When Piketty came to India
Thomas Piketty, the French economist and author of the famous book Capital in the Twenty First Century, was recently in India. He delivered a lecture on the state of inequality globally as well as in India.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said that his country stands with India and is ready to provide support as India reels under deadly COVID-19 second wave.
“I want to send a message of solidarity to the Indian people, facing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. France is with you in this struggle, which spares no-one. We stand ready to provide our support,” Macron said.
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❝I want to send a message of solidarity to the Indian people, facing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. France is with you in this struggle, which spares no-one. We stand ready to provide our support.❞
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— President Emmanuel Macron
— Emmanuel Lenain (@FranceinIndia) April 23, 2021
Macron’s message for India was tweeted by French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain.
Meanwhile, France has imposed a 10-day quarantine for travellers arriving from India to prevent the Indian COVID-19 variant to spread through the country.
India recorded 3,32,730 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, setting yet another grim one-day record, taking the overall caseload to 1,62,63,695, according to data from the Union Health Ministry.
The country’s active COVID-19 cases stand at 24,28,616.
With 2,263 deaths in the last 24 hours, the death toll is at 1,86,920, the highest single-day record. In the last 24 hours, 1,93,279 recovered, taking the number of recoveries to 1,36,48,159.
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