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- 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.
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