Quid pro quo
A day after India relaxed the ban on the exports of paracetamol and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), both used in Covid-19 therapies, which enabled the United States to buy 29 million doses of HCQ, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (pictured) asked US President Donald Trump if there would be a quid pro quo. He suggested that since India had "selflessly agreed" to lift the ban, the US must reciprocate by granting India "first priority" in sharing any Covid-19 vaccine that might be developed in American laboratories. The government had declared a one-off exception to its ban "in view of the humanitarian