A CBI special court on Monday sentenced Rashtriya janta Dal chief Lalu prasad yadav to a five year jail term and imposed a fine of 60 lakh rupees.
The court announced verdict in the fifth case of animal husbandry Department scam case commonly known as fodder scam.
This case is related to the fraudulent withdrawal of 139.5 crore rupees from the treasury at Doranda in Jharkhand from in 1992 to 1995.
# Caste census
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that caste based census being demanded by his party will benefit all sections of society.
He will convene an all party meeting soon to discuss the holding of such an exercise in the state.
Caste census is one of the oldest demands of JDU an ally of the BJP.
Nitish Kumar said he will try to create consensus before taking up the exercise.
# CORBEVAX
The Drugs controller general of India has given emergency use authorisation to vaccine maker Biological Es covid-19 vaccine Corbevax for the 12-18 age group.
Tweeting the news union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said it is the first indigenously developed Receptor binding domain protein sububnit vaccine against Covid-19.
The vaccine is administered through an intramuscular route with two doses scheduled 28 days apart.
# Russia – Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin will recognize the independence of Eastern Ukraine’s separatist republics.
French President Emanuel macron and German Chancellor Olaf sholz had expressed disappointment over the decision in phone calls with Putin.