Daily Current Affairs Quiz : August 17, 2022

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The UK has become the first country to authorise a Covid-19 vaccine to treat the Omicron variant. UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority was also the first in the world to approve an original Covid-19 jab.
The vaccine is authorised for use in people aged 18 and over. It targets both the original strain of the virus and Omicron BA.1.

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The Rajasthan government introduced the ‘Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching Yojana’ in 2021-22. Under the scheme, such students are provided free coaching from reputed coaching institutes.
For the current financial year, the state government has allotted Rs 17.15 crore and the number of seats under the scheme has increased to 15,000. It covers students from scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, other backward classes, minority, economically-backward classes and specially-abled.

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Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has submitted data from Phase 3 clinical trials of BBV154, its intranasal Covid vaccine candidate, to the drug regulator.
It has sought approval both as a primary two-dose vaccine, and a heterologous booster shot. A heterologous booster means the third or subsequent dose of the vaccine is different from its primary dose.

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The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) announced the launch of the Centre’s DigiYatra initiative. It also rolled out the beta version of its app for Android platforms.
DigiYatra is the passenger processing system based on facial recognition technology. With this technology, all checkpoints would automatically process the entries of the passengers based on the facial recognition system.

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The 23rd edition of India International Seafood Show (IISS) is set to be held in Kolkata in February next year.
The seafood show will be organised by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) in collaboration with the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI).