China announced that the country has authorized the emergency use of CoronaVac vaccine for children aged between 3 and 17 years.
Coronavac vaccine is a Covid-19 vaccine being manufactured by the Beijing-based pharmaceutical firm, Sinovac Biotech.
The DCGI has granted permission to the Serum Institute to manufacture the Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine in India.
The Pune-based SII has collaborated with Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow of Russia developing Sputnik V at its licensed Hadapsar facility.
The Union government has appointed Anup Chandra Pandey as Election Commissioner.
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar are the other two members of the panel.
El Salvador has become the first country to formally adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
Proposal to legalise cryptocurrency was put forward by President Nayib Bukele.
The UN Security Council has recommended Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a second five-year term.
He will be the Secretary-General of the United Nations for another 5-year beginning from January 1, 2022.
2021 P4G Seoul Summit aims to position P4G (Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030) as a delivery mechanism to build back better and greener in this decade of action.
The 2021 P4G Seoul Summit's theme was Inclusive Green Recovery towards Carbon Neutrality.