* + > !.!$?" ( $.!$?" (? SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' *,-.*/%'& ,(, - .,'/ 0 1(,' 2 "$ =;8%9 - = ;9:%9 - ' ; 9 ;= % ; 8=7: 9: 989 ' ; = '; % - ' 7 '/3 :8'/1* :' - ; = ; 8; = - ; ; 8 A; 9 B C A @ = ()/) **+ 146 @ '! ((! 0 %!1 1 2 3%11 % /0 *) ))/ )1 102/3 4/ */) " " 5 41 /13 0 )125 36 3*5 7 5 02 240/* )540 )2 412 ! $ " 0 45 )** /* 0)10 35 035 "##$!#! 8 " ) 22 /)0 0 024) /2 261 “Mamata has said there are %%&"$% 7 3 )/ 40* / /01 1 )2 366 instances of community trans- 3 3/ */5 !3 */ 5/0 or the first time, the Centre mission in the State. Are there Fon Sunday admitted the other States with community 9 3 1/ *30 0 *201 4/ *23 prevalence of community transmission as well?” &" :" 1 04 30) / /441 )0 435 transmission of Covid-19 virus Earlier this week, Mamata 1 11 /// / 15// 64 56* in India, but said it is “limited had urged the people of West ""%!#' to certain districts in limited Bengal to maintain caution 9 1 *) 1/1 660 / 61 26) States”. ahead of the upcoming Durga $ 1 ** 36/ 402/ 5/ *4/ The admission, after Puja season. ; < / 53 100 / 5)5/ 2* 356 months of denial, came in the “I ask everybody to follow % " " / 0* /44 1 553/ )) /3) backdrop of West Bengal Chief the Covid-19 safety protocols Minister Mamata Banerjee’s during the festive season. There -< / 26 510 3 034/ )/ 521 remarks that the community are instances of community = / 24 2*1 / )36/ 16 443 transmission of Covid-19 has transmission of Covid-19 and started in the State. also the contagion becoming Earlier, Pinarayi Vijayan, airborne,” Mamata said. Chief Minister of Kerala, which Vardhan asserted that so too is witnessing a major surge, far, no mutation of the coro- had also talked about commu- navirus has been detected in ! nity transmission but was India that is either more trans- " #$ denied by the Centre. mission-efficient or more 2021 if all safety measures like Pradesh was minimal. The sirable” except in localised While responding to a pathogenic. that there are clusters of cases month the Health Ministry social distancing, masks and committee, chaired by IIT areas with heavy infection query in his “Sunday Samvad” Health Ministry officials and there are pockets of had inadvertently revealed that handwashing are followed. Hyderabad professor M load, but not before cautioning programme, Union Health have said the World Health localised transmission. community transmission hap- Going by the present sce- Vidyasagar, claimed that in that if the safety measures are Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan Organization (WHO) has not Earlier, in mid-July, Vijayan pened in India as early as in ! nario, by the time the epidemic the absence of the lockdown in relaxed the cases could rise sig- said, “In different pockets given any standard definition had said community trans- April. The document was later ends in February next year the March, the pandemic would nificantly to as many as 26 lakh across various States, including of community transmission. mission of the coronavirus has withdrawn from the website of ! total number of infections have hit India very hard with in a month. West Bengal, community trans- It permits its member begun in Kerala and its capital the Ministry. would be about 105 lakh, the a peak load of over 1.40 crore Vidyasagar said, as of mission is expected to occur, nations to assess the spread of Thiruvananthapuram was fac- On a query why Kerala was committee said. cases arriving in June and today, 30 per cent of the coun- especially in dense areas. the disease, based on their ing a “grave” situation, as the witnessing a spike in coron- The panel said the upcom- death count going up to 25 try is projected to have devel- However, this is not happening own analysis of the situation, virus was spreading in coastal avirus infections recently, n a day the Centre’s admis- ing festivals and winter lakh. oped antibodies to the SARS- across the country. It is limit- and do their reporting, which areas. “Community transmis- Vardhan said the State was pay- Osion about community season may increase the sus- India’s total infections have CoV-2, which is “good news” ed to certain districts occurring the global body shows on its sion has been confirmed in the ing the “price for gross negli- transmission of coronavirus ceptibility to the virus but all breached the 75-lakh mark and said as per their mathe- in limited States.” website. Broadly, if it is not Poonthura and Pulluvila areas gence” during Onam festivities came, a Government-appoint- activities can be resumed pro- and of them, over 66 lakh matical projections, the cumu- The Minister interacts with possible to trace the transmis- (of Thiruvananthapuram dis- when