y k y cm IN BIG LEAGUE ANDHRA MYSTERY DISEASE EVEREST TALLER THAN BEFORE Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas is set to Lead and nickel content in drinking water and Nepal and China announced the revised height of perform at the Global Citizen Prize milk caused the mysterious disease in Mt Everest is 8,848.86 metres, 86 cms more than before Awards 2020 LEISURE | P2 Eluru which killed one TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 247 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL No need for green clearance for NH Bandh peaceful in state projects, rules SC Normal life came to a halt as vehicular movement in many AGENCIES New Delhi, Dec 8: The Centre is routes was disrupted due to blocking of roads by agitators not required to obtain “prior en- vironmental or forest clearance” POST NEWS NETWORK under the laws before declaring a stretch as national highway (NH) Bhubaneswar, Dec 8: The response to and expressing its intention to ac- the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by various quire the land for building, main- We need better infrastructure. Easy-to-dig farmer outfits, political parties and tenance or operating such roads, highways, mobile towers which can be jammed Nod for use of effortlessly, roads with speed breakers... labour unions against three farm laws the Supreme Court held Tuesday. brought in by the Centre was total in the This significant observation state, Tuesday. was made by the top court in its The shutdown was peaceful and no un- judgement upholding the notifi- Covaxin sought SHORT TAKES toward incident was reported from any cation for acquisition of land for part of the state. Adequate security the `10,000-crore Chennai-Salem AGENCIES mittee of the Central Drugs arrangements were made as a precau- eight-lane green corridor project. Standard Control CP to move court tionary measure. While essential serv- A bench of Justices AM New Delhi, Dec 8: Bharat Organisation (CDSCO) will ices including ambulances, medicine Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and Krishna Biotech has applied to the meet Wednesday to review for Akash remand shops and vehicles carrying milk were Murari dealt with relevant pro- drug controller for emer- applications of Pfizer, kept out of the purview of the bandh, PIC: MAUSAM NANDA visions of the National Highways gency use authorisation for Serum Institute of India Bhubaneswar: The markets, shopping malls and petrol An otherwise busy Unit-II market in Bhubaneswar wears a deserted look during the Act, 1956, the National Highways Covaxin, one of the two in- and Bharat Biotech seek- commissionerate police will pumps remained shut at most places. countrywide strike called by various farmer unions to protest the new farm laws, Tuesday Rules, 1957 and the National digenous Covid vaccines ing emergency use autho- soon seek permission from the court to take Akash Pathak, son Normal life came to a halt as vehicular Highway Authority of India Act, being developed in India. risation for their COVID- of suspended IFS officer Abhay movement in many routes was dis- stranded on the highway near Jaydev 1988 while examining the Madras Covaxin is being indige- 19 vaccine candidates. Prime Kant Pathak, on remand to rupted due to road blocks by the agita- Square. Movements of auto-rickshaws NO REPEAL OF NEW High Court's decision that a prior nously developed by Bharat Minister Narendra Modi probe the allegations of tors. Train services were affected due to and taxis were also hit. Vehicular move- environmental clearance was Biotech in collaboration had expressed hope that a cheating lodged by a city- rail roko agitation at many stations. ment was hit in Cuttack, Balasore, FARM LAWS: SHAH needed for the project. with the Indian Council of COVID-19 vaccine may be Various farmers’ organisations, Bhadrak, Sundargarh, Bhawanipatna, The High Court verdict April 8, Medical Research. The firm ready in a few weeks. based travel agency. NEW DELHI: A late evening meeting of Commissioner of Police Congress, AAP and Left supporters Berhampur, Sambalpur, Jagatsinghpur, farmers with Union Home Minister Amit 2019 had held as “illegal and bad is conducting phase-3 clin- That evening, the Indian Sudhanshu Sarangi said. blocked roads and railway tracks to en- Kendrapara, Khurda and Puri. Shah at at National Agriculture Science in law” the notifications issued ical trial of its vaccine at arm of US pharmaceuti- Notably, the owner of Sky King, force the nationwide shutdown. Train Activists of the Nabanirman Krushak Centre here Tuesday remained inconclu- under Section 3A(1) of the National around 25 places. cal giant Pfizer had sought Prabhash Kumar Chouddhury services were affected in Bhubaneswar, Sanghathan (NKS) staged demonstrations sive. During the two-hour marathon ses- Highways Act for acquisition of The Hyderabad-based firm, approval for its vaccine has alleged that Akash Cuttack, Rourkela, Bhadrak