# vaccination drive

• The “precaution” dose to be given to health care workers, frontline workers and those over 60 with co morbidities may not necessarily be a repeat dose, a health ministry official said on Thursday.
• The national technical advisory group on Immunization (NTAGI) as well as other bodies are assessing data on the safety and efficacy of all vaccines globally for precaution dose.
• Registrations for the third dose and also Covaxin for those in the 15-17 age groups is set to commence on January 1.

# AFSPA

• The armed forces special powers act (AFSPA) has been extended in Nagaland for another six months by the Union home ministry.
• A Home ministry notification on Thursday said “the central government is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of the state of Nagaland is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in the aid of civil power is necessary.
• The central government has declared the whole of Nagaland as disturbed area for a period of six months with effect from 30th December, 2021.

# Sikhs for justice

• The central government on Thursday directed the national investigation agency (NIA) to launch a probe against Germany based Jaswinder singh multani of Sikhs for justice.
• Sikhs for justice is a banned terrorist organization based out of United States of America.

# India-Australia FTA

• India and Australia are expected to complete negotiations for an interim free trade agreement (FTA) soon.
• This free trade agreement is aimed at boosting economic ties between the two countries.
• The final agreement, which is officially dubbed as the comprehensive economic cooperation agreement, is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.

# NTPC

• NTPC renewable energy limited will float a global engineering procurement construction tender to set up a 3GW renewable energy project with a battery storage system.
• The project will worth 15000 crore rupees.