The country believes in pursuing good deeds globally without expectation of rewards, says Foreign Secretary
India believes in pursuing good deeds in global affairs without the expectation of rewards, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday. Addressing an event at the St. Stephen’s College here, Mr. Shringla said India had been working to that goal during the pandemic season and had prioritised the neighbourhood region despite the volatile nature of the international environment.
“We do not live in a moral vacuum. We are a nation that believes in ‘vasudhaiva kutumbakam’ and in the principle of ‘nishkama karma’, that good needs to be done for its own sake. This is why we tried to act as a ‘pharmacy of the world’ during the current crisis and provided medications and essential medical supplies to more than 150 countries,” said Mr. Shringla in his…