# Multi agency centre The Union Government has asked the states to share more intelligence inputs through the multi agency centre (MAC). Multi agency centre (MAC) is a common counter terrorism grid under the intelligence bureau that was made operational in 2001 following the kargil war. At a high level meeting on Monday, Union home […]

# Vaccination drive More than 40 lakh adolescents in the 15-17 years age group received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on the first day of the vaccination drive for this age group. According to the Cowin dashboard, more than 49 lakhs in this age group have registered for the vaccine so far. Only Covaxin […]

# EWS quota A government committee report in the supreme Court has said that ‘income’ is a, feasible criterion for defining the economically weaker section (EWS) in society. Report also mentioned that annual family income of 8 lakh rupees is a, reasonable threshold to determine EWS in order to extend reservation in admissions and jobs. […]

# Covid-19 cases India reported 22,775 covid-19 cases on Saturday when for the first time the number of daily cases crossed the 20000 mark since October. In all, 1431 cases of the Omnicron variant have been reported in the country. Maharashtra topped the list with 460 Omnicron cases, Delhi 451, Tamil nadu 121 and Gujarat […]

# GST council Hours before the new GST rates was to take effect, the GST council on Friday decided to temporarily roll back the increase in tax rate for the textiles sector at an emergency meeting on Friday. The move follows the demand from several states including Gujarat, west Bengal and Tamil nadu. Following the […]

# vaccination drive The “precaution” dose to be given to health care workers, frontline workers and those over 60 with co morbidities may not necessarily be a repeat dose, a health ministry official said on Thursday. The national technical advisory group on Immunization (NTAGI) as well as other bodies are assessing data on the safety […]

# Omicron Global covid-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven day period. Almost 900000 cases were detected on average each day around the world between 22-28. Although studies have suggested Omicron is less deadly but huge number of patients may overwhelm hospitals. # Pakistan Pakistan has acquired a full squardon of 25 […]

# Vaccination drive India has approved two more covid-19 vaccines and the anti viral drug Molnupiravir under emergency use authorisation, union health minister Mansukh mandaviya tweeted on Tuesday. Currently, India uses Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V for vaccination. Corbevax, is a protein subunit vaccine to be made by Hyderabad based Biological-E. Covovax is a nanoparticle […]

# vaccination policy Health ministry said that teenagers aged 15 to 17 will be administered only covaxin from January 3. Health workers and frontline workers who have received two doses would be eligible for a precautionary dose from January 10, after a gap atleast 39 weeks since the second dose. According to health ministry, those […]

# Ludhiana court blast One person was killed and six persons were injured in an explosion at the district court complex in Ludhiana on Thursday. Political parties said the incident was an attempt to create disturbances in Punjab ahead of the assembly election in early 2022. Chief minister Charanjit singh channi drew a parallel between […]