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
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. gestions are taken into imple- setting up steel plants in Bastar and indispensable need to pro- It would be in the best inter- mentation, it will aid in the will generate hundreds of vide generous grants to estab- est that district Collectors are elimination of Naxalism with- crores worth of investment, lish processing units and cold provided Rs 50 crore each year in the next few years in the providing direct and chains in the region to help the to develop the means of liveli- Bastar Zone. indirect employment in the Collectors push up sales of hood of the people, Baghel said. "It's a humble request to region, he said. small forest produce, forest "In the past years, the kindly provide the maximum Difficult geographical ter- medicines and horticultural Government of India has gen- possible help from the Centre rrain came in the way setting up crops.Likewise, the implemen- erously provided assistance to for the smooth implementation grid power and thus the estab- tation of the proposed the Naxalite affected states for of all the above stated activities." !"#$%$% Government will submit the Pusa bio-decomposer impact elhi Environment Minister assessment report along with a DGopal Rai on Monday said petition to the Commission for around 70 per cent people in Air Quality Management in the Delhi did not burn firecrackers National Capital Region (NCR) on Diwali after the Aam Aadmi and Adjoining Areas on Party (AAP) Government Monday, and urge it to issue imposed a ban on the same and directions to all state govern- the results will be better next year. ments to implement it. “The Government had Sisodia stressed the need banned firecrackers in Delhi for steps to reduce "pollution at this year and nearly 70 per cent its source" to effectively address of the citizens did not burn any the issue of bad air quality. kind of firecrackers this year "There are multiple sources during Diwali. I am hopeful that contribute to pollution. If that in the next year we will be crackers in the city till Off' campaign along with it is due to vehicles, their num- able to improve the campaign November 30. Deputy Chief Minister Manish ber should be reduced or these and bring down more pollution The National Green Sisodia on Monday, said Pusa should be turned off at red which is created through the Tribunal had also imposed a bio-decomposer has emerged light... If it is stubble burning, firecrackers. The Delhi gov- total ban on sale or use of all as a long-term solution to the a solution such as Pusa bio ernment is working relentless- kinds of firecrackers in the problem of stubble burning. decomposer is needed," he ly to find out a steady solution National Capital Region from According to scientists at said. to combat pollution. A long- November 9 midnight to Indian Agricultural Research term solution to the problem of November 30 midnight, saying Institute, Pusa, the solution * *# & pollution "cannot be found in "celebration by crackers is for can turn crop residue into 1 ' a day,” he said. happiness and not to celebrate manure in 15 to 20 days and "' "2 2&& The Delhi Government deaths and diseases". therefore prevent stubble burn- " 3* had on November 5 banned the Rai, who launched the ing. , * sale and use of all kinds of fire- Phase 2 of 'Red light on Gaadi The Minister said the Delhi ' ( * '567" 3 857 .# 1%$"75#$) !"# 65#'0$ &# P" 8&%%""%! #% &# "!#"' - Snesh Kumar and a full- ous sections of the IPC has / $;5 /'+'/+ fledged fistfight broke out been registered against Akash, /'+'/+ between the two groups. Sunny, Akash's parents Azad our men, including a for- Akash and his aides then and Kamlesh and others at n view of increasing number Fmer sarpanch, were seri- allegedly took out their sticks Sector-10A police station. We Iof Covid-19 cases in the dis- ously injured and dozen oth- and weapons and fired dozens are scanning CCTV footage of trict, the Gurugram adminis- he Central Industrial ers were hurt in a clash of rounds on members of the the vicinity. Investigations are tration on Monday asked all TSecurity Force (CISF) has between two groups following other group. under way to identify others private and public hospitals to arrested an Indian passenger a minor dispute over standing Sources said that during involved in the incident," said reserve 50 per cent of their total coming from the United States near a local shop at Bamdoli the incident, a bullet hit a for- Sanjay Yadav, SHO sector-10A beds capacity in general cate- (US) at the Indira Gandhi village in Gurugram late on mer sarpanch reportedly police station. gory and 75 per cent beds in International (IGI) airport for Sunday night. Shamsher in the stomach. A huge police force has ICU/ventilator for Covid-19 allegedly carrying a bullet in his Four of the accused have Apart from Shamsher, Snesh been deployed inside the vil- patients. baggage. been admitted to a private Kumar, Praveen and Manoj lage as security purposes, he The hospitals were also According to a senior