3 ( =#10 %"&%> &%>> VRGR '%&((!1#VCEB R BP A"'!#$#1!$"$#$%T utqBVQWBuxy( 0'&10* 23 '4'45 7',%89 6-4-&2# 0 @ +30'4O B)1'< 8 13'1 + +@3<+2 '# #0 #2 *'63 ' '<33< 1345 4)6+2 /520'4 /5)/'+3'< <'+5 <'0)< 5'+1,'<5 <3 #2 #53 2'2+ 2A1 '<1 + <'C + @'52+ *'+',3*3+# 135<'1)+ 513<'/'1 AB''1' ?4 ./ 00+ 8 ?' % 3 '% 4 - 3"5" 6 " P O ! &' ( Jaishankar will not hold bilat- " ) ( eral talks with his Pakistani # counterpart Shah Mehmood %% & Qureshi on the sidelines of the # conference. However, he will meet Foreign Ministers of other ! $ member countries including ' % +3 1345 China, sources said. ( ) The main focus of the talks % * % ndia and China will discuss with Wang Yi will be to find an + * , Iways to hasten up disen- amicable and mutually agree- # % L% !! gagement at the Line of Actual able solution to disengage and %M Control (LAC) in Ladakh dur- de-escalate the tension at the +3 1345 ing External Affairs Minister LAC. Jaishankar and his Chinese India has all along insisted / he Government on Tuesday counterpart Wang Yi’s talks in that disengagement and de- % Tissued a fresh warning to Tajikistan on Wednesday. escalation from the three fric- " 0'& " the people not to invite the The bilateral parleys on the tion points is the prerequisite third wave of Covid-19 by sidelines of the two-day for normalising ties with each !!P flouting all social distancing Shanghai Co-operation Incidentally, the diplomatic- other. #$ norms and crowding at hill sta- Organisation (SCO) in level talks in the last week of However, China is dilly %&'(&)*+ + tions and tourist places even as Dushanbe come at a time when June between India and China dallying and not agreeing to sit 0 / 1 Uttarakhand cancelled the a stalemate persists at three resolved to hold the military- for the 12th round of parleys. # % Kanwar Yatra in view of the friction points at the LAC in level talks as soon as possible, It wants the discussions to be %O 0 * threat of the pandemic. Eastern Ladakh. The 11th sources said here on Tuesday. held at the local commander The Health Ministry said round of Corps Commander- It will be the second face to level of the two nations. The O & 0 that people are talking about level talks in early April did not face and one-on-one talks Indian security establishment is / the third wave of the coron- yield positive results. between Jaishankar and Wang wary of this proposal and is 2 0*& avirus as casually as a “weath- At present, more than one Yi since the stand-offs started studying all options, sources er update”, and the “gross vio- lakh troops from both the in early May last year at the said. ! lations” of Covid-appropriate sides are in an eyeball-to-eye- LAC. The last time, the two The two countries have so # , behaviour that were being seen ball confrontation at the three leaders had met in Moscow in far pulled back their troops 0 * in several parts of the country will invite it,” the Government “Steps should be taken to districts in India have report- friction points including the September last year during the from only one standoff site at + * % can nullify the gains made so said, echoing the views of prevent crowds... We all need ed more than 10 per cent case Hot Springs, Gogra and the Foreign Ministers’ meet of the the Pangong Tso (lake). The ) far in pandemic management. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work together to stop the positivity for the week ending Depsang Valley. SCO countries. troops from both the sides % A day after the Indian who in a meeting, a few hours third wave of the Covid-19 July 13, while approximately The talks between the two The SCO conclave will pri- returned to their bases from the & # Medical Association (IMA) ago, with the Chief Ministers of pandemic,” he added. The mes- 73.4 per cent of the new Covid- Foreign Ministers may break marily discuss the worsening face-off sites at the northern ) cautioned the Government and Northeastern States stressed sage was promptly followed by 19 cases reported in July were the logjam leading to the 12th situation in Afghanistan and and southern banks of the & % asked it not to allow tourism the importance of adhering to the Uttarakhand Government from Kerala, Maharashtra, round of talks between the two the Taliban controlling large Pangong lake in February this activities, pilgrimage and mass basic rules - wearing of face which decided to cancel the Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh commanders at the earliest. part of that country. year. % " gatherings, the Centre decided masks when in public, avoiding Kanwar Yatra this year, in view and Odisha, a sign that the ' & to tread cautiously. large gatherings, and ensuring of the outbreak. pandemic is not yet over in the “The third wave won’t vaccination - to