Free covid-19 vaccination will be provided to three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first phase of vaccination – said health minister Harsh vardhan.
Nation wide vaccination dry run was conducted in 286 session sites spread across 125 districts on saturday.
# “Covaxin”
Also, India’s first indigenously developed covid-19 vaccine, “covaxin” was recommended for restricted use in emergency situation, subject to multiple regulatory conditionalities.
This recommendation was given by the subject expert committee of the central drugs standard control organisation.
India has successfully isolated and cultured the new coronavirus strain, which was first reported in the UK.
# FATF meet
Lashkar-e-taiba operations commander zaki-ur-rehman-lakhwi was arrested in pakistan by its counter terrorism department on charges of using terror funds.
The timing of arrest is significant as it comes ahead of meeting of the global watchdog “FATF” and its asia pacific joint group in the next few weeks.
This FATF meeting will consider Pakistan’s greylist status, meant for countries under increased monitoring.
# AI based CCTVs
Gurugram metropolitan development authority (GMDA) mooted a project for a closed circuit television camera based surveillance and adaptive traffic management system for the millenium city.
It’s first phase is expected to be completed by march this year with the installation of around 1200 CCTV cameras.
It will have AI and features such as traffic signal violation detection, over speeding detection, face recognition and reading of number plates at 200 odd places.
# Assam’s only ramsar sites
The Kamrup (metropolitan) district administration has prohibited community fishing in Deepor Beel.
This is a wetland on the south western edge of guwahati and assam’s only ramsar site.
According to hydrological experts, the area of the wetland was about 6000 hectares in the late 1980s.
Satellite imagery has revealed that its area has shrunk by atleast 35% since 1991.