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Growers should compare the value of what wheat straw does for their fields with the price they could sell it for, a USDA soil scientist says.
David Huggins, a soil scientist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Pullman, studied the impact of removing straw on soil health and whether removing it would reduce the amount of nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and the cost of replacing them using fertilizer.
“If (farmers are) going to haul off their residue, they should consider being paid for at least the fertilizer value of that residue,” Huggins said. “Those are very real kinds of exports and nutrients they’ll have to replace eventually.”
Winter wheat residue has a nutrient value of about $13 per ton, Huggins said.
Standing residue also conserves water. It retains 1-2 additional inches of water in the soil, which translates into roughly 5 to 10 more bushels per acre, Huggins said.
Residue also feeds the soil, prevents erosion damage and provides cover for wildlife.
“It needs so much residue returned to the soil every year in order to maintain our organic matter,” Huggins said. He estimates 4,500 to 5,000 pounds per acre are needed every year.
Winter wheat typically produces more than that. One hundred bushels of wheat produces about 10,000 pounds of residue, he estimated.
“That’s more than enough to supply organic matter, but we don’t grow winter wheat every year,” he said. “We’re also growing crops like garbanzo beans, which don’t produce nearly the same amount of residue, so the winter wheat has to compensate for those other crops.”
Huggins recommends growers who harvest residue consider continuous no-till farming.
“The tillage combined with residue removal is a double threat to maintaining soil organic matter,” he said.
“In some locations you’re hauling off 2 to 4 tons of wheat residue per acre, that starts to add up,” he said. “If farmers can take those numbers and start to consider, ‘How much should I expect to get for some of this residue?’ they might just consider the nutrient value in and of itself.”
Are there any positives to removing crop residue?
Huggins said it could be the first step in finding new weed management tools.
“Certainly, if farmers are actually getting an economic return from this, that can be a positive thing that should be looked at in the short term,” he said. “But I am concerned about the long-term impacts on our soil resources.”

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My Nintendo adds several new rewards in North America
A number of new rewards have been added to My Nintendo in North America. Most are discounts as you would expect, though a couple of extra ones are thrown in as well. Members also have access to Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 1 on Wii U and a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe wallpaper featuring Link.
The lineup of rewards is as follows:
15% discount on Zelda: Wind Waker HD (Wii U) – 300 Platinum Points
15% discount on Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (3DS) – 300 Platinum Points
20% discount on Mario Kart 64 (Wii U) – 200 Platinum Points
Wallpaper – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Link – 50 Platinum Points
20% discount on Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) – 30 Gold Points
30% discount on Mario Party 10 (Wii U) – 70 Gold Points
30% discount on Super Mario 64 (Wii U) – 30 Gold Points
20% discount on Tomodachi Life (3DS) – 30 Gold Points
30% discount on Punch-Out!! (Wii U) – 30 Gold Points
30% discount on Super Punch-Out!! (Wii U / New 3DS) – 20 Gold Points
30% discount on Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (Wii U / 3DS) – 20 Gold Points
Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 1 – 60 Gold Points
Almost all of these rewards will be on My Nintendo until September 2. The only exception is the Link wallpaper, which will be available until the start of December.
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As its name indicates, Great Sand Dunes National Park (and the adjacent preserve of the same name) preserves the tallest sand dunes in North America. They reach a height of 750 feet and encompass an area of 30 square miles. The park and the preserve, which are located in central-southern Colorado, cover an area of 149,000 square miles and feature a diverse range of ecosystems: wetlands, grasslands, conifer and aspen forests, and tundra. The park was originally established as a national monument in 1932 but eventually became a national park and preserve in 2004. The visitor center, which is the location on the accompanying map, features exhibits and shows a film about the park. There are many activities visitors can do at the park including hiking, backpacking, camping, biking, sandboarding and sand sledding. There are also demonstrations, workshops, lectures, and programming for children such as the junior ranger program.
