x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Previous records set to tumble | The Incomplete Return: Revisiting the Home We Never Lived In | Healing Wounds - Reviving Tourism in Kashmir | Turning Pages in a Scrolling World: The Quiet Return of Reading | Decades-old Kashmiri Pandit killing cases may reopen following LG’s initiative | Doda’s deadly roads: Fatal accidents persist | BJP misleading people of J&K and country on Omar Govt’s performance: Surinder Choudhary | HC reject pre-arrest bail in PMLA of Master-Mind in fake Cryptocurrency case | Robbery case solved Jammu police | Trials for upcoming national Netball championships | BIS JKBO Organizes "Manak Conclave" for Industries and Stakeholders Engagement in Kathua | Health & Education pillars of J&K's progress and prosperity: CM Omar Abdullah | CISF Wins 64 Medals at World Police and Fire Games 2025 in the USA | HC reject bail plea of Narco Terrorism | Another batch of pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath Shrine | BJP Jammu & Kashmir holds joint organizational meeting | Swachhta Internship Program launched to foster cleanliness culture in schools | Reasi police nabs drug peddler; 509.930 grams of cannabis recovered | JKNC delegation meets Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary | Nominations for Padma Awards-2026 open till 31st July, 2025 | UIDAI urges parents and guardians to update children's Aadhaar biometrics; free between ages 5 and 7 | Gold declines Rs 200 to Rs 99,370/ 10 G; Silver plunges Rs 3,000 to Rs 1.12 lakh/kg | Ladakh Administration reopens property return portal for final time till July 30 | Tony leads delegation of Trikuta Nagar to JMC Commissioner, submits memorandum | CM Pushkar Singh Dhami meets Union Health Minister JP Nadda in Delhi | CM Yogi's Gram-Urja model to transform rural Uttar Pradesh into self-reliant, energy-rich villages | NFR's Seamless Electric Traction upto Dibrugarh & Naharlagun makes ease in Railway Transportation system for NE | DLSA Udhampur convenes UTRC meeting | Skilled youth are the backbone of self-reliant India: CM Yogi | Army organises Quiz Competition on Agra Summit | Children, Adolescent groups formed at Rajouri | Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution chairs review meeting with UT Ladakh Administration | SMVDNSH Katra achieves milestone with first neuro-navigation guided brain tumor surgery | Udhampur police busts Inter-State Gold fraud; accused arrested within 24 bours | Jammu Police seizes two tippers for Illegal Mining | J&K cadets script history on Mt Everest” | Kidnapped girl traced, accused arrested by Doda Police | UTDRF Doda unit organizes disaster awareness session | DC Srinagar reviews progress of construction of Panchayat Ghars | APS Damana hosts prestigious, spirited Inter-APSs cluster-I hindi debate competition | Udhampur Police book another Notorious bovine smuggler | J&K clinches Gold at National ODOP Awards 2024 for second consecutive year | Inter District Division Level Youth organizes Exchange Programme | Chairman DLSA emphasizes vital role of UTRC meetings in strengthening criminal justice system | Gill didn't look as technically tight or calm as usual: Vaughan | Happy to silence the the keyboard warriors: Jofra Archer | BLSKS observes “World Youth Skills Day 2025” | Back Issues  
 
news details
Minister Pitches Patent Waiver For Covid Treatment To Global South
1/14/2023 10:39:31 PM
agencies
NEW DELHI, Jan 14: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday pitched for increasing efforts at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for getting patent waivers for diagnostics and therapeutics used to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
In June last year, members of the WTO agreed to grant a temporary patent waiver for the manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines for five years. It was agreed to start talks on including therapeutics and diagnostics, as proposed by India and South Africa, under the purview of this waiver after six months.
Goyal also said that there is a need for de-politicization of the global supply of essential medicines.
At the WTO ministerial conference held in Geneva in June 2022, India, South Africa, and other developing countries worked together to obtain the TRIPS (Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver that will help provide equitable and affordable access to vaccines across the world, he said.
"We shall redouble our efforts at the WTO to get the TRIPS waiver extended to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics," the minister said at Voice of Global South Summit - Session of Commerce/Trade Ministers on 'Developing Synergies in the South: Trade, Technology, Tourism, Resources'.
The 'global South' largely refers to developing countries, especially those in Asia, Africa and South America.
"We need to forge new partnerships and mechanisms so that the voice of the Global South is reflected on the decision-making table," he added.
On ways to strengthen trade ties, the minister said India is open to entering into preferential trade agreements with interested countries in the South for tapping the significant trade potential.
The global economic recovery is fragile and weak and the growth rate of global trade has slowed down, he said adding a sustainable recovery, in this scenario, is possible only if "all of us" work together.
The developing countries were "severely" affected due to supply chain disruption during the pandemic, including severe shortages of food and essential medical products.
"The pandemic has shown that we need to work together to build resilient supply chains," Mr Goyal said.
The countries of the Global South are now contributing more than half of the world's growth. The South-South trade has soared over the years to hit USD 5.3 trillion in 2021.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU