!"# $%& !"#! VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# ! .$"0 1 - 022 N8 - 4O 1 - - ; 8 1 1 1-2 5 1 2 -0: ; ; 3 -- -2 2 2 2 32 2 4 21 5 64 %% '() *'+ ,-.&%## !"#$ %&' (!)*)*+#,- R '' 3"4.5 !"#$ $% & ' ( ( ( %) * % ( +,- . /0 12 ! who represents Jale in Darbhanga, took oath in their itish Kumar was on native Maithili language. NMonday sworn in as the Among the two Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar for the CM designates, Prasad is a oderna, the US-based seventh time in two decades, in fourth term MLA who is get- Mbiotech firm, on Monday the presence of top NDA lead- ting inducted into the council said its vaccine shots provide ers, including Union Home of ministers for the first time. strong protection with at least Minister Amit Shah and BJP Renu Devi, who is a former 94.5 per cent effectiveness national president Jagat national vice president of the against coronavirus. Prakash Nadda. BJP and a four-term MLA Last week, Pfizer and its Nitish, who heads the from Bettiah, has previously German partner BioNTech JD(U), was administered the served as a member of the announced that their vaccine oath of office at Raj Bhavan by council of ministers headed by was 90 per cent effective. Governor Phagu Chauhan, a Nitish Kumar in 2010. The Moderna announce- day after he staked claim for the Senior BJP legislator Nand ment that its experimental vac- formation of a new Kishore Yadav will be the new cine against Covid-19 was 94.5 Government in the State, Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, per cent effective was based on that solves this problem. It’s armed with unanimous sup- sources said on Monday. Vijay the early results from a clinical going to require many vaccines port of all legislators of the Kumar Chaudhary, a close aide trial with more than 30,000 to meet the global demand,” he NDA despite his partys plum- of the Chief Minister, was the participants. added. meted tally. Speaker of the previous However, the study is con- “Since early January, we The 69-year-old, who has Assembly. Chaudhary has tinuing, and Moderna have chased this virus with the had a continuous run since taken oath as a minister. acknowledged the protection intent to protect as many peo- November 2005, except for the Nand Kishore Yadav, a rate might change as more ple around the world as possi- period in 2014-15 when Jitan seven-term MLA from Patna Covid-19 infections are detect- ble. All along, we have known Ram Manjhi kept the chair Sahib, has been intimated ed and added to the calcula- that each day matters,” said warm for him, is on course to about it by the party’s leader- tions. Also, it’s too soon to Stéphane Bancel, Moderna’s becoming the longest serving ! "#$ #$% " &$ '!( # )* " % ship, they said. know how long protection chief executive officer. CM of the State, surpassing the +, ), -. $ /. )*" $ $-0 He has served as a minis- lasts. Both cautions apply to “This positive interim record of Shrikrishna Singh ter in all the previous NDA Pfizer’s vaccine as well. analysis from our phase 3 study who held the top post since Since the post of a Deputy Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP). besides Amarendra Pratap Sahni could not tame his exu- Governments in Bihar. He was Dr Stephen Hoge, has given us the first clinical before Independence till his CM is not a constitutional one, JD(U) Ministers included Singh, Ramprit Paswan, Jibesh berance and shared a screen- the Minister for the Road Moderna’s president, termed it validation that our vaccine can death in 1961. the two took oath as Ministers old hands like Bijendra Prasad Kumar and Ram Surat Rai. shot of the communication he Construction Department in “really important milestone” prevent Covid-19 disease, A 14-member Council of and their posts would be noti- Yadav, Ashok Choudhary and HAM MLC Santosh had received from Raj Bhavan the last government. The but said having similar results including severe disease,” he Ministers, headed by Nitish, fied by the Cabinet in due Vijay Kumar Chaudhary Kumar Suman, whose father on his Twitter handle much Speaker’s post will go to the BJP from two different companies said. was on Monday sworn in. course. The two sat alongside besides new faces Mewa Lal Jitan Ram Manjhi is a former before the ceremony, attended as per the understanding is what’s most reassuring. The US firm expects to Those who were administered Kumar on the podium which Chaudhary and Sheela Kumari Chief Minister and the nation- among others by Union Home reached within the alliance, the “That should give us all have about 20 million doses, oath of office included two confirms their elevated position Mandal. al president of