Ancient nomadic hunters of the Clovis and Folsom cultures (as identified by their distinctive spear points that have been found here) started to inhabit this area around 11,000 years ago. They were the ancestors of the Southern Ute Indians as well as the Apache and Navajo. The first recorded European to arrive was Don Diego de Varnas, who was the Spanish Governor of New Mexico at the time. American explorer and surveyor Zebulon Pike arrived in November 1807 and produced the first known writings about the dunes. Two others, John C. Fremont and Captain John Gunnison (for whom Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is named), came to the area in 1848 and 1853, respectively. Fremont attempted to map a railroad route through the dunes and Gunnison rode through the dunes on horseback.
In the following decades, settlers began to arrive, establishing homesteads. Conflict arose between them and the Indian tribes as well as between themselves. The U.S. Army established Fort Garland in 1852 (it was originally called Fort Massachusetts) to keep the peace. Buffalo soldiers (African American soldiers) were among the troops stationed at the fort. One of the homesteads, the Trujillo Homestead, is a national historic landmark and is located within the park. The Old Spanish National Historic Trail, which preserves the trail from Santa Fe to Los Angeles, passes through the park.
"History and Culture." National Park Service - Great Sand Dunes National Park. Accessed March 23, 2018. https://www.nps.gov/grsa/learn/historyculture/index.htm.
"Visitor Guide." National Park Service - Great Sand Dunes National Park. Accessed March 23, 2018. https://www.nps.gov/grsa/planyourvisit/upload/visitor-guide-great-sand-dunes2018-web.pdf.
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(Bloomberg) -- Five Credit Suisse Group AG bankers who reneged on agreements to join Jefferies Group LLC this month could face demands that they pay more than $10 million to their scorned suitor, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
The bankers signed contracts with Jefferies that left some of them on the hook for payments of at least $1 million -- and others much more -- for backing out of the agreements, said the person, asking not to be identified because the discussions are private. Representatives for Credit Suisse and Jefferies declined to comment on the payments, while none of the bankers responded to requests for comment.
“This is an unusual and aggressive structure,” said Mark Lerner, a lawyer at Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, who frequently represents banks and employees in recruitment disputes. He said he doesn’t have direct knowledge of this case.
“It’s not like a business transaction,” he said. “In hiring of individual employees it’s not very common.”
The potential claim threatens to open up a fresh round of legal battles between the two firms, which are already locked in a talent war in some of the most lucrative areas of finance. Zurich-based Credit Suisse took legal action against a group of bankers hired by Jefferies in May. The hirings also sparked a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority case against Jefferies, according to court filings and people with knowledge of the matter.
The latest issue emerged after the Swiss bank thwarted Jefferies’ efforts to lure away a group of eight bankers by retaining the five, including Jonathan Moneypenny, who was promoted to lead the U.S. loan capital markets team at Credit Suisse.
Besides Moneypenny, the Credit Suisse bankers facing the payment include Jeb Slowik, New York-based co-head of leveraged finance origination and restructuring. Dean Decker, who works in the investment-banking unit as head of gaming globally, and two members of his team, Michael Kamras and Teddy Swigert, are the others, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Credit Suisse is likely to defend any claim from Jefferies over the payments even though the money is owed by the bankers personally, according to Laurence Moy, co-head of the financial services industry practice at law firm Outten & Golden, which represents employees in recruitment cases.
“Typically, the bank on the other side of these agreements -- in this case Credit Suisse -- would indemnify individuals with respect to defending against these claims,” he said.
Whether and how much damage Jefferies suffered from the bankers’ decision to stay at Credit Suisse would be among the main questions to resolve in any legal dispute, Moy said.
Nicole Sharp, a spokeswoman for Credit Suisse, said the bank remains “committed to investing in its market-leading businesses now and going forward.”
The three Credit Suisse employees who made the shift to Jefferies are Joseph Kieffer, who will head the U.S. part of the leveraged finance capital-markets division, John Bown, who will lead loan sales, and Brad Capadona, a loan trader, the people with knowledge of the matter said.
