Eye on China, US lawmakers urge Biden to partner India on global vaccine supply

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4 years ago

February 5, 2022

India

As U.S. partners and allies are forced to use “substandard and ineffective” Chinese and Russian vaccines, a group of prominent U.S. lawmakers has written to President Joe Biden to secure global supply and distribution of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) ) vaccine. Bipartisan members of the U.S. Congress are urging Biden to use Corbevax, an India-U.S. partnership, in the global fight against Covid-19.

Lawmakers praised India’s efforts to deliver a coronavirus vaccine to low-income countries, urging the president to work with India and lead the way in vaccine delivery. This is apparently the result of the efforts of India’s ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who has organised various outreach programmes. In these plans, Indian diplomats have been highlighting the strong healthcare partnership between India and the US and the potential of India-US cooperation to provide affordable vaccines/drugs, including to developing countries, especially Africa and Latin America.

The move is seen as a blow back to China’s vaccine diplomacy, under which Long has pledged to donate 600 million doses of Sinovac and other vaccines to many poor and developing countries in Africa and other parts of the world. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the pledge last November after the Omicron outbreak was discovered in Africa.

“We have seen that with the emergence of Delta and Omicron, Covid-19 variants will continue to threaten our own domestic health security and full economic recovery. While we recognize the existing Covid-19 vaccine by governments around the world efforts, but the global supply is seriously insufficient to meet urgent and urgent demands,” the lawmakers said in a letter written Tuesday.

They further said: “Our partners and allies are forced to use ineffective and substandard vaccines from China and Russia, adversaries seeking to exploit the pandemic for economic and political gain.”

Corbevax is a two-dose protein subunit vaccine that is the result of a collaboration between India and the United States. It is unpatented, affordable and requires less logistics, including refrigeration; the vaccine has been called a “game changer” by U.S. health experts in the global fight against the pandemic. Corbevax received emergency use authorization in India on December 28, 2021, after a large clinical trial in the United States found the vaccine to be safe, well-tolerated and more than 90 percent effective in preventing symptomatic infections.

The letter was spearheaded by Senator John Cornyn, Co-Chair of the Senate India Caucus; Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Chair of the Technology Committee; Congressman Michael McCall, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Kim Castro, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development and International Organizations, and Congressman Mark Vesey, member of the House Armed Services Committee.

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Amitabh Bachchan: The Heartbreaking Anxiety of Bollywood’s Greatest Icon

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6 days ago

June 19, 2026

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Amitabh Bachchan: Candid Self-Doubt Confession

Even after five decades of cinematic dominance, Amitabh Bachchan still faces the quiet terrors of the midnight hour. The man who epitomised alpha-masculinity for generations of moviegoers recently made an unexpected confession that shocked his millions of admirers. He continues to have restless nights, locked in a vicious circle of intense self-doubt and crushing work stress.

This revelation is a huge wake-up call for anyone who thinks of him as an invincible acting colossus. It demonstrates that the heavy weight of perfectionism never fully fades, no matter how much celebrity you achieve.

The Haunting Midnight Echoes of Perfectionism

Imagine being a living legend and lying awake at 3 a.m. wondering if your previous performance was a complete failure. Bachchan admitted that he always repeats his sequences in his memory, haunted by the terrible feeling that they “could have been done better.”

This tremendous emotional sensitivity reveals a side of the megastar that the public has rarely seen. Onscreen, we witness the towering demeanour, booming baritone voice, and perfect delivery. But, behind closed doors, he suffers from the same paralysing fear that ordinary people face on a daily basis in the workplace.

Why the Deepest Passion Breeds Internal Chaos

You might ask why a man who has won every major film award is so concerned about delivering a single sentence. True genius is rarely characterised by serenity of mind. For Bachchan, acting is more than a job; it is a sacred, consuming fire that demands flawless excellence every time.

When you care so deeply about your craft, every creative endeavour feels like a high-stakes bet on your entire legacy. This tremendous artistic drive is a two-edged blade that produces amazing art while completely destroying your mental serenity.

The Heavy Price of an Enduring Legacy

Living under the microscope of the public eye for fifty years has a catastrophic psychological impact. Every move Amitabh Bachchan makes is immediately analysed, criticised, or worshipped by countless millions of people.

That amount of tremendous expectation establishes a distinct, invisible prison of performance anxiety. The dreadful anxiety of disappointing his big audience keeps his thoughts racing long after the cameras stop rolling. It turns out that the view from the very top of the mountain is extremely lonely and filled with perpetual emotional danger.

Normalizing the Silent Struggle with Mental Health

Bachchan has done an incredible amount to raise worldwide mental health awareness by publicly exposing his personal struggles with work stress. He has effectively removed the heavy veil of shame that typically surrounds the topic of anxiety, particularly among older generations.

If the ultimate “Angry Young Man” of Indian cinema can freely acknowledge to feeling inadequate, then everyone else has the right to be human as well. It is a welcome reminder that being overburdened by your commitments does not imply weakness.

The Relentless Creative Hunger That Never Sleeps

Finally, this severe self-doubt is the secret fuel that drives Amitabh Bachchan to labour continuously at an age when most people have retired. It’s a curious paradox: his severe inner agony serves as the driving reason behind his legendary longevity.

He refuses to rest on his past accomplishments or rely on his immense celebrity to get by. Every sleepless night reveals a man with the raw, eager heart of a novice. He remains gloriously, devastatingly uneasy about his work, which is precisely what makes him an everlasting force in film.

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