THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26, 2020 NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL 7 Govt expediting road project Maharashtra building collapse: Child between Ladakh, Darcha in HP rescued, mother found dead , AUGUST NEW , AU- the end of 2022. projects in eastern Ladakh. down tensions in the area. 25: Rescuers sifting GUST 25: Amid the border The sources said various Last month, Defence Min- However, the process has through the rubble of a five- row with China, India is ex- road projects are being expe- ister Rajnath Singh reviewed not moved forward since pediting work on a strategic dited for movement of troops the progress of various infra- mid-July. storey building in Maha- road linking Darcha in Hi- to various key areas like structure projects that are The Chinese military has rashtra's Raigad district on machal Pradesh with Ladakh Daulat Beg Oldie as well as under construction in border pulled back from Galwan Tuesday found a five-year- that will crisscross a number Depsang along the Line of areas including in Ladakh re- Valley and certain other fric- old boy alive and his mother of high-altitude snow-bound Actual Control in eastern gion at a high-level meeting. tion points but the with- dead beneath the debris, po- passes, official sources said Ladakh. The Border Roads In the meeting, he had in- drawal of troops has not lice said. on Tuesday. Organisation is also working structed the Border Roads moved forward in Pangong Seventeen people are still They said the nearly 290- on another crucial road con- Organisation to expedite Tso, Depsang and a couple of missing after the Tareq Gar- km-long road will be crucial necting Ladakh with Dep- work on the road linking other areas, sources said. den building in Mahad for the movement of the sang plains. The road will Darcha with Ladakh, the In the five rounds of corps town, around 170 km from troops and heavy weaponry provide access the Sub-Sec- sources said. commander-level talks, the Mumbai, came down like a into the frontier bases of the tor North (SSN) in Ladakh. India and China have held Indian side has been insist- pack of cards on Monday Ladakh region and will pro- The trigger for the standoff several rounds of military ing on complete disengage- evening, an official said. vide a crucial link to the in eastern Ladakh was and diplomatic talks in the ment of Chinese troops at the The death toll in the Kargil region. It will be the China's stiff opposition to In- last two-and-half months but earliest, and immediate tragedy rose to two on Tues- third road link to Ladakh af- dia laying a key road in the no significant headway has restoration of status quo ante day, with the discovery of ter the other two roads: the Finger area around the Pan- been made in resolution of in all areas of eastern Ladakh the body of Naushin, the been rescued from the de- said. Thane guardian minister Manali-Leh road and Srina- gong Tso Lake besides con- the border row in eastern prior to April. child's 30-year-old mother. bris. The offence was regis- Eknath Shinde reached Ma- gar-Leh highway. struction of another road Ladakh. Even as both sides have A man died of cardiac ar- Police on Tuesday regis- tered against builder Farooq had in the wee hours of The work on reopening an connecting the Darbuk- The formal process of dis- been engaged in diplomatic rest on Monday night after tered an offence against five Kazi, RCC consultant Tuesday following instruc- alternative road to Ladakh Shayok-Daulat Beg Oldie engagement of troops began and military talks, the Indian he was hit by a stone from people, including the Bahubali Dhamne, and ar- tions from Chief Minister from Himachal Pradesh has road. The road in the Finger on July 6, a day after a nearly Army is making elaborate the falling building, police builder and architect of chitect Gaurav Shah under Uddhav Thackeray, to over- been expedited as it is a area in Pangong Tso is con- two-hour telephonic conver- preparation to maintain its said. Tareq Garden in connection Sections 304, 304A and 338 see rescue and relief work, strategically key road, said an sidered crucial for India to sation between National Se- current strength of troops in Ten people have so far with the collapse, the official of the IPC, the official said. sources close to him said. official on condition of anon- carry out patrols. India has curity Advisor Ajit Doval and all key areas in eastern imity, adding the project is already decided not to stall Chinese Foreign Minister Ladakh in the harsh winter expected to be completed by any border infrastructure Wang Yi on ways to bring months. Phase-2 trial of Oxford Covid-19 SC larger Bench to decide conflict of free speech, vaccine candidate begins NEW DELHI, AU- garh, AIIMS-Jodhpur, contempt arising out of Prashant Bhushan case GUST 25: The phase-2 hu- Nehru Hospital in Gorakh- representing Bhushan, said relief, when that faith is ment expressing regret. man clinical trial of the Ox- pur, Andhra Medical College these issues needed to be de- shaken that's a problem." "In my interview to ford COVID-19 vaccine in Visakhapatnam and JSS cided by a larger Bench. Justice Mishra said a new Tehelka in 2009, I have used candidate by -based Academy of Higher Educa- "Let these issues be left to Bench will take a call on the word corruption in a Serum Institute of India tion and