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(LE MARS)–No one was injured during a fire at a house in southeast Le Mars Monday afternoon.
Le Mars Fire-Rescue and Police Departments responded to the fire at the Dustin Johnson residence at 435 Third Avenue Southeast about 4:15 Monday afternoon.
Fire-Rescue Chief Wayne Schipper says Johnson reported the fire.
“The owner was home, smelled smoke and he noticed the fire when he went to the basement so he got out of the home and notified the fire department,” Schipper explains.
Schipper says the fire was in the basement of the two-story house.
“Some wiring had shorted out and got the ceiling joist on fire and a little bit of the dropped ceiling. It was confined to that. The house received quite a bit of smoke, though,” Schipper says.
Firefighters were out on the call for about an hour but most of that time was spent de-smoking the house. MidAmerican Energy assisted the fire-rescue department.
(LEMARS)– A public hearing date for comments on plans to issue just over three-and-a-half million dollars in General Obligation Local Option Sales Tax Refunding Bonds will be set by the Plymouth County Board of Supervisors at their regular meeting Tuesday morning. The supervisors will review leases for county facilities with the Pride Group’s Residential Care Facility and Pride 1. Also on the agenda, a proclamation for Sexual Assault Awareness month. The board will review the 5-year Road Program proposal prepared by Engineer Tom Rohe. Proposed zoning changes, including wind turbines and fees for zoning. will be presented by zoning administrator Alan Lucken. The Board will also consider a proclamation for “Sexual Assault Awareness Month.”
The Board of Supervisors will meet at 9:30 am Tuesday morning in the lower level of the Plymouth County Courthouse. (News report by Dave Ruden)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Agenda:
9:30 AMJim Henrich, Plymouth County Board Chairman
Call meeting to order
Approve this agenda (Action)
Approval of prior Board meeting minutes (Action)
Approval of claims and payroll (Signatures)
Committee Reports (Discussion)
A.Review RCF and Pride I leases for approval (Discussion & Action)
A. Set public hearing date to propose to take action for the issuance of not to exceed
$3,520,000 General Obligation Local Option Sales Tax Refunding Bonds (Action)
B. Open and review mail/correspondence (Discussion)
C. Open public forum (Informational)
10:00 AMBoard of Supervisors – Read proclamation for Sexual Assault Awareness month (Informational)
10:15 AMAlan Lucken, Plymouth County Zoning Administrator – Present zoning ordinance amendments for approval and rate changes (Discussion and Action)
11:15 AMBoard of Supervisors – Discuss placement of rural mailboxes on county roadways (Discussion and possible action)
11:45 AM Tom Rohe, Plymouth County Engineer
Questions/Discussion of the Secondary Road Department
1. Review the construction program
Update on construction projects
(LE MARS)–The Le Mars City Council today considers solutions to traffic congestion on Lincoln Street Southeast.
According to the Council agenda, the congestion has become a concern because of the parking on both sides of the street and the numerous streets and alleys that enter Lincoln Street Southeast. A recommendation to reduce that will be given to the Council at the meeting by city staff.
An option to reduce the cost of borrowed money will be considered. The council will be asked to set a hearing for comments from the public on a loan agreement not to exceed two-million 150-thousand dollars. The recommendation to refinance general obligation bonds issued in 2002 and 2003 is estimated to save 91-thousand dollars.
Regulations that keep water out of the city of Le Mars sewer system will be discussed during the Council’s noon meeting today.
City code does not allow sump pumps to be drained into the sanitary sewer system. City staff will provide information on sump pump regulations and enforcement at the meeting.
The council is expected to close its meeting to the public to discuss the purchase of real estate and employment conditions for city employees who are not part of a collective bargaining agreement.
Other agenda items include leases for public works equipment and a contract for earthwork in industrial areas by Northwest Iowa Community College students.
