The vaccine was also 98% effective in preventing fever or breathing problems and 98.9% effective in preventing hospitalizations and death, the ministry said

PM Modi will address the meeting virtually on January 28. The other high-profile leaders who have signed up for the virtual session at 51st WEF includes, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Narendra Singh Tomar, and Smriti Irani

Canada and the United States will continue this partnership as we fight the global COVID-19 pandemic and support a sustainable economic recovery that will build back better for everyone, said Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

The Davos Agenda Summit will be held from January 25-29, with several heads of state scheduled to deliver special addresses and engage with business leaders

Israel had claimed in August that it already has the vaccine against the coronavirus \"in hand\" but it has to go through regulatory processes that would begin with human trials following the autumn holidays

This, however, is not the first time that the French President has opted for the Indian style of greeting. Emmanuel Macron had also opted for Namaste when he greeted the Spanish king and queen in March

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India had on April 7 sent to Israel medical equipment and five tonnes of medicines, including hydroxychloroquine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had reached out to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi with a special request for the supplies

In the coming weeks, Israel will send a high ranking defence ministry research and development team (R&D) to India in a special flight for an unprecedented anti-COVID-19 operation

The two leaders like each other a lot, given their frequent conversations and twitter exchanges. Same is the case with other members of the president's family, who are genuinely in love with India and the Indian-Americans.

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