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They need to be Some voice calls were Idrone strikes on vital securi- erings to eliminate any risk of found in at least 16.1 per cent identified and revaccinated 6+$#/&#'(()*/#""+, made from mobile numbers ty installations in Srinagar, the injury to life and damage to samples from those who had with an alternative vaccine.” 9412**8321 and 9675**0429 district authorities have banned property.” been administered both doses This also suggests that there ./#("#+&%)*'.#'$$, to CRPF officers/personnel the use, possession, sale, stor- Meanwhile, people who of the Covishield vaccine, as per is a need for a second booster with the callers introducing age and transportation of already have drone cameras or a study conducted by to enhance antibodies, he P.&#%"#+-")*'#%+-, themselves as Deputy Director drones with immediate effect. similar Unmanned Aerial researchers from the Indian added. of the Intelligence Bureau, on the matter and any infor- (Intelligence) Srinagar Sector The authorities Vehicles (UAVs) in Council of Medical Research This means that some peo- .-#/+#.&()*"#&+(, namely Vinod Sharma and mation pertaining to deploy- and DIsG of Srinagar in two other fron- their possession (ICMR). The study is yet to be ple in India may require an Palwinder Sharma. ment should only be disclosed North/South besides all units tier districts of have been directed peer reviewed. additional booster shot of '-#"-#%%-)*/-, Following the fake calls, the after confirming the identity of and additional companies Rajouri and to ground the same On the other hand, neu- Covishield. On the other hand, CRPF has sought to sensitise the caller by returning the call.” under Kashmir/Srinagar oper- Kathua had already in the local police tralising antibodies were not those who have had Covid-19 which specifically target the the personnel that any infor- The letter titled, ‘Regarding ation sectors. issued similar stations under prop- observed in 58.1 per cent of may require just one shot to coronavirus and kill it, were mation relating to deployment fake calls by unknown person- “While making spoof calls orders after the Air er receipt. serum samples from those who develop an adequate immune lower against the Delta variant should only be disclosed after nel to gather sensitive infor- to security personnel has been Force Station, Mohammad had been given only one shot of response, say experts. when compared with the B1 confirming the identity of the mation about deployments of a common tactic of the ISI to Jammu was targeted by drone Aijaz Asad issued these orders Covishield. Neutralising anti- The study also found that strain which led to the first caller by returning the call. the force’, that was issued by the extract information, the recent bombers. after SSP, Srinagar, recom- bodies are proteins produced by the titres of neutralising anti- wave in India. In a circular issued just days Inspector — General of CRPF, such bids by the hostile Following the drone strikes mended imposing restrictions the body to block pathogens, i.e. bodies generated by the vaccine, Continued on Page 4 before the Jammu air force sta- Kashmir Operations Sector, Intelligence agency has raised on the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the storage, sale, possession, bacteria or viruses from infect- tion drone attacks, the CRPF has been circulated to all the alarms in the security estab- station, the security audit of use and transportation of ing host cells. said, “… it is intimated that con- Deputy Inspectors — General lishment, especially as the vital installations was done drones in the district. Reacting to the study, Dr tinuous attempts have been of South and North Kashmir phone/mobile numbers of the and adequate measures were The order said that decen- Rahul Bhargava, Director-Bone P made by the above callers Operation Sectors as also the force’s personnel seem to have taken to prevent similar strikes tralised air space access has to Marrow Transplant (callers from these two num- Anantnag Operations Sector. It been accessed by the inimical in future. be regulated in view of the Programme, Fortis Memorial bers) to elicit information has also been forwarded for agencies. There are other According to an order recent incidents of misuse of Research Institute, Gurugram regarding deployment of troops information to the Special means of compromising these issued by the office of Deputy drones posing a threat to the said, “It is not surprising to see by calling up the CRPF and Director-General of CRPF, smart phones loaded with var- Commissioner, Srinagar, security infrastructure as that 16 per cent did not devel- establishments by making spoof Jammu and Kashmir Zone, IG ious applications by planting Mohammad Aijaz Asad, “To reported by the media and op antibodies. But what is more calls. All officers/men may (Operations) at the force’s malware/ransomware,” a senior secure aerial space near vital other reliable sources. important is which is this sub- please be suitably sensitised directorate here, IG official said. installations and highly popu- Continued on Page 4 set who has not mounted the #$% ! % !" # $! # $ ! " ! % !234+ % !234+ utive days. And, 52,299 recov- he Congress and BJP con- eries were registered in the last Ttinued to spar over the 4)5! ndia’s vaccination coverage 24 hours. More than 9,000 reports of a French judicial Ion Sunday touched another (9,228) recoveries were report- ( probe into 60,000 crore Rafale ushkar Singh Dhami was milestone, crossing the land- ed during the last 24 hours as jet deal. depleted squadron strength of that in the Rafale deal we have Psworn in as the eleventh mark of 35 crore. A total of compared to the daily new In a tweet posted in Hindi the Indian Air Force. bought an item that costs 570 and youngest Chief Minister of 35,12,21,306 vaccine doses cases. on Sunday, Congress leader “Is it because the Gandhi crore at 1,670 crore,” he said. Uttarakhand along with his !"#$ % & have been administered so far However, the Northeast Rahul Gandhi asked why family did not get their desired Khera said it was now Cabinet Ministers at the Raj since the launch of the nation- region seems to be becoming a ) * Prime Minister Modi’s ‘’commission’’?” asked BJP becoming an “open and shut Bhawan on Sunday evening. ' % & wide vaccination drive on matter of concern. After dis- + ,)*+- Government was not ready for spokesperson Sambit Patra. case “and alleged that anti-cor- The new Chief Minister has January 16. A total of 63,87,849 patching the expert teams to six a JPC probe. He went on to give Congress spokesperson ruption clauses from the deal retained all the Ministers of the Ministers from their position as vaccine doses were given in the States, including Manipur, probable reasons: “guilt con- Pawan Khera told media per- were removed. He also accused previous Cabinet and elevated State Ministers in the previous last 24 hours. Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura , - ( science,” “friends, too, need to sons here that the Rafale deal middlemen of being involved three Ministers of State. Cabinet. India has also been wit- in the north east, where Covid- be protected”, “JPC doesn’t was an inter-Governmental in the proceedings. After Governor Baby Rani Talking to the media after nessing a continuous fall in the 19 cases were rising, Union ( need a Rajya Sabha seat”, and one between India and France “In April, it was revealed Maurya administered the oath being sworn in, Dhami said his active caseload and the coun- Minister of State (Independent “all the options are right”. and one of the two countries that according to documents of office and secrecy to Dhami, Government will work to fill try’s active caseload on Sunday Charge) Development of North Rahul Gandhi took to had initiated a probe while the seized from a middleman Cabinet Ministers Satpal the backlogs of appointments stood at 4,79,316. A net decline Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr social media on Sunday morn- other was yet to even comment. arrested in another case by the Maharaaz, Harak Singh Rawat, in Government departments of 10,183 has been witnessed in Jitendra Singh, chaired the ing to post an image with the “It’s been 24 hours since Enforcement Directorate, Subodh Uniyal, Banshidhar and facilitate employment for the last 24 hours, and active meeting of senior officials of all caption “Chor ki dadhi” (thief’s France has ordered a probe on crores and crores of rupees Bhagat, Arvind Pandey, Yashpal the youths. Stating that the cases were now only 1.59 per eight NE States, including beard). matters like corruption, influ- were gifted to this middle man Arya, Bishan Singh Chufal, Government will reach the cent of the country’s total pos- Sikkim and noted that the sec- The BJP hit back at the ence peddling, money laun- in the Rafale deal.