NOTE: AGENDA ORDER SUBJECT TO CHANGE
LE MARS CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 2010, 12:00 P.M. AGENDA
A. CALL TO ORDER – MAYOR ROLL CALL – CITY CLERK COUNCILMEMBERS: NELSON_____, KNAPP_____ REXWINKEL_____, LEONARD______, IHRKE_______
B. GENERAL DISCUSSION
2. “Thumbs Up” Award
C. CONSENT ITEMS
All items listed under “Consent” Agenda will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on those items unless a request is made prior to the time the Council votes on the motion.
1. Approval of March 16 Regular & March 19, 2010 Special Meeting Minutes
2. List of Bills for Period Ending 3/31/10
4. Renewal of Liquor License (Red Hanke)
5. Request to Close Street
6. Request for Signage at Ponds
7. Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) – Le Mars Water Department
8. Northwest Iowa Community College Earthwork Contract
9. Public Works Equipment Leases
D. ACTION ITEMS
1. STP Capital Project – Iowa 3 East Widening Project
2. Financing –Advance Refunding Previous Bond Issues
3. Lincoln Street Parking (Central to Plymouth)
4. Sump Pump Regulations/Enforcement
2. City Administrator/Public Works Director
3. Assistant City Administrator
F. CLOSED SESSION 1. Purchase of Real Estate
G. ADJOURNMENT Employment Conditions (Per Iowa Code 21.9) The City Council will enter into a session to discuss matters relating to employment conditions of employees of the governmental body who are not covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement. This session is exempt from the open meetings law. Next Resolution No. 10-5 Next Ordinance No. 887
(LE MARS)–Volunteers for a Le Mars care provider will be honored.
Good Samaritan Society Le Mars will host a Volunteer week Luncheon April 21st at 2:30 p-m.
According to Amy Harnack of Good Samaritan Society-Le Mars, there are many volunteers who spend more than 100 hours a year in various tasks. They include delivering weekly snack carts to residents, calling out monthly bingo, or just coming in to reminisce. Many of the volunteers have been making a difference for more than 40 years.
(WASHINGTON)–Congressman Steve King is postponing two town hall meetings.
King’s press secretary announced the meetings planned for Wednesday will be rescheduled to April 19th. The town hall times for meetings in Sioux City and Council Bluffs will be determined later.
Both town halls will be open to the public.
WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Chuck Grassley says the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $517,078 in grants to two Iowa school districts.
According to Grassley, the money is coming from the Education Department’s foreign language assistance program.
The Bondurant Farrar Community School District will receive $214,102 for a project offering international courses to elementary students.
The Mid-Prairie Community Schools in Wellman will receive $149,538 for a project that teaches students about China and its language, and $153,438 for a project that teaches Spanish culture and language.
The Education Department says the intent of the grants is to help establish, improve, or expand innovative foreign language programs that show the promise of being continued for an extended period.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Des Moines police say they have charged a 25-year-old man with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his wife.
Police Sgt. Chris Scott says officers responding to a call of a domestic dispute Monday afternoon found 23-year-old Randi Gilmore dead of a gunshot wound in the rental home she shared with her husband and three children.
Scott says the husband, Donte Gilmore, was arrested in the yard and was being held Monday night at the Polk County Jail. Scott did not know if Donte Gilmore had an attorney.
Scott says the three children were home at the time of the shooting, and have been sent to live with relatives.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) Linn County authorities say a 44-year-old Cedar Rapids-area man wanted on prostitution, pornography, and other charges has turned himself in.
Randal Mauderer turned himself in on Monday morning. He was booked into the Linn County Jail on charges of dissemination or exhibition of obscene materials to a minor, prostitution, and distribution of a controlled substance to persons under 18. He remains jailed on $24,300 cash bail.
Cedar Rapids Police Sgt. Christy Hamblin says Mauderer was found to have shown photographs of nude males in sex acts on his computer to a 15-year-old male, offered a 15-year-old male money in exchange for a sex act, and provided marijuana to a 15-year-old male on numerous occasions.
