# Cipla to import Moderna’s vaccine

• The Drug controller general of India (DCGI) on tuesday granted permission to mumbai-based pharma major Cipla to import Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine.

• Moderna is the fourth vaccine in the country to be given the emergency use authorisation (EUA).

• India is also in talks with Pfizer and Johnson&Johnson to add to the basket of vaccines available in the country.

• Currently, India has made available three covid vaccine – Covaxin, covishield and Sputnik.

# Monsoon session of parliament

• The monsoon session of parliament is likely to begin on July 19 and go on till August 13.

• So far, 403 members, out of the 540 in the Lok sabha and 179 members of the 232 in the Rajya sabha have got both doses of vaccines.

# FIR in UP, MP against twitter

• An FIR has been lodged against the managing director of twitter India, Manish maheshwari.

• The cyber crime cell of MP police has also registered a case against Mr. Maheshwari over the distorted map, following a directive by the state home minister, Narottam Mishra.

• The FIR was lodged under section 505(2) of the IPC and section 74 of the IT act.

# Parliamentary panel on IT

• The standing committee on Information technology has sought an explanation from social media giants twitter on why accounts of IT minister Ravi shankar prasad and committee chairperson on Shashi Tharoor were locked.

• In a meeting held on tuesday, representatives from google and Facebook appeared before the committee on the subject of ‘safe-guarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms.

• Facebook and google both assured the government that they will comply with new IT rules, as much as they can.

# Israel-UAE relationship

• Israel’s new foreign minister inaugurated the country’s embassy in the UAE on tuesday and offered an olive branch to other former adversaries.

• The trip is an opportunity for the two week old Israeli government of Naftali bennett, a nationalist who heads an improbable cross-partisan coalition, to make diplomatic inroads.