New Delhi: India and China have agreed once again to maintain dialogue and communication through the diplomatic and military mechanisms to reach a "mutually acceptable solution" for complete disengagement from all friction points.
"......the two sides agreed to maintain dialogue and communication through the diplomatic and military mechanisms to reach a mutually acceptable solution for complete disengagement from all friction points so as to ensure full restoration of peace and tranquility to enable progress in the bilateral relations," an MEA release said.
The statement came after the 22nd meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) held on Friday, June 25, 2021. The Indian delegation was led by Additional Secretary (East Asia) from the Ministry of External Affairs.
The Director General of the Boundary & Oceanic Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs led the Chinese delegation.
The two sides had a frank exchange of views on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Western Sector of the India-China Border areas. Both sides agreed on the need to find an early resolution to the remaining issues along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh keeping in view the agreement reached between the two Foreign Ministers in September 2020, the release said.
Both sides also agreed that in the interim they will continue to ensure stability on the ground and prevent any untoward incident.
The two sides agreed to hold the next round of the Senior Commanders meeting at an early date to achieve the objective of complete disengagement from all the friction points along the LAC in the Western Sector in accordance with the existing bilateral agreements and protocols, the release said.
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NSA Ajit Doval proposes action plan by SCO against LeT and Jaish-e-Mohammed
At the SCO meet of NSAs, Ajit Doval proposed action plan against LeT and JeM as part of SCO framework. Emphasised adoption of international standards to counter terror financing including an MOU between SCO and FATF.
He also said, there is need to monitor new technologies used by terrorists including drones for smuggling of weapons and misuse of dark web, artificial intelligence, blockchain and social media.
Among other things, he said, though India became SCO Member in 2017, it has physical, spiritual, cultural and philosophical inter-linkages for centuries with countries that now make up SCO.
There is a need to preserve gains made in last two decades in Afghanistan and give top priority to welfare of its people. India fully supports SCO Contact Group on Afghanistan, which should be more active.
Doval made a strong case for 'Greater connectivity' including through initiatives like Chahbahar, INSTC, Regional Air Corridors, Ashgabat Agreement always leads to economic gains and building trust. However, connectivity must respect sovereignty and territorial integrity.
He strongly condemned terrorism in all forms and manifestations. "Perpetrators of terrorism including cross-border terror attacks should be expeditiously brought to justice."
There is also a need for full Implementation of UN resolutions and targeted sanctions against UN designated terrorist individuals and entities.
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"The SC Sub-group report shows how Delhi Govt proved to be a complete failure in managing Covid crisis. Gross miscalculation of oxygen requirement at variance with laid down norms also suggest a sinister motive to discredit India’s Covid pushback." - Hardeep Singh Puri, BJP leader and Union Minister
New Delhi: It was an offence of different nature but quite serious one.
The Supreme Court oxygen audit panel has blamed the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi for 'exaggerating' the oxygen requirement by more than four times during the April 25-May 10 peak period of the second Covid-19 wave.
The audit team also informed the Supreme Court that supply of excess oxygen to the national capital in effect could have affected supply to 12 high caseload states.
Taking cognizance of the audit report, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday demanded that "accountability" ought to be fixed for such a major lapse.
"SC oxygen audit team finds Delhi Govt inflated oxygen needs by 4 times during peak & affected supply to 12 high caseload states. Hope accountability is fixed for disrupting oxygen supply across India," Mr Goyal tweeted.
The report of the SC-appointed oxygen audit sub-group said, there was a "gross discrepancy" of about four times between the actual oxygen consumption and 'calculated consumption' as per the formula...
Delhi government claimed a demand of 1140 MT of oxygen as against the 'calculated consumption as per the formula based on bed capacity at 289 MT only.
Even the Petroleum and Oxygen Safety Organisation has told the audit group that Delhi had "surplus oxygen".
It may be mentioned here that the AAP government had raised 'alarm' about Oxygen shortage and basedon its plea the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud on May 5 had directed the union government to maintain supply of 700 MT of oxygen to Delhi.
Oxygen shortage became a major issue during the peak season of the second wave of Covid19.
There were repeated reports especially in a section of western media that hospitals in the nationalcapital continued to send desperate messages for emergency oxygen supplies.
"At least 12 patients, including a doctor, died when a prominent hospital ran out of oxygen," reported BBC on its website on May 2.
There were also reports that several big hospitals in Delhi "are relying on daily oxygen supplies but they are not getting".
In fact by April 27, 2021 when Covid-19 infections touched 16 lakh mark, it was reported that a number of states have "reported shortages of medical oxygen for a growing pool of patients".
The Government of India also drew out a plan to import 50,000 metric tonnes of medical oxygen to cater to the rising demand.
In fact, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare was also directed to float a tender for the import.
Another report by Crisil said, by the second week of April the demand for medical oxygen in India witnessed a five-fold jump.
During the first wave in 2020, the demand for liquid medical oxygen (LMO) increased from 700 metric tonnes per day (MTPD) to 2,800 MTPD.
But during the second wave, it touched 5,000 MTPD.
Delhi BJP in a tweet on June 22 flayed the AAP regime and said, "Despite having enough vaccines Delhi government is not giving it to people and hoarding it to create artificial shortage like they did for oxygen".
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