# Vaccine procurement

• The centre has placed fresh orders for 44 crore vaccine doses of covishield and covaxin, which will be available from August-December.

• It has also placed an order for 30 crore doses from Hyderabad based Biological E for its in development protein subunit vaccine.

• All together 74 crore doses have been secured for use from August onwards.

# QS world university rankings

• JNU has entered the top 1000 of the QS world university rankings for the first time.

• Overall there are 22 Indian institutions in the top 1000 list compared to 21 last year.

• IIT Bombay maintained its position as the top Indian institution for the fourth consecutive year. It stands at 177th position.

• IIT Delhi (185th) overtook the Indian institute of science, Bangalore (186th rank).

# Covid cases

• India recorded 88,747 new covid-19 cases and 2128 new deaths on Tuesday.

• Nearly 18.73 lakh samples were tested in the country on monday, with TPR at present is 3.8%.

• Nearly 33.64 lakh vaccine doses were administered on Tuesday.

# Covaxin

• Ocugen INC, the US partner for Bharat Biotech’s covid-19 vaccine, announced the payment of $15 million upfront to the Indian drug maker for extending the vaccine rights to Canada.

• In a regulatory filing, Ocugen said it had agreed to pay another $10 million within a month from the commercial launch of Covaxin in Canada.

# World bank

• India’s economy is expected to grow by 8.3% in the fiscal year that began in April 2021.

• The world bank has released its forecast in its June 2021 Global economic prospects released on Tuesday.

• The global growth will expand at 5.6% in 2021.