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COVID-19 in India: Where Oxygen Concentrators Are Coming From
Various foreign governments and global private sector companies have come forward to help India in the hour of crisis by sending oxygen concentrators.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Timberland, Vans, The North Face to Develop Regenerative Rubber Supply Chain
The VF Corporation, which owns brands such as Timberland, Vans and The North Face, is partnering with a Thailand-based design consultancy to create the fashion industry's first regenerative rubber supply system.
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- Environment
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- South Asia
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Mumbai-Based VAV Lifesciences to Supply Key COVID Vaccine Ingredient to Pfizer, Moderna
Mumbai-based VAV Lifesciences is the only domestic firm in the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain with this crucial ingredient.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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India, Big Vaccine Exporter, Now Seeks Imports as COVID-19 Cases Soar
India on Tuesday said it will fast-track emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines authorised by Western countries and Japan, paving the way for possible imports of Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna shots.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Analysis: COVID-19 Vaccination: Is India Running Out of Doses?
As India grapples with a deadly second wave of Covid-19 infections - with an average of more than 90,000 cases daily from 1 April - its vaccination drive appears to be struggling.
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- Coronavirus, Health Care
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- Asia Pacific
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Nestlé, IDH, TechnoServe Partner for Better Livelihoods for Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria
The seven-month project will enable more inclusive and transparent sourcing of maize, soybeans, millet, and sorghum for Nestlé’s operations in Nigeria.
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- Agriculture, Entrepreneurship
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Fashion for Good Consortium Pilots Resource Efficient Cotton Farming
Fashion for Good launches a new, two-year pilot project in collaboration with leading brands Kering and PVH Corp., and leading global textile manufacturer Arvind Limited to pilot a radically resource-efficient cotton farming technology provided by Fashion for Good innovator, Materra (formerly hydroCotton).
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- agriculture, agtech, environment, farming, supply chain
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Analysis: China’s Ambitious COVID-19 Vaccination Plan to Test Its Production Capability
China aims to vaccinate at least half a billion of its people against COVID-19 in four months, a challenge that will test the country’s formidable industrial might just as it accelerates efforts to help inoculate the rest of the world.
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- Coronavirus
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- Asia Pacific