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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 BIHAR &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM STANDOFF OVER THREE FARM LAWS FIRST INDIAN CANDIDATE TO DO SO After Pfizer, Pune Unitedoverprotests,Opplendsweightto lab seeks nod for farmers’callforBharatBandhtomorrow emergencyuse of Joint statement Protestscan its Oxford vaccine by Cong, NCP, spread,warns RJD,Left, SP; AAP, PAYALBANERJEE Pawar; Akalis NEWDELHI,DECEMBER6 TMC, TRS pledge THESERUM Institute of India on support too get support Sundayapplied to the Drugs Controller General of India of Shiv Sena (DCGI) foremergency use autho- MANOJCG risation forits OxfordCovid-19 NEWDELHI,DECEMBER6 vaccine in the country,official EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE sources said. AS MANY as 15 parties opposed MUMBAI,DECEMBER6 The vaccine, developedbySII to the BJP,manyrunning state with Oxfordand AstraZeneca,is DuringaPunjabPublic governments, extendedsupport ADELEGATIONofthe Shiromani the firstcandidate that’s being Service Commissionexam Sundaytothe December 8 Akali Dal, the BJP’s allyinPunjab tested in India to seek emer- in Patiala on Sunday. Bharat Bandh call givenby that quit the alliance protesting gency approval. HarmeetSodhi protesting farmer groups.This the farm Bills, metMaharashtra This comes aday afterthe coalition is being seen as are- Chief MinisterUddhavThacke- Indian arm of US pharmaceuti- newedattempt by the belea- ray Sunday to secureShivSena’s calgiant Pfizer sought asimilar wasnot associated with an in- guered political opposition to support forthe ongoing farmers’ approval from India's drug reg- creasednumber of severe ad- push the NDAtoconcede on the agitation. ulator to useits Covid-19vaccine verse eventsand deaths. three farm laws it had passedin The meeting took place at the candidateinIndia. Therefore, Covishield is safeand September ignoring calls for CM’s official bungalowVarsha in Citing the SII application, of- well-toleratedandcan beusedef- morediscussion and scrutiny. Mumbai.The Akali team wasled ficial sources said the firm has fectively forprevention of Covid- The support the farmers’ ag- by itsvice presidentand MP, stated that data from four clinical 19 in the targetedpopulation. itationand the Bandh call have Prem Singh Chandumajra. studies, twointhe UK and one Thus, the benefit to risk ratio elicited is similar to thebroad Agame of cricketonthe desertedNational Highway-9connecting Delhi to Ghaziabad as farmerscontinue theirprotestat "UddhavThackeray has as- each in Braziland India, shows strongly supports the widespread Opposition unity whichemerged the border of the national capital on Sunday. Prem Nath Pandey sured us thatthe Shiv Sena will that Covishield is highlyeffica- use of Covishield," asource said in 2015 againstamendmentsto supportall theprogrammes pur- ciousagainst symptomatic and quoting the application. the Land Acquisition Act. suedinthe interestoffarmers. mostimportantlyagainstsevere ENSadds: TheIndian Express Lastyear,several Chief The MaharashtraCMalso prom- COVID-19infections. has learnt that DGCI has placed Ministers and parties had an- isedtocome to Delhi and attend The resultsare in line with Pfizer'sapplication foremer- nouncedtheiroppositiontothe BUSINESSASUSUAL Short of repeal, Govt is open to acoordination committeetwo findings from trials of other anti- gency use approval before a Citizenship (Amendment) Act weekslater to draw up afuture coronavirus vaccines, the firm is committee of experts,whichwill and aproposednationwide BY UNNY plan,” said Chandumajra. learnt to have said while citing examine the dataofits clinical National RegisterofCitizenslast options and ready for long haul Akali Dal veteranParkash the hugedisease burden to say trial conducted abroad. year but could notforce the Singh Badal will lead the coordi- Covishield is well placedtoalle- Topgovernmentsourcesun- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ers, atop government official provisions of the laws,givea nation committee. Ahead of its viateCovid-19mortality and derlinedthat the regulatory KRISHNKAUSHIK, told TheIndian Express. written assurance on MSP and meeting, SADleaders were morbidity. processofemergency authori- THE EDITORIAL PAGE LIZMATHEW& The topgovernment official procurement, but farmer repre- meeting severalregional politi- "In terms of safety, Covishield sation approvals forvaccine can- HARKISHANSHARMA said that “the resolution can only sentativesinsistedonarepeal of cal parties acrossstatestoseek waswell tolerated with respect didates being tested in India, ADEMOCRACY NEWDELHI,DECEMBER6 be found through discussions” all three laws. their support. High on their to solicitedadverseeventsand CONTINUEDONPAGE2 and addedthat if the farmers are Giving in to