# Vaccine hub

• A command and control centre is set up at the centre’s aviation cargo wing.

• AAICLAS will monitor the movement of covid-19 vaccines across a network of 41 airports, with pune as the hub.

• Once vaccines are dispatched by the manufacturers, it will arrive at four big depots of Karnal, mumbai, Chennai nad kolkata, after that they will be further distributed across 37 state depots.

# Bird flu

• Several states on tuesday sounded an alert to contain avian influenza or HSNB.

• Nearly 2000 migratory birds were found dead in himachal pradesh.

• In haryana, the unusual deaths of four lakh poultry birds have been reported in past 10 days.

# LNG pipeline

• PM Narendra modi on tuesday said that as part of efforts to make India a natural gas based economy.

• 10000 more CNG stations would be opened and several lakh PNG (piped natural gas) household connections will be given in the coming days.

• He said these words, while inaugurating the 450 KM Kochi-koattanad-mangaluru(LNG) pipeline through video conferencing.

# Gulf deal

• Gulf leaders signed a “solidarity and stability” deal on tuesday.

• Deal was signed after leaders of Saudi Arabia and Qatar publicly embraced, bringing Doha back into the regional fold after a three year long rift.

• Saudi Arabia had led a coalition of countries in the Gulf and beyond to cut ties and transport links with Qatar in June 2017, charging that it was too close to Iran and backed radical islamist groups.

# 1900 suwa seriya

• Less than five years after its launch, an India funded free ambulance service is playing a vital role in srilanka’s covid response.

• “1900 suwa seriya” is a free ambulance service which was started after a grant of $7.56mn was provided to Srilanka by India.

• It was first launched in 2016, and and the ambulance were brought from Tata company.