CURRENT AFFAIRS 2nd MARCH

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March 2, 2021

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# 2nd phase vaccine rollout

 

 

  • Twenty five lakh potential beneficiaries had registered on the co-win portal on monday.
  • Yesterday was the first day of the second phase of covid-19 vaccination covering those over 60.
  • A total of 1,47,28,569 vaccine doses had been given so far, as per government data.
  • Prime minister Narendra Modi takes first dose of covaxin at AIIMS.

 

 

 

# Chinese cyber attack

 

 

  • State sponsored chinese hacker groups targeted various Indian power centres, the union power ministry said on monday.
  • The New york times reported, based on US cyber security firm’s claimed that the mumbai power outage in october 2020 was part of a coordinated cyberattack by china.
  • Power sector operations corporations (POSCO) said that no data has been breached due to this attack.

 

 

 

# Free covid vaccine

 

 

  • Bihar CM has taken the first covid-19 vaccine shot at IGIMS patna on monday.
  • He also declared that the vaccine will be free for all in Bihar, even at private hospitals.
  • The free vaccine was election promise of NDA in Bihar assembly election.

 

 

 

# National stock exchange glitch

 

 

  • Finance minister Nirmala sitharaman said on monday that the recent technical glitch at the National stock exchange, which led to trading being halted for several hours.
  • She called for a look at the intreoperability norms in payment systems to ensure seamless payments.

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