On Twitter, Khosla offered to fund the bulk import of oxygen and other supplies to India. Google said on Monday it was donating another $US18 million ($NZ24 million) in India for victims and medical supplies, and confirmed chief executive Sundar Pichai was personally donating $US700,000 to UNICEF's India response. Demographers estimate there are close to 4 million people of Indian descent in the United States. The United States has faced criticism in India where local vaccine makers struggled to buy raw materials from US suppliers. India on Monday ordered its armed forces to help tackle infections as Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send in urgent medical aid.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 27, 2021 03:11 UTC