# Emergency use authorisation   With Pfizer/biontech’s m-RNA vaccine having been approved in the United Kingdom. Experts in India, also says that India’s own vaccines could be available “almost immediately” for public use after the phase 3 trials were completed and the drug regulator was convinced of a vaccine’s potential efficacy. Emergency use authorisation(EUA) procedure […]

# Covid-19 vaccine   Britain approved Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine, jumping ahead of the rest of the world. The medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) granted emergency use approval of Pfizer-Biontech vaccine, which claims to be 95% effective in preventing illness. Britain said it would start vaccinating most serious patients. This early stage vaccination will […]

# GST collection   Gross revenues from the Goods and services tax (GST) crossed 1 lakh crore rupees for the second month in a row, with 1,04,963 crore collected in november 2020. This was 1.4% higher than a year ago. Cumulatively, the GST revenues from the first eight months of 2020-21 add upto 6,64,709 crore, […]

# SCO summit     This year’s SCO summit is chaired by vice-president Venkaiah naidu. One of the topics of discussion is terrorism. Venkaiah naidu said in the meeting that cross border terrorism is one of the biggest challenges for countries belonging to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. He said this without naming Pakistan. With the […]

# Vaccine Development   Prime minister Narendra Modi on 28th november visited the facilities of three biotechnology companies that are testing different Covid-19 vaccine candidates in India. Two of these vaccine candidates have begun phase 3 trials on thousands of volunteers and are expected to manufacture millions of doses in the first half of 2021 […]

# Farmer’s protest   After a day of blockade at Delhi-Haryana border, the protesting farmers has been allowed to enter Delhi and stage peaceful protest at Burari ground in Delhi. The central agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has appealed the protesting farmers to end the agitation and accept the invitation for talks on December 3. […]

# Farmers protest   Police stop farmer’s march to Delhi at Haryana & Uttar pradesh borders. The alliance of farmers group demanding the repeal of the recently passed agriculture related law has called for an indefinite siege of the laws. Hundreds of farmers were blocked from crossing haryana punjab borders while some leaders were detained. […]

# Fresh covid guidelines   The ministry of Home affairs(MHA) has issued fresh guidelines for “surveillance, containment, and caution” in the view of the surge in covid-19 cases due to the festival season and onset of winter. Under new guidelines, states should ensure 80% contacts of all persons found Covid 19 positive should be traced […]

# Nivar cyclone   Cyclone “Nivar” over the southwest “Bay of Bengal” is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm and expected to bring heavy rainfall to Puducherry, Coastal and north interior Tamil Nadu. Wind speeds at the time of landfall are expected to reach 120-130 Kmph increasing to 145 Kmph. 22 National […]

# Oxford vaccine candidate   Pharma major Astrazeneca which is working on COVID-19 vaccine in association with oxford university has said that its vaccine could be as much as 90% effective. It is an important development for India as the serum institute of India (a pune based vaccine producer) had signed a major contract with […]