Linn County authorities say they do not know if Mauderer has an attorney.
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) Authorities in the Iowa City area say they arrested a Chicago man for eluding deputies at speeds of 120 miles per hour and attempting to strike one of them with his car.
An off-duty Johnson County Deputy reported a vehicle driving recklessly on Interstate 380 Sunday evening. An on-duty deputy located the vehicle, driven by 38-year-old Ronnelle Thurman, and attempted to pull him over.
Police said Thurman initially complied, but then drove off, reaching speeds more than 120 miles per hour. The chase ended when Thurman crashed his car, but he allegedly attempted to hit one deputy with the disabled vehicle.
Thurman was charged with drunken driving, reckless driving, eluding, assaulting police officers with a weapon, interference with official acts and possession of drug paraphernalia.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) An Iowa man who possessed child pornography on his computer has entered a guilty plea in federal court at Cedar Rapids.
Thirty-year-old Kyle Conry of Dyersville entered the plea Monday to one count of possessing child pornography.
When he is sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Linda Reade, Conry faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of $250,000.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Johnson County authorities say the trial for a 17-year-old transient charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an Iowa City landlord has been reset for September 20.
Court officials set the new court date Monday for defendant Charles William Curtis Thompson.
Thompson, who has no permanent address, was charged following a nearly four-month investigation after 64-year-old John Versypt, of Cordova, Ill, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head last Oct. 8 in the hallway of a building he owned.
Iowa City police Sgt. Denise Brotherton says several witnesses identified Thompson as being involved in the homicide. Brotherton also says Thompson’s clothing matched that of one of the people seen fleeing the area after Versypt was shot.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) An autopsy has confirmed that a body found at Coralville Reservoir is that of missing snowmobiler Martin Davis of rural Cedar Rapids.
The State Medical Examiner’s office used dental records Monday to identify the body of the 52-year-old Davis. The test shows that he died from drowning and that Davis’ death was accidental.
A kayaker found the body in the Coralville Lake early Friday afternoon.
Davis was last seen by his girlfriend on Jan. 3, 2010 when he had told her that he was going out for a ride on his snowmobile. Area law enforcement, plus dozens of volunteers, spent days searching the fields and ditches in the Coralville Lake area, but found nothing.
Authorities and family had worried that Davis’ snowmobile had fallen through the ice.
CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) Floyd County has a new county attorney.
The Floyd County Board of Supervisors on Monday appointed Normand Klemesrud to succeed Jesse Marzen, whose law license has been suspended.
Klemesrud was named a special prosecutor by the board in March following Marzen’s suspension. He has filed papers to run for county attorney this year.
Marzen’s law license was suspended by the Iowa Supreme Court after it ruled he broke the rules when he engaged in a sexual relationship with a client before his election in 2006.
The court’s ruling cited a January 2006 child custody case filed by Victoria Nehls, who initiated the ethics complaint against Marzen, who has denied the charges.
Without a valid license, Marzen is not eligible to serve as county attorney under Iowa law.
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While my husband and daughter were snowboarding (a 16th birthday gift we were finally able to fulfill since the shutdowns by the government), my three youngest and I decided to take a nice hike in the snow.
We found a small trail near our condo — not the one I had originally planned to hike, one I had run a couple years ago in training for a half marathon — but it was serendipity that we turned the wrong way. The trail we did find followed a small river, and it was obvious by the tracks that it’s popular with cross country skiers. I didn’t have my running watch with me, and it didn’t occur to me until about a mile into the walk I could start the Mapmyrun app for the mapping and distance. We logged 2.83 miles.
It turns out we were on Snake River, and it was such a beautiful walk. In some areas, the snow was knee deep, but on the main trail it was pretty easy to walk on top of the snow.
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Get the “club” atmosphere and ambience in Humboldt! Pat Temple & the Hi Lo Players bring their Rockabilly/Western swing music to the Humboldt Golf Club on Thursday, April 20!