unlocking of services ed committee said the Covid- vided proper safety protocols patients have recovered. As of lative mortality from the pan- his social media audience sion chain, it means there is trict),” Vijayan had said. along with an increase in trav- 19 pandemic is on decline, are followed. It also found that now, 1.14 lakh people have demic in India by the end of through the Samvad. community transmission, offi- While the Centre had ruled el for trade and tourism led to after having peaked in mid- the impact of labour migration died because of the disease. February next year would be The Health Minister’s cials said. it out, however, in a guidance the spread of September, and can be brought on the total number of infec- The panel, however, said 0.04 per cent of total response was to the query, The Centre has maintained document released in the same Covid-19. under control by February tions in Bihar and Uttar further lockdowns were “unde- cases. P O !" ! " O$ "% " " ' " " s the two sides prepare for """ (( !$ Athe eighth round of Corps ) ***$ Commander level talks this ! $ " week to defuse tension at the ! L Line of Actual Control (LAC), M- $ India is not letting its guard " " down. On Sunday, India test- ! !". fired its Brahmos supersonic missile from a ship as part of the drill to be operational ready. The past few weeks have seen India conducting a series of successful tests of various missiles to shore up its defence. They were of the view that two countries, not to turn dif- The latest test comes at a these discussions were positive, ferences into disputes, and time when India and China are constructive and had enhanced jointly safeguard peace and readying for the next round of understanding of each other’s tranquility in the border areas. talks to find ways to end the positions. Both sides agreed to Incidentally, this was the five-month-old logjam at the maintain dialogue and com- second time the two Armies LAC in Eastern Ladakh. In the munication through military came out with a joint state- last round on October 12, the and diplomatic channels, and ment. In the first such com- two commanders in a joint arrive at a mutually acceptable muniqué after the sixth round statement said the “two sides solution for disengagement as of military level talks on had a sincere, in-depth and early as possible. September 21, both the coun- constructive exchange of views Both sides agreed to tries agreed to refrain from on disengagement along the earnestly implement the sending more troops to the LAC in the Western Sector of important understandings border and maintain India-China border areas”. reached by the leaders of the peace. # $R! P &'P &R ( '## ( ! ) and Narendra Nagar Forest ok Janshakti Party president Division to the Kumbh Mela LChirag Paswan on Sunday Samiti in order to initiate “tem- downplayed the BJP’s recent porary” construction for the attacks on him, claiming that it devotees to the Maha Kumbh was only following the “coali- Mela. tion dharma” as an ally of The Rawat Government Bihar Chief Minister Nitish had initially estimated the Kumar. arrival of 10 crore pilgrims to “I do not need to exhibit my iting forest laws, the Centre the Kumbh but because of the relations with the Prime Modi and him. P a s w a n Chas rejected the Trivendra Covid-19 pandemic, officials Minister. From the time when said the Chief Minister, also the Singh Rawat Government’s now expect around 4 crore pil- my father was in the hospital to JD(U) president, should be plans to temporarily divert a grims to the holy his last rites, I can never forget thankful to his ally for follow- patch of Rajaji National Park town. what he (PM) has done for me,” ing the coalition dharma by forest area in Uttarakhand for The temporary diversion of Paswan said in a series of tweets giving him a “certificate” every the construction of housing, the Rajaji National Park was in Hindi. With the BJP working day that it has no links with the toilets and parking facilities for meant to ensure that pilgrims overtime to dispel the impres- LJP president despite “so much the Haridwar Maha Kumbh do not have any problems dur- sion of having any tacit under- anger” against Kumar. pilgrims. The mega religious ing the event. The State standing with the LJP, Paswan “I do not want Prime congregation is slated for early Government had sought a pro- claimed that Kumar has been Minister Narendra Modi to be next year. posed area of the national park trying to create distance between in any dilemma due to me. He Calling it as “an exceptional to remain with the Kumbh the saffron party and should follow his coalition case” the Uttarakhand Forest Mela Samiti for over nine him.