Daily current affairs 27th January

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January 27, 2023

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# Covid vaccine

  • Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday unveiled iNCOVACC, the world’s first government approved intranasal covid-19 vaccine.
  • It is a primary two shot vaccine scheduled four weeks apart.
  • It can also be used for a booster dose for those who have earlier taken covaxin and covishield.
  • It has been developed by Bharat Biotech International limited in collaboration with Biotechnology industry research assistance, a PSU.

# Pakistan

  • The Pakistani rupee fell 9.6% against the dollar on Saturday.
  • This was the biggest one day drop in over two decades – in a slump that may persuade the international monetary Fund to resume lending to the country.
  • The drop comes a day after foreign exchange companies removed a cap on the exchange rate.
  • It was a key demand of the IMF as part of programme of economic reforms it has agreed on with the cash strapped South Asian nation.

# Monuments

  • The economic advisory Council to the prime minister has underlined the urgent need to rationalize the India’s list of monuments of national importance.
  • It also advised that the Archaeological survey of India should evolve “substantive criteria and a detailed procedure for declaring monuments to be of national importance.
  • The council’s January 23 report says ASI’s list of 3695 monuments of national importance have grown unwieldy.

# US economy

  • The US economy maintained a strong pace of growth in its fourth quarter as consumers boosted spending on goods.
  • GDP increased at a 2.9% annualized rate last quarter.

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