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38 Infected with New Corona Strain in India AHMEDABAD l TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 42 Equity benchmark indices continued their General of India approved Covid vaccines at 56.4 in December. At the closing bell, the Stock Exchange were in the green zone with SENSEX CLOSES AT upward journey on Monday with the Sensex Covishield and Covaxin for emergency use BSE S&P Sensex was up by 308 points or Nifty metal jumping by 5.3 per cent, IT by 2.7 RECORD-HIGH OF 48,177, testing 48,000 mark amid positive devel- in the country. Moreover, IHS Markit said the 0.64 per cent at 48,177 while the Nifty 50 per cent, auto by 1.6 per cent and PSU bank opment on the vaccination front. Investor manufacturing PMI remained in the expan- edged higher by 114 points or 0.82 per cent by 1.1 per cent. Metal stocks were stars of TATA STEEL JUMPS 8.2 PC sentiment was lifted after the Drug Controller sion zone for fifth straight month and stood to 14,133. All sectoral indices at the National the day with Tata Steel gaining by 8.3%. OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia 38 infected with new corona strain in India Of these cases of mutated strain, 10 have been detected at NIMHANS in Bengaluru, 8 in NCDC Delhi, 5 in NIV Pune, 3 in CCMB Hyderabad, 11 in IGIB Delhi and 1 case at NIBMG Kalyani New Delhi: The Union 5 in NIV (Pune), 11 in Health Ministry said on IGIB (Delhi), 8 in NCDC Monday 38 people have (New Delhi) and 1 in ALERT! NEW STRAIN FOUND IN 3 UK tested positive for the NCBG (Kolkata). new UK variant of The MoHFW said that RETURNEES FROM SRI GANGANAGAR SARS-CoV-2 in India so the NCBS, InSTEM, First India Bureau mitted the trio on far. “All these people Bengaluru, CDFD Hy- Monday to the district have been kept in single derabad, ILS Bhubane- Jaipur: Three UK re- hospital in Sriganga- room isolation in desig- swar, and NCCS Pune turnees from a family nagar. Total 23 people nated healthcare facili- have so far found no UK of Sadulshahar in Sri returned from UK on ties by respective state mutant virus. Ganganagar district December 18 to Sri governments and their The positive samples of Rajasthan have Ganganagar. Earlier, close contacts have also are being tested at 10 IN- tested positive for the the health department been put under quaran- SACOG labs (NIBMG new strain of corona- had sent samples of 11 tine,” the ministry said. Kolkata, ILS Bhubane- virus, said a health tional Institute of Vi- UK returnees, who Comprehensive contact swar, NIV Pune, NCCS department official. rology for further test- tested positive for co- tracing has been initiat- Pune, CCMB Hyderabad, The trio, a man, ing as they had tested rona, but they all test- ed for co-travellers, fam- CDFD Hyderabad, In- wife, and a child, had positive for corona on ed negative for the ily contacts and others. STEM Bengaluru, NIM- returned from Britain December 28. new strain. The new According to MoHFW, HANS Bengaluru, IGIB on December 18 and The health depart- strain is considered to there are 10 cases in Delhi, NCDC Delhi) for their reports were ment officials got on spread 70% faster Bengaluru’s NIMHANS, genome sequencing. sent to Pune-based Na- an alert mode and ad- than the earlier one. 3 in CCMB (Hyderabad), Turn to P6 Children look at a mural depicting frontline workers fighting against COVID-19 in Kolkata. —PTI Deadlock continues: Now next round of World’s biggest vaccination talks between Centre & farmers on Jan 8 set to begin in India: PM New Delhi: Prime Min- India’s drugs regula- ister Narendra Modi tor on Sunday approved Tomar: No solution, said on Monday that the Oxford COVID-19 vac- world’s biggest inocula- cine Covishield, manu- tion drive against coro- factured by the Serum farmers ‘adamant’ navirus is set to begin Institute, and indige- in the country, a day af- nously developed Cov- on full rollback ter the drugs regulator axin of Bharat Biotech approved two vaccines for restricted emergen- for restricted emergen- cy use in the country, cy use. COVID-19 vaccination paving the way for a Lauding the scien- programme set to begin massive inoculation tists and technicians for in India. For this, the drive. Addressing scien- the ‘Made in India’ vac- country is proud of the tists at the National Me- cines, he said the coun- contributions of its sci- trology Conclave, Modi try is proud of them. entists and techni- said it must be ensured “World’s biggest cians,” Modi said. that Turn to P6 Farmers take cover from the rain during their ongoing protest against new farm