Australia on Monday recognised Covaxin for the purpose of establishing a traveller’s vaccination status, two days before the World Health Organization meets for final assessment of the emergency use listing of the made-in-India Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine. The backing of Australia could tip the scale in favour of Covaxin when the WHO meets on November 3.
The Election Commission of India (EC) will announce the results of by-elections in three parliamentary constituencies and 30 assembly constituencies held on October 30 today. The election results will be available on the commission’s website: results.eci.gov.in. The three parliamentary constituencies which went to polls on Oct 30 were in the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.