the party, also Minister Amit Shab and BJP sources said. hope that actually a vaccine is earmarked for the US, by the Deputy Chief Minister desig- in the Cabinet. Other than the two Deputy took oath besides Mukesh president JP Nadda, com- The BJP has emerged as going to be able to stop this end of 2020 while Pfizer and its nates Tarkishore Prasad and Five Ministers were from CM designates, those from the Sahni, the founder of VIP who menced. the largest party within the rul- pandemic and hopefully get us German partner BioNTech Renu Devi both from the BJP the JD(U), while one each was BJP included Mangal Pandey, formerly worked as a set Ramprit Paswan, who is ing coalition with 74 seats, back to our lives,” Hoge told a expect to have about 50 million which bagged a lions share of from smaller allies Hindustani who held the health portfolio designer in the film industry. the MLA from Rajnagar in while the JD(U) has a strength news agency. doses globally by year’s end. seven berths. Awam Morcha (HAM) and in the previous Government A political greenhorn, Madhubani, and Jibesh Kumar of 43. “It won’t be Moderna alone Continued on Page 6 1 23224 could even promote some of said. There is also a possibili- Finance Minister Rajesh the ministers of state to the cab- ty of some ministers being Agarwal, Irrigation Minister ith a year-and-half left for inet rank. dropped as Yogi Adityanath is Dharampal Singh, Primary Wthe UP Assembly polls in “Caste factor will be the not satisfied with their perfor- Education Minister Anupama 2022, the Bharatiya Janata Party main criterion for selection of mance. In the last expansion in Jaiswal and Excise Minister is trying to correctly tick all the new incumbents and Brahmin August, 2019, Yogi Adityanath Archana Pandey. boxes and hence the Yogi and Backward leaders could get had inducted 18 new ministers Besides, Transport Adityanath government is set importance in the expansion. and promoted five. At that Minister Swatantra Dev Singh to carry out another ministry Besides, new MLAs elected in time, the chief minister resigned after being appointed expansion. the recent bypolls could also be dropped five ministers, includ- the new president of the state “There are vacancies in given a look in,” the BJP leader ing senior BJP leader and BJP unit. the government. Two cabinet ministers, Chetan Chauhan and Kamla Rani Varun died of COVID-19 while four other seats fell vacant recently. The chief minister can accommo- date six faces as ministers,” a senior BJP functionary said. The ministry expansion is expected soon after the com- pletion of biennial polls to 11 graduate and teachers’ con- stituencies of UP Legislative Council by December 10. Sources in the BJP said that the chief minister might affect a minor expansion any time after approval from the Central leadership. Presently, there are 54 min- isters in the Yogi government, including 23 cabinet ministers, nine ministers of state with independent charge and 22 ministers of state. The sources said that the 4 $ + chief minister could induct ! four to five new ministers and P cise and posing threat in the the total discharged cases stand Indo-Pacific region. at 82,49,579 with 43,851 new ignifying the growing ties However, India brushed ith 30,548 new Covid-19 discharges in the last 24 hours. Sbetween the Quad coun- aside Chinese objection and Winfections reported in According to the Indian tries, the navies of India, the invited Australia to take part in the last 24 hours, India regis- Council of Medical Research USA, Australia and Japan will the exercise. The move was tered lowest increase in daily (ICMR), a total of 12,56,98,525 commence the second phase of welcome by the all the four infections in last four months, samples have been tested for the Malabar series of mar- Ministers during their con- a big relief to the authorities Covid-19 up to November 15, itime exercise from Tuesday. clave under the aegis of 2+2 despite fear of a sharp surge in of these 8,61,706 samples were Lending muscle and dialogue between India and US the cases post-Diwali. tested on Sunday. stature, the aircraft carriers of here in October. The total number of cases The Recovery Rate has India and the USA, including Incidentally, the US and stands at 88,45,127. With 435 improved to 93.27 per cent on INS Vikramaditya and USS Japan all along advocated the new deaths reported in the last Monday. Also, 78.59 per cent of Nimitz, will take part in the case of Australian participation. 24 hours, the toll has mount- the recovered cases reported in four-day event off Goa in the The last time Australia was part ed to 1,30,070, the Union the last 24 hours are from ten Arabian Sea.