CURRENT AFFAIRS

With the advent of 2021, the Indian regulators deliberate over approving the use of Covishield, Serum Institute of India’s version of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine there is a sense of optimism in the public, investors and market participants.

The scale of a sophisticated cyber attack on the U.S. government that was unearthed recently is much bigger than first anticipated. 

Despite Covid-19 restrictions and the risk of animal to human disease transmission, illegal wildlife trade on social media networks has continued, with wild animals sometimes sold as “lockdown pets”.

Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) unveiled India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine.The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by doses, SII is also the maker of Covishield, the Indian version of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine.

India has been ordered to return up to $1.4 billion to Cairn Energy PLC of the U.K. after an international arbitration overturned tax demanded retrospectively — an award the government indicated it may challenge.

European Union issued two draft digital-services laws that could launch an overarching supervisory apparatus covering tech companies.

Government has extended suspension of fresh proceedings under insolvency law for next 3 months.

The R cluster, along with the Satellite Cluster and MJ gas fields in the Krishna Godavari Basin are expected to produce around 30 MMSCMD of natural gas or about 15% of India’s projected demand for natural gas by 2023.

People with shigellosis may start experiencing symptoms within one or two days of the entry of germs in the body.

The Himalayan Serow, till date was considerd to be extinct, spotted in the cold deserts of the Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh.