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Follow us on: RNI No. APENG/2018/764698 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 11 VIJAYAWADA DELHI LUCKNOW MANAGE LAND CONSUMERS ARE OPEN TO SPENDING INDIA WILL BE STRONG DESPITE BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH RECORDS BETTER MORE ON CONVENIENCE, SAYS SURVEY VIRAT’S ABSENCE: LYON BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN HYDERABAD VIJAYAWADA, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Late City Vol. 3 Issue 9 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable PAWAN TO SHOOT KRISH'S FILM BRIEFLY NEXT MONTH { Page 12 } www.dailypioneer.com WON’T RETRACT OR APOLOGISE QUESTIONED BY NCB ARJUN RAMPAL TWITTER SAYS AMIT SHAH'S LIGHT A DIYA AS SALUTE TO FOR TWEETS ON SC: KUNAL KAMRA SAYS HE HAS ‘DOESN’T DO DRUGS’ ACCOUNT TEMPORARILY LOCKED SOLDIERS THIS DIWALI, SAYS MODI tand-up comic artist Kunal Kamra on Friday refused to retract his ollywood actor Arjun Rampal was questioned by the Narcotics witter on Friday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah's account was n Diwali eve, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to the Scontroversial tweets against the Supreme Court or apologise for BControl Bureau (NCB) in a drug- related probe for around seven Ttemporarily locked due to an “inadvertent error” and the decision Opeople to light a 'diya' as a "salute to soldiers", saying words cannot do them, saying he believes they speak for themselves. Kamra's statement hours on Friday. The NCB, which questioned Rampal's partner Gabriella was reversed immediately. The account is fully functional, a Twitter justice to the sense of gratitude for their exemplary comes a day after Attorney General KK Venugopal consented to the Demetriades on Wednesday and Thursday, has also arrested his friend spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. Shah's courage. "This Diwali, let us also light a Diya as a initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against him for Paul Bartel, an official of the central agency said. "I have Twitter display picture was on Thursday removed #Salute2Soldiers who fearlessly protect our nation. a series of tweets following the apex court giving nothing to do with drugs. I have prescription for the by Twitter in response to a "report from the Words can't do justice to the sense of gratitude we interim bail to Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab medicine which was found at my residence and the copyright holder". Clicking on Shah's picture have for our soldiers for their exemplary courage. We Goswami. “The tweets I recently put out have been prescription has been handed over to NCB officials," showed a blank page with the message "Media not are also grateful to the families of those on the found in contempt of court. All that I tweeted was from Rampal told reporters. "I am cooperating with the displayed. This image has been removed in borders," he tweeted. The Prime Minister also my view of the Supreme Court of India giving a partial investigation and the NCB officials are doing a response to a report from the copyright posted an audio clip of his recent 'Mann Ki decision in favour of a Prime Time Loudspeaker,” he good job," the actor-turned-model said as he holder". "Due to an inadvertent error, we Baat' broadcast in which he had first given said in a statement addressed to Venugopal and emerged out of the NCB's zonal office in south temporarily locked this account under our a call to citizens to light a 'diya' for the judges on his Twitter page. Mumbai around 6 pm. global copyright policies,” Twitter said. soldiers in Diwali. Indian, Pakistani troops India to get 100 million exchange fire, at least 15 dead The Pioneer wishes its PNS n SRINAGAR readers, advertisers, agents and suppliers a happy Oxford vax shots by Dec At least 10 civilians and five Deepavali. Our offices will security personnel were killed n remain closed today PNS NEW DELHI dates work, but there are plen- in cross-border shelling ty of hurdles remaining as the between India and Pakistan on (Saturday 14-11-20) in view The world's largest vaccine global race to find an effective Friday, in one of this year’s of the festival. Therefore, maker is ramping up produc- shot against the pathogen deadliest days along the heav- there will be no issue of the tion of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 reaches its final stages. Astra ily militarised frontier separat- newspaper tomorrow shot, aiming to have 100 mil- and co-developer the ing the nuclear-armed rivals, lion doses ready by December University of Oxford still need officials said. Indian officials (Sunday 15-11-20) for an inoculation drive that to see testing results. And even said the barrage of mortars and — Resident Editor could begin across India that if their