and Balasore in Jagatsinghpur and Hansapal. The sion, Shah refused to repeal the three con- specified lands for construction while applying for the phase- from the central drug reg- impersonating as Managing as activists held sit-ins on railway tracks Centre, through these new laws, is going troversial farm laws. The home minister, of the new highway which was 3 trial, had stated that the ulator, after the firm se- Director of Tata Motors at these places. Government offices re- to remove the Mandi and MSP systems however, told farmers that the govern- part of the larger 'Bharatmala vaccine was well-tolerated cured such clearance in the (passenger division) had mained closed. Essential services re- which cannot be accepted at any cost, ment would give them a written proposal Pariyojna– Phase I5' project. in all dose groups and no UK and Bahrain. booked chartered flight tickets mained functional. Employees were said Lingaraj, a farmer leader. regarding the amendments in laws Justice Khanwilkar, in the 140- serious adverse events have The Serum Institute and rooms in star hotels seen reaching banks and private offices Thanking people of the state for mak- Wednesday. After the meeting, All India judgement, said: “There is nothing been reported. The most sought the nod for the outside the state worth over early in the morning. In the capital, ing the bandh successful, state Congress Kisan Sabha General Secretary Hanan in the 1956 Act, which impels the common adverse event was Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, `2.78 crore with forged movement of vehicles was disrupted as president Niranjan Patnaik said, “The Mollah said farmers stick to their demand Centre to obtain prior environ- transient pain at the injec- Covishield, on December documents. However, he made of complete repeal of the three laws. He ` the bandh supporters blocked roads by pressure of corporate on Modi govern- ment clearance before exercise of tion site, a source said. 6. "DCGI has already started payments for 2.13 crore but also said that the farmer leaders would denied to pay the balance `65 burning tyres at different places. ment is higher than that of farmers. that power and in issuing notifi- The Drugs Controller processing the applications. Hundreds of vehicles, mostly trucks, That’s why they have passed three black hold a meeting at Singhu border at 12 pm cation under Section 2(2), much General of India (DCGI) The subject expert com- lakh. He also allegedly to discuss about the government's propos- threatened Choudhury when he were stranded near Satsang Vihar as bills in the Parliament. Not only will less Section 3A expressing its in- had October 23 granted per- mittee on COVID-19 will Congress workers and Rashtriya Kisan farmers suffer and consumers will also al and take a final decision. It is to be men- tention to acquire the designated mission to the firm for con- deliberate on the applica- demanded the above amount. tioned here that the farmers have been Mazdoor Mahasangha workers blocked suffer with the implementation of the land. The environmental or forest ducting phase-3 clinical trial tions by Pfizer, SII and protesting for 13 days at borders of Delhi. both sides of the highway. laws.” Dubbing the new farm laws as "anti- The government has already held five clearance, however, is to be ob- of Covaxin after assessing Bharat Biotech seeking While a large number of passengers farmer", CPI leader Narayan Reddy said rounds of meetings with farmer leaders tained by the executing agency in the safety and immuno- emergency use authorisa- Ambani to roll out were seen stranded at Baramunda bus they should be repealed to safeguard but the crisis has not been resolved yet. terms of this notification 'before genicity data of phase 1 and tion for their vaccines on 5G in H2 of 2021 terminus, many trucks and buses were the interests of farmers. More P8 commencing the work, it said. 2 trials. An expert com- December 9," a source said. New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani Tuesday hinted at HC REPRIEVE FOR rolling out 5G telecom services Pari case: Residents bar WHITE CLAD in the second half of 2021 and SATISH GAJBHIYE said policy steps are needed to accelerate the early rollout of SIT from entering village POST NEWS NETWORK ultra-high-speed 5G services that are affordable and handed amid protests by locals. Cuttack, Dec 8: The High Court available everywhere. Ambani, According to the source, Manas Tuesday quashed disciplinary pro- whose Jio has captured the is a daily wager. However, police are ceedings against IPS officer Satish No.1 spot offering free voice suspecting his involvement in Pari’s Gajbhiye in connection with al- calling and data at dirt-cheap murder case. SIT team had reached leged non-payment of reward money rates, also pitched for at the village to detain and inter- announced for anti-Naxal opera- developing hardware rogate Manas.