The band starts at 8:00 p.m. The golf course RESTAURANT and BAR will be open before the show (and during the show), so we’re hoping you’ll consider coming early and having a meal and a drink before the show starts!
Tickets are $20 each and are available at the Humboldt Golf Club, at Shoppers Drug Mart, from Brian Grest (call or text 231-8284), or at the door. Rush seating. All ages welcome (minors will not be served alcohol, of course).
Pat Temple is from Reaboro, ON, about 150 km northeast of Toronto. His music is a blend of Western Swing, Jump Blues, Rockabilly and Roadhouse Soul. He has over 30 years of performing experience, including his 90’s cult hits ‘Salamander Bones’ and ‘Playin’ Havoc With My Heart’ (). Visit Pat Temple on YouTube. The combination of the music and the venue will create an atmosphere you won’t regret being part of!
Learn more about Pat Temple at his website.
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Summer wildfires are once again blazing across southern Europe, forcing the evacuation of 12,000 people on France’s Mediterranean cost and devouring swaths of forests as far afield as Corsica, Portugal, Italy and Albania.
Authorities in the Côte d’Azur region decided to move people out of tents, campsites and holiday homes around the hilltop town of Bormes-les-Mimosas after a fire broke out in the surrounding forests on Tuesday.
Some of the 12,000 people displaced by the flames sheltered in gymnasiums, village halls and schools while others huddled on local beaches.
France Wildfire Facts
Affected Area: 200 km.
Alert Level: Orange


Ahead of the WTO taking on a proposal by India and South Africa to waive patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (Brics) grouping has mentioned it’s going to work for “fair, equitable and affordable” distribution of vaccines.
During the Brics Summit on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had known as on the grouping to again the transfer by India and South Africa to safe exemption from mental property agreements for vaccines. The proposal is already going through opposition from developed international locations, together with the US and European Union (EU) member states.
The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is predicted to the take up the proposal for patent safety waivers on Friday, individuals conversant in developments mentioned on Wednesday.
The Moscow Declaration adopted on the conclusion of the Brics Summit mentioned the members of the grouping “will work to ensure that, when [the vaccine is] available, it is disseminated in a fair, equitable and affordable basis”. The declaration didn’t make any direct reference to the proposal by India and South Africa.
The declaration recognised the significance of “extensive immunisation” in stopping, containing and stopping the transmission of the Coronavirus, and supported cooperative approaches to expedite analysis, improvement and manufacturing of vaccine and therapeutics.
Participating in a web based dialogue on Tuesday, exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar mentioned India will do all the things attainable to make vaccines reasonably priced and accessible to individuals all over the world.
The proposal submitted by India and South Africa to the TRIPS Council on October 2 acknowledged that it’s “important for WTO members to work together to ensure that intellectual property rights such as patents, industrial designs, copyright and protection of undisclosed information do not create barriers to the timely access to affordable medical products including vaccines and medicines or to scaling-up of research, development, manufacturing and supply of medical products essential to combat Covid-19”.
“As new diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines for Covid-19 are developed, there are significant concerns how these will be made available promptly, in sufficient quantities and at affordable price to meet global demand,” the proposal additional mentioned, including growing international locations might face difficulties in utilizing flexibilities below TRIPS.
Among the Brics states, Russia has permitted a vaccine although specialists say this has been finished with out ample testing, and China has granted emergency approval to a few vaccines, together with one meant solely for army personnel. India has three vaccines which are in human trials.
Despite the at the moment strained India-China ties, Chinese President Xi Jinping too provided to work with India on vaccines through the Brics Summit. “Chinese companies are working with their Russian and Brazilian partners on phase-III clinical trials of vaccines and we are prepared to cooperate with South Africa and India as well,” he mentioned.
Developing international locations wish to India’s intensive vaccine manufacturing and distribution capacities for assist and the federal government organised a particular briefing for the diplomatic corps on November 6 to debate potential collaboration on vaccines.