Current Affairs #06/03/2021

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1. Canada on 5th March 2021, has authorized a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, along Johnson and Johnson's candidate to its approved list alongside AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots.

2. US President Joe Biden has appointed two more Indian-Americans in key administrative positions.

3. Cipher Mining Inc has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Good Works Acquisition Corp in a deal valuing it at $ 2 billion, underscoring the rising interest in bitcoin space.

4. Researchers have reported development of smartphone application that combines smartphone camera imaging with machine learning to interpret SARS-COV-2 serological rapid diagnostic test (RDT), the visual interpretation of which can he highly subjective.

5. COVAX- the international program set up to get coronavirus vaccines to the world has delivered 20 million vaccine doses to 20 countries in the first week of distribution.

6. Maharashtra's economy is expected to grow at minus 8% in the year 2021-21.

7. Meghalaya government has launched the online registration portal for the migrant workers under the Meghalaya Identification Registration (Safety and Security) of Migrant Workers Act 2020.

8. In Himachal Pradesh, the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) is estimated to register a negative growth of 6.2 percent in the current FY 2020-21.

9. In Jammu and Kashmir, Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level preparatory meeting of 'Azaadi ka Amrut Mahotsav'-India@75 for celebrating 75 years of Independence of India on 5 March 2021.

10. Andhra CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the AP Fact Check website and Twitter account at his camp office on 5 March 2021.

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