vaccine proves effective other weapons along several same month. and gets a nod from regulators, parts of the Line of Control — If final-stage trial data show there are questions over how the de-facto border — began AstraZeneca's candidate gives easily and quickly the shot can after Indian troops foiled an gency, which Pakistan denies. those killed in the shelling that effective protection from the be distributed. infiltration attempt from Indian and Pakistani troops started in the morning and virus, the Serum Institute of Poonawalla reiterated that it Pakistan in northern Kashmir. regularly exchange fire across continued late into the India — which is partnered to will take until 2024 to vaccinate Pakistan’s military said in a the mountainous border, but evening. produce at least one billion the entire world and two years statement it had responded to the shelling on Friday was Mukhtar Ahmad, a resident doses — may get emergency for poor nations. Poonawalla's confidence in to see a real reduction in infec- unprovoked and indiscrimi- particularly intense, according of Uri in Indian Kashmir said authorisation from New Delhi Serum, which has tied up one of the main vaccine front- tions, due to affordability and nate firing by the Indian army. to Indian officials. Both sides there was panic in the hillside by December, said Adar with five developers, has so far runners. AstraZeneca CEO manufacturing hurdles. Indian officials said six civil- also accused the other of firing town after loud explosions Poonawalla, CEO of the fam- made 40 million doses of Pascal Soriot has said he was After talks with the govern- ians, three soldiers and a bor- at civilian areas. were heard from areas closer to ily-owned firm based in Pune. AstraZeneca's vaccine in the preparing for the possibility of ment, Poonawalla said he was der guard were killed on their “As usual they targeted civil- the de facto border. That initial amount will go past two months and aims to large-scale vaccinations as early confident in their plans to get side. The Pakistan military ian populations without any “Several families have fled to India, Poonawalla said in an start manufacturing Novavax's as December and once the UK initial vaccines to the vulner- said four civilians and one sol- remorse,” said Syed Shahid the area and taken shelter in interview on Thursday. contender soon. grants its own emergency able and frontline workers. dier were killed on the Qadri, an official in Pakistan- Uri town,” he said. Full approval early next year "We were a bit concerned it license, Serum will submit that The challenge will be in getting Pakistani side. controlled Kashmir, where a More than 40 civilians have will allow distribution on a 50- was a big risk," said 39-year-old same data to Indian counter- it to India's 1.3 billion popula- Both India and Pakistan woman was among the dead been killed in firing between 50 basis with the South Asian Poonawalla. But both parts. tion, especially in the vast claim Kashmir in full. Each and 27 others were injured. Indian and Pakistani troops nation and Covax, the World AstraZeneca and Novavax's Drugmakers are just now countryside where past inocu- rules part of the region, with Across the border in Indian- this year, according to official Health Organisation-backed shots "are looking pretty good." getting data that will show lation drives have struggled New Delhi long accusing its ruled Kashmir, officials said an data, with both sides suffering body that's purchasing shots The haste underlines how well their vaccine candi- due to patchy health networks. neighbour of fuelling an insur- 8-year-old child was among similar fatalities. State adopts new Sand Policy; BJP appoints Clutch slips, Naidu stranded on NH-65 Muralidharan n Owaisi’s entry may online booking system scrapped PNS VIJAYAWADA as AP in-charge impact TMC’s sway n Consumers allowed to buy sand from reaches after AP ends online booking For the second time in two months, Leader of the PNS n NEW DELHI over minorities SNV SUDHIR Opposition N Chandrababu n VIJAYAWADA Naidu, who has Z Category The BJP on Friday security protecting him, faced announced its new team of After facing flak, in some cases car troubles on the state in-charges, with party 5 even from ruling YSRCP Vijayawada-Hyderabad vice-president Radha Mohan cadres, the state government National Highway. Singh appointed in-charge has quietly done away with On Friday, the bulletproof of politically crucial Uttar online booking of sand. car in which Naidu was trav- Pradesh. TODAY The state government on elling to Hyderabad from The party has made Union Thursday night issued orders Vijayawada developed techni- Minister V Muralidharan in- ALMANAC upgrading the existing sand cal snag at Narketpalli in charge of Andhra Pradesh Month & Paksham: policy while tweaking certain Telangana state.