times of distress, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said New Delhi demonstrated to the world that it could not only look after itself but could also ‘save the world’ in times of need.
Speaking at an event at Hubli in Congress-ruled Karnataka on Wednesday, Jaishankar said at a time when the world was worried about India’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the country stood up as a provider for the globe and shipped vaccines and other life-saving drugs to 100 countries. “India, which the world was worried about, gave vaccines to 100 other countries,” the EAM said at the event.
As he got up to speak, the EAM highlighted how the entire world feared that India might bear the brunt of the pandemic but that did not happen. “When the Covid pandemic arrived, the world assumed that the country that would suffer the most would be India.
The reason for this is that we have a huge population. People thought that we were not capable enough. We had fewer doctors. Leave alone the vaccines, even the masks were not manufactured here. There was a shortage of ventilators.” “But under the leadership of PM Modi, India showed the world that it could not only look after itself, but it could also save the world,” he added.
Also speaking highly of India’s growth story, the External Affairs Minister said, “Today, India is confident. It does not leave its citizens alone when they are stuck in a crisis in another country.”
. The BRICS conference was ongoing, but everyone was worried about the landing. When the landing was successful, all the 50-60 presidents and prime ministers felt that India’s achievement belonged to them too… Today, India is confident. It does not leave its citizens alone when they are stuck in a crisis in another country…” Jaishankar added. Calling India the “most digital society in the world”, the EAM said, “Earlier, we brought 2G, 3G, and 4G from China. But now, the 5G has been made in our country. We have become the most digital society in the world.” “The world wants India to be successful…” he added.(TOI)
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