India aims to use coronavirus ‘vaccine diplomacy’ to counter China, but is it jumping the gun?

As millions of Indians wait to get inoculated against Covid-19, New Delhi is also keen to supply vaccines to its neighbours to bolster its geopolitical importance in the region. But it is also facing criticism about the potential risks involved in pushing an incompletely tested product.Multiple senior officials have emphasised that India’s priority is to supply vaccine doses to its neighbours, a week after the country’s drug regulator authorised two vaccines for restricted emergency use –…

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