4" $%$5"" 67"855975#:!$%;$5"" $)#975#:!$%;$5"": RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 "%&' (")$* &8%$"!15# ( 0 1+-+ *N 0 2O'( 0 0 '-* ( * ( '(0+ > * *( '+ 0*1A' * */ 00 0+ +- + '+ - /+ + ' 2 +( > 32 < "-$ ! ""#$ <$0&7)"$6;;%$78%" ++ , -. / 0 R 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 ) *# & '* + , & "" & - , " ' ( +. 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 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 end. ith 30,548 new Covid-19 Winfections reported in the last 24 hours, India regis- !!" tered lowest increase in daily #$%!& infections in last four months, "% a big relief to the authorities despite fear of a sharp surge in '!" the cases post-Diwali. "%$ The total number of cases "(")% stands at 88,45,127. With 435 new deaths reported in the last *!$ 24 hours, the toll has mount- "%) ed to 1,30,070, the Union +, Health Ministry said on Monday. ($ “Daily new cases number- -$) ing 30,548 is a historic low that # assumes significance given many countries in Europe and America are experiencing a /&, continuous steep rise in daily new cases,” said the Ministry. The number of total active Monday. Also, 78.59 per cent of saw a surge in new cases over About a fifth, 21.84 per cent of cases stands at 4,65,478 after a the recovered cases reported in the last few days reported only new fatalities reported are from decrease of 13,738 while the the last 24 hours are from ten 3,235 new cases yesterday, fol- Delhi which reported 95 total discharged cases stand at States/UTs. Delhi saw the great- lowed closely by West Bengal deaths, overtaking 82,49,579 with 43,851 new dis- est number of recoveries as which reported 3,053 new Maharashtra. Maharashtra charges in the last 24 hours. 7,606 confirmed cases recov- cases. There has been a signif- reported 60 fatalities. According to the Indian ered. Kerala registered 6,684 icant rise in the number of con- The other worst-hit States Council of Medical Research daily recoveries while West tainment zones as authorities are Andhra Pradesh, (ICMR), a total of 12,56,98,525 Bengal followed by reporting have created over 1,000 new Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and samples have been tested for 4,480 new recoveries. such zones in the last 15 days, Uttar Pradesh. At least, 14 Covid-19 up to November 15, The Ministry said 76.63 according to Delhi States/UTs have death per mil- of these 8,61,706 samples were per cent of the new cases have Government data. lion higher than national aver- tested on Sunday. been reported from ten Similarly, 78.85 per cent of age of 94 while 13 States/UTs The Recovery Rate has States/UTs. Kerala recorded the 435 new deaths are con- have a Case Fatality Rate high- improved to 93.27 per cent on 4,581 new cases. Delhi which centrated in ten States/UTs. er than National Average. #,#P + '+ +*' * * 0+ 0 hhattisgarh Chief Minister CBhupesh Baghel has sought (/ 0*11+ 0* 0'//0 *0 "maximum possible help" from the Central Government to ' + / 0 *+*-+ eradicate Naxalism from the Bastar region in the *2 **+' 0 +0* coming years. In a letter to Union Home 2*' 0 *+' *2 **3* 2 Minister Amit Shah, Baghel has * 0/+*' offered some suggestions, underlining that it was impor- tant to create employment lishment of a large number of Bodhghat multipurpose irri- the development of security opportunities in the area so that solar power plants would meet gation project on the banks of forces, modernisation, infra- youths who are unemployed do the energy needs of people and Indravati river will improve the structure construction and not join any Maoist group. their economic development irrigational and energy capac- communication tools, which With iron ore available in could be met strategically. ity of Bastar region. The seven have yielded positive results," plenty in Bastar, 30 percent dis- The Chief Minister men- districts of Bastar region are he added. "If the above sug- count provided in iron ore for tioned that there is an urgent identified as aspiring districts.