The Oxford COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India will be sent for approval to the regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) by a government-appointed panel of experts; A dry run for the Covid vaccination programme will be conducted across the country tomorrow; the World Health Organization has validated the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use; The GST collections hit a record high in December, the Finance Ministry informed today; A 57-year-old farmer on Friday died while protesting at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border against the three contentious agriculture laws; and other top news of the day.
