)+,-).$/01 '( ))* !" 2 $$2"$3 $1413 $ %'( $) ,*-./ entire data on the official por- tal. As per WHO guidelines, ithin the next four to six EUL is a procedure to stream- Wweeks, the World Health line the process by which new New Delhi: Highly transmis- Organization (WHO) will or unlicensed products can be sible Delta Plus variant has now decide on including Bharat used during public health reached the Northeastern Biotech’s Covaxin in the emer- emergencies. region of the country also with gency use list (EUL). Sources “There is a process to be Tripura, for the first time, said once the decision is taken, followed for EUL and pre- reporting 138 cases. unopposed. “This victory it will boost the export status of qualification of vaccines under At least 90 per cent of number will increase after the the Hyderabad-based pharma which a company has to com- samples in Tripura that were ttar Pradesh Chief full results are out. I am happy maker and make it eligible for plete phase 3 trials and submit sent for genome sequencing UMinister Yogi Adityanath to inform you that the strate- “green passport.” the whole data to the regulatory have been found to be con- said that the Bharatiya Janata gy of the party was carried for- WHO chief scientist department of WHO which is taining Delta Plus variant, offi- Party had registered a landslide ward through the people's rep- Soumya Swaminathan has said examined by an expert advi- and Environment (CSE) cial said. victory in panchayat elections resentatives and workers, the the global body is reviewing sory group,” Swaminathan here recently. However, hours after the and its supported candidates result was that the BJP and Covaxin as the manufacturer said at a webinar organised Currently, six vaccines have announcement confusion pre- had won 735 or 85 per cent of allies won 67 seats out of 75 dis- Bharat Biotech is uploading its by the Centre for Science been granted EUL and have vailed over the variant with the block pramukh seats. trict panchayat chairpersons’ recommendations from Centre claiming that it was the The election for block pra- seats," the chief minister said. Strategic Advisory Group of Delta variant that was found in mukhs was held on Saturday. Yogi said, “75,852 kshetra Experts (SAGE). these samples. There are 826 seats of block panchayat members have elect- Continued on Page 6 Detailed report on P7 pramukhs and elections were ed 825 block pramukhs, there held for 825 seats. is a big election process and we Addressing a press confer- conducted elections with trans- ence along with BJP state pres- parency." In the district pan- R ident Swatantra Dev Singh, chayat chairpersons’ polls held $ Yogi Adityanath said here on earlier this month, the BJP Saturday that the BJP won 735 grabbed 67 of the 75 districts. seats of block pramukhs which The total number of members included 635 by the BJP, 14 by elected to district panchayats is ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) and 76 3,050 and they elect the chair- by BJP-supported candidates. persons of district panchayats. new study of antibodies n order to prevent crowding He said this number could Expressing his commit- Aproduced in saliva after the Iby visitors at tourist destina- increase as the results were still ment for the families of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vac- tions and check the resulting coming in. state employees who were vic- cine shows both the impor- Covid-19 threat, the State Yogi Adityanath said the tims of pandemic during the tance of the second vaccine Government is expected to BJP not only won 85 per cent elections, the chief minister dose and updating vaccines to ask hoteliers to put a cap on the block pramukh seats but also said the state government had combat new variants of con- Beta variants. booking in hotels in Nainital won over 85 per cent unequivocally demonstrated election proves people’s trust in asked the State Election cern. The study showed that While there was no reduc- and Dehradun districts. seats of district panchayat that the people are inclined in the BJP government and the Commission to amend the the number of antibodies pro- tion in neutralising antibodies The authorities in chairpersons. favour of the BJP as the bene- hard work done by the party guidelines for the compensa- duced and protection offered against the Alpha variant, there Dehradun and Nainital strict- BJP general secretary Sunil fit of the welfare schemes leaders and cadre during the tion for the victims of pan- by vaccination increased sub- was a substantial reduction in ly enforced Covid guidelines Bansal offered sweets to the launched by Prime Minister adverse conditions caused by demic. He said the loss of life stantially after the second vac- neutralising antibodies against and other measures to prevent earlier and