Research in a different Bench then. In these issues as he was demit- wide sense meaning lack of (SII) is set to begin from Mysore, SII sources had any case, this matter needs ing office early next month. propriety. I did not mean Tuesday. said. extensive hearing," said Jus- The matter will be listed be- only financial corruption or The observer-blind, ran- Around 1,600 people aged tice Mishra. fore appropriate Bench on deriving any pecuniary ad- domised controlled study to above 18 years are likely to Dhawan requested the September 10. vantage. If what I have said determine the safety and im- participate in the trials. To NEW DELHI, AU- Bench to issue notice to the On August 17, the Bench caused hurt to any of them or munogenicity of ''Cov- introduce the vaccine, SII, GUST 25: The Supreme Attorney General so he can had said it wanted to give a to their families in any way, I ishield'' on healthy Indian the world's largest vaccine Court on Tuesday agreed to assist the court on the legal quietus to the 2009 case. regret the same," he had said. adults will begin at Bharati maker by number of doses refer to an appropriate issues involved. However, it had noted that "I unreservedly state that I Vidyapeeth Medical College Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be General of India (DCGI) on produced and sold, has Bench the question of con- Senior advocate Kapil larger questions emerging support the institution of the and Hospital in Pune, University) Medical College August 3 had given nod to signed an agreement to flict between right to free Sibal, representing former from the case needed to be judiciary and especially the sources said. and Hospital from August the Pune Serum Institute of manufacture the potential speech and suo motu con- Tehelka magazine editor addressed and decided. Supreme Court of which I The Serum Institute of In- 25. "We are sure that in line India (SII) for conducting vaccine developed by the tempt powers of court aris- Tarun Tejpal, also supported Bhushan is already con- am a part, and had no inten- dia has partnered with with the philosophy of our phase-2 and 3 human clinical Jenner Institute (Oxford ing from a 2009 contempt the contention that these is- victed in another contempt tion to lower the prestige of British-Swedish pharma group, we are going to make trials of the Oxford COVID- University) in collaboration case against activist-lawyer sues should be examined by a case for scandalising the ju- the judiciary in which I have company AstraZeneca for available a world class 19 vaccine candidate in the with British-Swedish Prashant Bhushan who had larger Bench. diciary by his tweets against complete faith. I regret if my manufacturing the COVID- COVID-19 vaccine for peo- country. The trials are to be pharma company As- called half of 16 former CJIs "We may come and go... CJI SA Bobde and four last interview was misunder- 19 vaccine candidate, devel- ple of our country and make conducted across 17 selected traZeneca. "corrupt". but the institution must be CJIs. He had refused to apol- stood as doing so, that is, oped by the University of our country 'AatmaNirb- sites, including AIIMS Delhi, Initial results of the first A Bench led by Justice protected...," he submitted. ogise and the top court is ex- lower the reputation of the Oxford. har'," Prakash Kumar Singh, BJ Medical College in Pune, two phases of trials of the Arun Mishra directed that The Bench said, "It's not a pected to pronounce sen- judiciary, especially the "We have got all approvals Additional Director, Gov- Rajendra Memorial Re- vaccine conducted in five the matter be placed before question of punishment tence. Supreme Court, which could from the Central Drugs ernment and Regulatory Af- search Institute of Medical trial sites in the UK showed it an appropriate Bench on alone... it's a question of faith Bhushan had also refused never have been my inten- Standard Control Organisa- fairs, Serum Institute of In- Sciences (RMRIMS) in has an acceptable safety pro- September 10 after senior in the institution.... When to tender an apology in the tion at all," his statement fur- tion (CDSCO). We are going dia (SII) said. , Post-Graduate Insti- file and homologous boost- advocate Rajeev Dhawan, people come to the court for 2009 case and issued a state- ther read. to start the human clinical As a rapid regulatory re- tute of Medical Education ing increased antibody re- trial process at the Bharati sponse, the Drugs Controller and Research in Chandi- sponses, sources had said. Bride abducted at gunpoint hours flood situation remains grim; after wedding in Rohtak; traced ROHTAK, AUGUST pistol and pointed it at the 8.362 million people affected 25: A bride was abducted by driver’s ear. Later, the men New Delhi, August 25: people being served cooked The highest 11 casualties in the state -- Gandhi Ghat a group of armed men at forced him, his uncle, the No fresh areas were inun- food and that of community were registered in Darb- and Hathidah in Patna and gunpoint in Kalanaur town bride’s brother and some dated by flood water for the kitchens are decreasing hanga district, followed by Kahalgaon in dis- here while the groom was others to get down from the third consecutive day in Bi- gradually. The bulletin said six in , four in trict, the Water Resources taking her to his house in a car. Thereafter, the men, har