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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, addresses his fellow Quad Leaders, top to bottom, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, from New Delhi on March 12. (Photo courtesy of Prime Minister's Office of India)

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- The vaccine partnership announced by the Quad grouping comprising Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. is one of the most concrete takeaways from its leaders' first-ever summit this month, given that the world is still battling the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year after it struck.

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