# Rajeev Gandhi assasination case

• The solicitor general of India Tushar Mehta informed the supreme court that Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal purohit will take a decision “as per the constitution” in the next three or four days on a plea for release by “A.G Perarivalan”.

• A.G Perarivalan is undergoing life imprisonment for the assasination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.

• The petition of release was filed by A.G Perarivalan under article 161 of the constitution of India.

# Co-win platform

• The cummulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against covid-19 has touched 9,99,065.

• There are no cases of serious/severe AEFI(adverse effect following immunisation) attributable to vaccination till date.

• An enhancement in CO-WIN software has been introduced to cater to the creation of more sessions per sites.

# Vaccine export

• Brazil is set to receive the go ahead from the Indian government on friday to collect two million doses of the covishield vaccine made by SII.

• The export of vaccine to brazil has been delayed as the government had not yet finalised its plans for exports of Indian made vaccines.

• Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Maldives has already received the vaccine doses.

# Vaccination phase 2

• PM Modi and many other chief ministers and MPs, MLAs above 50 years of age will get the vaccine in the second phase of the vaccination drive.

• They will get inoculated along with persons above 50 years of age.

# Serum Institute of India

• Five persons were killed in a fire that broke out on the fifth floor of an under construction building of SII.

• The fire has not caused any harm to the covishield vaccine storage facility located at a distance from the spot.