Morning news brief: US fumes over Daniel Pearl case, UN chief praises India
Morning news brief
USA said it was "outraged" over the acquittal of journalist Daniel Pearl's killer Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. On Thursday, Pakistan Supreme Court ordered immediate release of the murder convict. Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised India saying that India's vaccine making capacity was an asset to the world. Read this and more in our morning news brief.
The White House statement came after Pakistan's Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been convicted of masterminding the brutal murder of Pearl, the South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, by jihadists.
India has airlifted more than 6 million COVID-19 doses to nine countries in Phase-I under its initiative termed "Vaccine Maitri"
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