laws, at Singhu border, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI New Delhi: After the repeal of the Monday’s talks, the laws,” Tomar told re- New Delhi: The 8th Piyush Goyal and Som tional capital will not go Centre could not porters at Vigyan Covaxin 200% safe, don’t deserve round of meeting be- Parkash along with gov- back until the Acts are reach any “solution” Bhawan. He said he is tween the Central gov- ernment officials and repealed. as farmer unions re- “hopeful” that a con- backlash: Bharat Biotech MD ernment and farmers’ representatives of “Discussion took mained “adamant” clusion will be found New Delhi: Amid ques- was a “backlash against any political party. Many representatives which farmers also observed a place on our demands, over repealing of in the next round of tions raised by experts Indian companies”. Ad- people are just gossip- began at Vigyan Bhawan two-minute silence for repeal of the three laws three farm laws, Un- talks which will be and Opposition over the dressing a virtual press ing, it is just a backlash on Monday morning has farmers who died dur- and MSP... Kannon wa- ion Agriculture Min- held on January 8 at 2 restricted use approval conference, Ella said his against Indian compa- concluded. Next round ing the ongoing protest. pasi nahi, to ghar wa- ister Narendra Singh pm. given to Covaxin despite company’s work was no nies. That is not right of talks will be held on After the meeting, pasi nahi (We will not Tomar said. “Looking at today’s no efficacy data from less than Pfizer’s, which for us. We don’t deserve January 8 at 2 pm. Rakesh Tikait, Spokes- go home until the laws “We wanted farmer discussion, I hope Phase III trials, Bharat also came out with a that. Merck’s Ebola vac- The farmers’ repre- person of Bharatiya are withdrawn),” Tikait unions to discuss that we will have a Biotech MD Krishna vaccine for coronavirus. cine never completed a sentatives demanded Kisan Union (BKU) said told ANI. three laws clause- meaningful discus- Ella Monday said the “Now that vaccine is human clinical trial at all the government to re- that farmers, who are Earlier, Tikait wise. We could not sion during our next company had “tremen- being politicised, I want but WHO gave emer- peal the three farm laws protesting for over a claimed that 60 farmers reach any solution as meeting and we will dous experience” in to state very clearly that gency authorization for in the meeting on Mon- month against three ag- have so far lost their farmer unions re- come to a conclu- developing vaccines and none of my family mem- Liberia and Guinea,” Ella day. Union Ministers riculture laws at differ- lives during the ongo- mained adamant on sion,” he said. —ANI that criticism against it bers is associated with said. Turn to P6 Narendra Singh Tomar, ent borders of the na- ing agitation. Turn to P6 TDP leader brutally Guj HC asks govt’s view on Uttarayan kite ban murdered in Andhra tioner stated that the Hyderabad: A 55-year- A petition seeking ban on kite- government must un- old Telugu Desam Party flying this Makar Sankranti has derstand the conse- (TDP) leader was hacked quences. to death in Andhra been moved in the court “People gather in Pradesh’s Guntur dis- large numbers to buy trict late on Sunday First India Bureau Sankranti on January kites and threads and night, the police said. 14. “Cities and taluka also for assembling This is the second mur- Ahmedabad: The Gu- centres must disallow them. Foreigners also der of a TDP leader in jarat High Court on kite-flying. Also, the visit the state for the in- the state within a week. Monday asked the state state should ban the ternational kite-flying The deceased was Vishal Gunni told re- government’s stance on sale and purchase of competition each year; identified as Puramset- porters on Monday that the Public Interest Liti- kites and threads. Po- assembling their huge ti Ankulu, former sar- three special teams had gation (PIL) filed for the lice must be deployed kites will, in all likeli- panch of Pedagarlapadu been formed to track prohibition of kite-fly- for patrols and drone hood, lead to people village of Dachepalle the perpetrater(s). “We ing on Uttarayan this surveillance to enforce gathering in numbers block. His body was are inquiring into all year. social distancing dur- at the event. And that found at an under-con- angles in the murder, Maulik Mankad has ing the festival,” men- would be against the in- struction apartment including faction vio- moved a PIL with tioned the petition.
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