Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has chosen the following insurers as Domestic Systemically Important Insurers (D-SIIs) for 2021-22:
The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a test kit to detect the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The kit is manufactured by Tata Medical & Diagnostics.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya released a commemorative postal stamp on the Covid-19 vaccination, to mark one year of the Covid inoculation drive.