with prior hotel chief minister and the BJP Narendra Modi have reached the pandemic,” could never be compensated cine dose was given. the Beta variant, indicated the crowding in popular tourist bookings are being allowed to state president to celebrate the the common man at the grass- On 735 out of 825 seats, the but the state government had The team, including Nicole study, presented at the destinations like Mussoorie enter Mussoorie, while similar occasion. roots level,” the chief minister BJP had fielded its candidates, compensated the families of the Schneiderhan-Marra, at the European Congress of and Nainital. In Dehradun dis- measures have been adopted "The results of the pan- said. Thanking the electorate while its allies were contesting, victims. He said the survivors University of Tubingen, also Clinical Microbiology & trict, only those tourists with along with a changed traffic chayat elections which con- for the trust reposed in the BJP, on 76 seats. Around 335 BJP of the victims had been given examined whether it offered Infectious Diseases. RT-PCR negative test con- management plan in Nainital. cluded today (Saturday) have Yogi Adityanath said, “This block pramukhs were elected government jobs. protection against Alpha and Continued on Page 6 ducted not more than 72 hours Continued on Page 6 % &&#'() OP * * ## he Delhi Government on racking its whip against the TSaturday issued orders that CGovernment employees, people violating noise pollution including policemen harbour- norms will have to pay 10,000 ing terrorists, the Union to 1 lakh fine. Those using Territory administration in loudspeakers without permis- Jammu & Kashmir has termi- sion or diesel generator sets will nated the services of at least 11 be penalised as the Delhi employees with immediate Pollution Control Committee effect. Among the sacked (DPCC) has asked authorities employees are two sons of to strictly implement the Hizbul Mujahideen founder revised rules. Syed Salahuddin. According to the Central ! A senior bureaucrat of the Pollution Control Board’s Jammu & Kashmir General (CPCB) revised penalties, one " Administration Department In October 2017, will have to pay 10,000 fine in confirmed the news to Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid case of noise violation by a ## The Pioneer. Yusuf was arrested in the same loudspeaker or a public address and Gurjot Singh, both resi- south Delhi’s Ghitorni area. Syed Shahid Yusuf and case for allegedly receiving system at a public place with- ith the arrest of four peo- dents of Jalandhar in Punjab “Following the inputs, a Shakeel Yusuf, both sons of money from his father, who is out permission or during night, Wple, including an Afghan and Hazrat Ali, a native of trap was laid and the accused Syed Salahuddin, came on the currently based in Pakistan. and the equipment will also be national, the Special Cell of Kandhar in Afghanistan. was arrested when he was radar of the National Shahid Yusuf was working in confiscated. “A fine of 1 lakh decibel during day time and 55 organiser and the owner of the Delhi Police on Saturday Police said recently it came going to deliver a packet of one Investigation Agency when the Agriculture department. has been set for diesel genera- decibel during night. In sensi- premises will have to pay claimed to have busted a syn- to notice that Kashmiri was kilogram of heroin. On inter- they started a probe in the ter- Official sources claimed tor (DG) sets of over 1,000 tive areas it is 50 decibel during 20,000 for the first violation. dicate involved in smuggling involved in drug peddling in rogation, Kashmiri revealed ror funding cases. some of these employees, KVA, 25,000 for DG sets the day and 40 decibel at night. “For the second violation, the drugs in the country. Police Delhi and other States like that he works under the com- Salahuddin’s eldest son including two policemen, were between 62.5 KVA to 1,000 Other than this, there are organiser and the owner will have recovered a record quan- Punjab, Madhya Pradesh mand of an Afghan national Shakeel Yusuf was arrested by working as overground work- KVA and 10,000 for DG sets silent zones that includeareas have to pay 40,000. For more tity of 354-kilogram Afghan and Haryana. Isha Khan who recently left the NIA in connection with a ers for terrorist organisations. upto 62.5 KVA,” the DPCC which lie within 100 metres of than two violations within a heroin worth over 2,500 crore According to Pramod India for Afghanistan. Khan 2011 terror funding case for These employees were involved order said. premises of schools, colleges, fixed premises or at a marriage in international markets. Singh Kushwah, the Deputy directed him to contact allegedly receiving money from in arranging logistics, provid- In Delhi, the permissible hospitals and courts.