this will under- agenda is ameeting with NCP TUTORIAL THERE IS “no question of repeal- willing to continue their protests line alackofpolitical will and president Sharad Pawar, too. Government needs to do ing”the three laws against which forlong, thegovernmentis“also could “permanentlydamage” Indeed, before theSena-Akali CITES ‘ROVING ENQUIRY’ BY CBI morehardworktoget farmers areprotesting but “all prepared”. prospectsofbringing in much- meeting, NCPveteran andfor- reforms through other options” areopenasthe He wasspeakingaday after neededagriculturereforms,said mer AgricultureMinisterSharad PAGE 8 government discusses the range the government told farmers it asenior leader.Given this,one Pawar, accompaniedbyDeputy Roshni land scam: After of issues flagged by farmer lead- waswilling to amendcertain CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 waving ‘tainted list,’ J&K seeks HC review Heads of IIMs pushback 101 PSUs give `155 crore from ARUNSHARMA ED Landless againstbid to control, say JAMMU,DECEMBER6 vs their staffsalaries to PM fund PLAIN E ● ‘wealthy’ govt plan against PM view DAYS AFTER MAKING public EX YOUR RIGHT ailing BSNL, whichwas unable to namesofprominent politicians sponseofthis kindfromthe SHYAMLALYADAV chip in from itsCSR funds. of Opposition parties occupying THE annulmentofthe RITIKACHOPRA MinistryofEducation (MoE). NEWDELHI,DECEMBER6 TO KNOW Overall, the RTIresponses stateland, the Jammu and Roshni Actbythe High NEWDELHI,DECEMBER6 The IIM directors were react- show, 24 PSUs gave Rs 1crore or Kashmir government has sought Courtput thespotlight ing to areportinThe Sunday APARTFROMoverRs2,400crore AN EXPRESS RTI moretothe fund from staff areviewofthe J&K High Court’s on prominent politicians THE GOVERNMENT’S attempt to Express (December6)that the in Corporate SocialResponsibility APPLICATION salaries. October 9judgment which ab who benefited from its give itself the powertoinitiate MoE wasexploringoptions that (CSR)funds, over 100PSUs from The Prime Minister’s Office initio declared theJ&K StateLand provisions.But there an inquiryagainstanIIM Board could, in effect, erode the auton- across sectors have together con- (PMO), which manages thefund, (Vesting of Ownership to were thousandsofcom- goes againstPrimeMinister omyofthe institutes. tributednearly Rs 155crore from TOPCONTRIBUTORS had declinedtofurnish details of Occupants) Act, 2001 —also mon people who too NarendraModi’spublicstand on The MoE recentlyshared a staffsalaries to the Prime the contributions received. “PM calledthe Roshni Act—null and could transfer landown- PSU Amount the autonomy of educational in- draftexecutive order with the ‘India is not Minister’s Citizen Assistance and CARES Fund is notapublicau- void. ership under thesame ONGC 29.06 stitutions, and challenges the LawMinistrythatproposesto Singapore. Policies Relief in Emergency Situations thorityunder the ambitofSection In itsjudgment, the High Act. The political fallout wisdom of the newNational empowerthe government to ini- (PM CARES) fund, RTIrecords ac- IOC 23.99 2(h) of the RTIAct. However, rel- Courthad ordered aCBI probe has been double-edged; mustreflect our BSNL 11.43 Education Policy (NEP), directors tiateaninquiryagainst theBoard cessedbyThe Indian Express evant informationinrespect of and also asked thegovernment while it attempted to BHEL 8.72 of severalofIndia’sshowpiece of Governors(BoG) of an insti- realities, with show. PM CARES Fund maybeseen on to ensureannulment of muta- vilify mainstream politi- farmers at centre. No NTPC 7.58 management institutes told The tuteifitisfound to be acting,ac- Oil giantONGC, whichgave HAL 6.62 the website pmcares.gov.in,” it tion of property under the Act, cians, it also affected Indian Express. cording to thegovernment, in govt has done it’ Rs 29.06crore to thefund from HPCL 6.31 said in an RTIresponse. and work out modalities to evict landlesscultivators and The instituteheads, who contravention of theIIM Act, HANNAN MOLLAH staffsalaries, tops the listofPSUs NLCIndiaLtd 5.36 The fund wasset up on encroachersfromstate land and individuals.Now,the spokeoncondition of anonymity, 2017.The proposal comes amid GENERAL SECRETARY, that respondedtoRTI queries BEL 5.25 March 28 this year following the retrieve it within six months. J&Kgovernment wants pointed out that concerns over an ongoing standoffbetween the ALL INDIA KISAN SABHA from The Indian Express. But the BPCL 4.27 Covid outbreak and hadacorpus The reviewpetitiondated to distinguish between the one-year MBAdegree were IIMs and the government over PAGE 12 contributions also include Amount in`crore Source: RTI of Rs 3,076.62 crorebyMarch 31 December 4, filedbyNazir the twoclasses. notserious enough to merit are- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Rs 11.43 crorefromsalariesatthe