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38^TH ‘PRAGATI’ meeting held

• Prime minister Narendra Modi Chaired the 38^th ‘PRAGATI’ meeting, which reviews government projects.
• ‘Pro Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) is a unique integrating and interactive platform to discuss and review government projects`and to address common man greviances.
• Eight projects that costs around Rs 50,000 were reviewed in the 38^th meeting.
• It was launched on 2015, so far 297 projects were reviewed that costs 14.39 lakhs.

ZyCov-D priced to Rs 1900

• Zydus Cadila, manufacturer of ZyCov-D vaccine, has proposed Rs 1900 for its three doses which can be given to 12 years old.

About ZyCov-D

1. It is worlds first indegeniously developed DNA based plasmid vaccine to cure Covid 19, developed by Zydus Cadila.
2. It is also needle free vaccine, It is administered using a needle free jet injector and 20,000 doses can be given using the jet injector.
3. It is a three dose vaccine, cadila healthcare reported the efficacy of 66.6%.
4. The vaccine contains DNA plasmid vector that carries gene encoding the spike protein of SARS-CoV2.

8^th edition of Mitra Sakti held

• India-Sri Lanka bilateral joint exercise Mitra Skati 8^th edition is going to take place from Oct4-Oct15 2021 in Sri Lanka.
• The exercise aims to build and promote positive relations between armies of India and Sri Lanka for counter-insurgency & counter-terrorism operations in the urban and rural environment.
• It also aims to incorporate the current dynamics of United Nations peacekeeping operations through practical & comprehensive discussions and tactical exercises.

Expert committee constituted under International Financial Services Centre’s Authority(IFSCA)

• An expert committee has been constituted to recommend an approach to develop Sustainable Finance Hub under the International Financial Services Centre’s Authority(IFSCA).
• It is chaired by C.K Mishra, Former Secretary to GoI, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
• The comitte comprises of 10 members including the chairman and the member secretary.
• It is constituted to study the regulatory practices  in sustainable finance across major international financial jurisdiction.
• It will also recommend a framework to develop a sustainable finance hub at IFSC.

Government of India Launches ‘ Waste to Wealth’

• Principal scientific Adviser has inaugurated a web portal celled ‘ Waste to Wealth’ on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
• It is launched to enhance cooperation for sustainable development through economy and community partnership.
• It will connect technology providers, Government stake holders and urban local bodcies to India’s Waste problem.