prevent a third The Government’s warning country. come on its own, but people wave of the pandemic. came amid concerns that 55 Continued on Page 2 R ! "#"$%& +3 1345 Government. Earlier, reports from Chandigarh said the oll strategist Prashant Rahul-Kishor meeting was PKishor on Tuesday met for- expected to be the last round of +3 1345 mer Congress president Rahul discussions to give the final Gandhi at his national Capital shape to the changes in the he Russian vaccine Sputnik 625 residence. This fuelled specu- Punjab party unit. TV will be produced at the lation about some possible "Good news for the Punjab manufacturing units of Pune- girl from Thrissur who moves to consolidate the Congress in next three-four based Serum Institute of India Awas the first to test positive Opposition ranks ahead of the days," said Rawat after the (SII) from September this year. for the Covid-19 virus in the Assembly elections in Uttar meeting. At present, Hyderabad-based country in January 2020, has Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat and Notably, Rawat has already Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, which again been diagnosed with the then seek a way forward for the made it clear that Punjab will was the first to sign a deal with infection. Lok Sabha polls in 2024. get a new PPCC chief and there the Russian manufacturers to The District Medical AICC sources said senior will be a few new faces in the distribute and then locally pro- Officer (DMO) of Thrissur party leaders, including Cabinet of Captain Amarinder duce the vaccine in India, has The SII is currently man- ! told reporters that the girl was Priyanka Gandhi, KC Singh. made a soft-launch of the doses ufacturing Covishield, the local "#$ % diagnosed with Covid-19 dur- Venugopal, and Harish Rawat, Even as there is no confir- in 50 cities and towns across version of the Oxford- ! & ing a mandatory check-up the in-charge of Punjab affairs, mation regarding what actual- the country. AstraZeneca vaccine, Covovax ' before her departure to New were present during the meet- ly transpired in the meeting, it However, the SII which is (developed by Novavax) and Delhi. “She has not yet been ing. is believed that the top leaders the world’s largest vaccine conducting trials of Codagenix vaccinated and did not show While it was not clear what discussed Punjab affairs. It is manufacturer by volume is in the UK. The first batch of the any signs of the infection,” the meeting was about, it came was not regarding Punjab cri- days some good news will believed that the leaders dis- likely to produce 300 million Sputnik vaccine is expected to said the DMO. against the backdrop of infight- sis but it was just a courtesy come from Punjab indicating cussed possible changes and doses annually. “The parties be produced at the SII’s facili- The girl is a medical stu- ing and turmoil in the visit where it was discussed that the Congress has finally formulations expected to be intend to produce over 300 mil- ties in September, Adar dent studying in Wuhan, Congress unit in Punjab. The current socio-economic and chalked out a strategy to final- taken to resolve the prevailing lion doses of the vaccine in Poonawalla, CEO of SII, said. China, the global epicentre of crisis has intensified in recent political condition of the coun- ly resolve the party's Punjab cri- conflict with Punjab Congress India per year with the first Sputnik V — also known New Delhi: The Government the pandemic. “She had months and with Assembly try. sis. unit. batch expected in September as Gam-COVID-Vac — was has exempted basic customs returned to India in January elections scheduled for early "Rahul is a national leader. Last week, Punjab Chief It is believed that in the 2021,” the Russian Direct the first Covid-19 vaccine to be duty on imports of specified 2020 when the situation in next year, leaders in the party Many leaders meet him and Minister Captain Amarinder two-and-a-half-hour-long Investment Fund (RDIF) said registered for use in any nation, active pharmaceutical ingredi- Wuhan had taken a turn for the have been getting restless over convey their views. Prashant Singh had met Kishor at meeting, a strategy was devised in a statement, adding that SII and it has since been approved ents (APIs)/excipients for worse. At that time she had the delay in its resolution. didn't meet him to negotiate Kapurthala House, the CM's to end the prolonged infighting has received cell and vector in 67 countries, including Amphotericin B and raw mate- shown symptoms of the dis- Meanwhile, Rawat something regarding Punjab," residence in the national between Captain Amarinder samples from Russia’s Brazil, Hungary, India and the rials for manufacturing Covid ease,” he said.