where 83.62 lakh people that 1.38 lakh people were West Champaran and two Department said. car a few hours after their along with the bride, sped across 16 districts were reel- fed at 174 community each in Saran, Siwan and The river is flowing nine wedding on Monday away from the car. The ing under the impact of the kitchens on Tuesday. Khagaria. Six relief centres cm above the danger level at evening. bride’s brother identified two deluge, the Disaster Manage- On Monday, these figures are functional in the state Gandhi Ghat, over 31 cm The police launched a hunt of the accused, based on ment Department said on were 1.60 lakh and 198 re- now, where 5,186 people are above it at Hathidah and and later recovered the bride which the police made the in- Tuesday. spectively. staying, the bulletin said. more than 33 cm above the from Sonepat district. The vestigation and succeeded in The number of flood vic- The number of people who It said that about 5.50 lakh red mark at Kahalgaon, it preliminary investigation re- recovering the bride. tims and affected areas re- got cooked food had come people have been evacuated said. The Bagmati river is vealed that two of the abduc- Rahul Sharma, Superin- mained the same since Sat- down to 1.78 lakh on Sunday so far by 26 teams of Na- flowing above the danger tors were residents of her vil- tendent of Police, said an in- urday, the department's from 2.09 lakh the previous tional Disaster Response level at five places - Dheng, lage. No arrest was made till relative’s house in Sonepat Mokhra Turn in Kalanaur vestigation was underway bulletin said adding that day, while that of community Force and State Disaster Re- Sonakhan and Kataujha in the filing of this report. How- and fled after leaving her town on Monday evening, a while a case under sections 83,62,451 people in 1,333 kitchens reduced by 50 since sponse Force. district, ever, the police were con- there. The police reached man signalled the driver to 365, 379, 395, 397 of IPC and panchayats of 130 blocks are Saturday to reach 219. Meanwhile, the Ganga in and ducting raids at possible there and recovered the stop the car. As soon as the the SC-ST act has been hit by the deluge. Flood-related deaths also continued to flow above the Hayaghat in dis- hideouts of the accused. bride. driver stopped the car, four- booked against the accused However, the number of remained unchanged at 27. danger mark at three places trict. Sources said the main ac- In her complaint, the bride five more men came there. on the complaint of the cused took the bride to his said as the car reached near One of the men flashed a groom in this respect. Coffee served in Kerala COVID ward by Switzerland women dance to bhangra keeping kettle near body, probe ordered THIRUVANANTHA- wrong reports that food was beats on Diljit Dosanjh song PURAM, AUGUST 25: distributed in the COVID music industry on fire with Amid the coronavirus scare, ward next to the body which his fans sparing no occasion bed coffee was served in the had been lying there for to shake a leg on bhangra COVID ward of the Thiru- nearly five hours, after 10.30 beats. vananthapuram Medical am. A video of a group of College hospital allegedly by “That information is com- women grooving on the keeping the kettle and cups pletely wrong. We could de- catchy track in Switzerland near the body of a patient clare the death only after one has gone viral on social me- who died early Tuesday hour. But there was a delay dia. morning, prompting the Col- removing the body for taking Shared on Twitter by In- lege Superintendent Dr and kept. been sought and action will the video for the relatives in dian Foreign Service officer Sharmad to order a probe. “We were informed about be taken accordingly so that it quarantine. However, it was Gurleen Kaur, the clip was The incident came to light the incident at 5.30 am and will not be repeated,” Dr removed after around 8.30 retweeted by Diljit. The when some of the patients the death was declared Sharmad said. am itself,” Sharmad said. video shows the women per- recorded a video in which au- within an hour as per the The superintendent said He said since the relatives, forming bhangra at a class thorities were seen removing protocol. The swab was the authorities tried to con- who are also under quaran- led by a Punjabi dance the body wrapped in a plas- taken from the body which tact the relatives of the 85- tine, are unable to visit, the teacher. "When Europeans tic. was disinfected and wrapped year-old deceased woman as authorities normally send groove on @diljitdosanjh's The video also showed a in plastic. they had sought the photo them the video of the body. G.O.A.T! Indian Bhangra in person in a PPE kit keeping The body being kept near and video of the body be- “It was not the food, but CHANDIGARH, AU- has produced several hit time. #Switzerland", wrote Kaur the kettle and cups near a where the morning bever- cause they were also in quar- tea or coffee for a few other GUST 25: Diljit Dosanjh, songs that have gone popu- His latest number while sharing the 45-second table next to the stretcher in ages were distributed cannot antine. patients that were served as the king of Punjabi music, lar worldwide within no G.O.A.T. has set the Punjabi clip. which the body was wrapped be justified. A report has He termed as completely some of them demanded.