The drug regulator has granted Serum Institute of India's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin Covid-19 vaccines "conditional market authorisation".
Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi hosted the first India-Central Asia Summit through a virtual platform. The central Asian region has five recognized countries.
The World Bank has sanctioned a loan worth $125 million (about Rs. 1,000 crores) to the government of West Bengal to support its effort to help the poor and vulnerable groups access social protection services.