Peru's foreign minister quits over secret vaccination against COVID

LIMA: Peru's foreign minister resigned Sunday amid an uproar over government officials being secretly vaccinated against the coronavirus before the countr y recently received 1 million doses for health workers facing a resurgence in the pandemic. President Francisco Sagasti confirmed that Elizabeth Astete stepped down and told the local television channel America that Peruvians should feel "outraged and angry about this situation that jeopardizes the enormous effort of many Peruvians working on the front line against COVID." The scandal erupted Thursday when former President Martín Vizcarra, who was dismissed by

Congress on Nov. 9 over a corruption allegation, confirmed a newspaper report that he and his wife had secretly received shots of a vaccine from the Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinopharm in October. Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti resigned Friday af ter legislators accused her of concealing information. -

Amit Samarth, a dictor by profession, sets off in the Ride Across India (RAIN) to raise funds for Sports Project of Lok Biradari Prakalp of Dr. Prakash and Mandakini Amte. The event was flagged off here in the city on Monday.

The journey of a man across four corners of India to spread the message of a cleaner environment, to promote a healthy lifestyle and to test the limits of human endurance by the use of the humble bicycle.

One of India’s finest ultra cyclists, Dr Samarath, his limit has no boundaries. He is the only man in Asia to have completed the two longest cycling races in the world, namely Race Across America (RAAM) and Trans Siberian Extreme (TSE). He has finished RAAM (5000 km) in 11 days, 21 hours and 11 minutes, and the TSE (9100 km) in 25 days.