hospital. The victim, Joginder were critically injured. Several said. told to reserve ICU and venti- Central Industrial Security Yadav, a resident of Bamdoli others also suffered injuries in It may be noted that lator facilities for Covid-19 Force official, the man identi- village, was standing at a village the clash. Akash, the prime accused in patients in Gurugram. fied as V K Gupta was inter- shop and was smoking at All of them were taken to this incident had eliminated a Moreover, the data of avail- cepted with a bullet of 9 mm around 11.30 pm when the a private hospital in Gurugram. co-student inside his school able beds will have to be calibre in his bag on Sunday at accused Akash alias Ashu Shamsher, who is stated to be premises with his father's uploaded on the platform Terminal 3 of the IGI airport. reached the spot and raised critical, is in the ICU. licensed pistol in 2008 in ‘onemapggm.gmda.gov.in’ of “The man landed here objection over his presence at "The accused will be Gurugram. the Gurugram Metropolitan including human resources Gurugram district on Monday There are a total of 5,749 from Newark and was bound the spot. This led to an alter- arrested as per law once they The school was located at Development Authority and logistics ie doctors, para- recorded 546 fresh coronavirus active cases. for Raipur in Chhattisgarh. As cation between them. are discharged from the hos- Sector-45 in Gurugram. The (GMDA) by the hospitals. medical staff, medicine, ICU, cases. Three deaths were also A total of 33,940 have been he had no documents for car- It is alleged that Akash pital. incident hit the headlines The order was issued ambulance etc. Apart from this reported from the city, taking cured and discharged, includ- rying the live ammunition called dozens of his group The firearm of the culprit, across the country and serious under the epidemic diseases information about the number the district's COVID toll to 244, ing 784 on Monday. round and an empty cartridge, members including Sunny who which was allegedly used in the concern was aroused about the Act-1897 and sub-section-2 of of patients and available beds, officials said. The health department the man was handed over to joined him and they allegedly commission of the crime, has safety of the children inside the the Disaster Management Act- etc., will be updated on a daily The Covid-19 tally in said out of 244 deaths, 189 died Delhi Police for further probe attacked Joginder Singh with also been seized," said a police school premises. 2005. basis on the GMDA platform,” Gurugram has now risen to due to co-morbidities and the by the Central Industrial sticks. Later Yadav also called officer privy with the matter. The accused was also “We have asked all the the order said. 39,933, according to the official remaining 55 without co-mor- Security Force personnel,” said up his men including his two "Based on a complaint involved in two murder cases hospitals to provide services Apart from this, the daily health bulletin. bidities. the senior CISF official. maternal uncles Shamsher and from Joginder, a case of vari- registered against him in Delhi. + 3 / 57)$%! #6$566$7$%65"%%$) and was carrying a reward of of Police, Crime Branch, on ious entities and a number of Rs 50,000, police said. Saturday, police team received small manufacturing units were &3 " , he Crime Branch of Delhi On December 8 last year, a specific inputs that Imraan running inside illegally. Imraan /5%!5;"5;%" TPolice has nabbed the massive fire had ripped would be coming to Delhi to is the owner of the ground, fourth accused nearly a year through a four-storey building attend a family function. fourth and fifth floor of one of , 12 / B ( after a massive fire at a four- housing illegal manufacturing “Acting on the specific the properties at Anaj Mandi storey building in north Delhi's units in north Delhi's con- inputs a trap was laid and that caught fire and ran a small Sunday night after a quarrel broke haziabad District Administration has decided to Anaj Mandi area, which had gested Anaj Mandi area, killing Imraan was apprehended near manufacturing unit on the out between Rajesh and the two Gtake action against municipal officers and employ- claimed 45 lives, who were 45 people including nine Rameshwar Nagar in Azadpur. ground floor where plastic 42-year-old man was stabbed men after he scolded them for eat- ees along with the land mafia who had fooled people mostly labourers. minors and injuring 21 others, The building that had caught plates, mugs, stools and hang- Ato death allegedly by two men ing and consuming alcohol. by selling them Government land. Police had earlier arrested including six minors. fire comprised of two adjacent ers were made,” said the addi- after he scolded them for eating “The quarrel escalated and According to officials, the district administration three accused — the building's Almost all the deceased properties, both of which are tional CP. and consuming alcohol near his one of them took out a knife and is going to take action by keeping all these people in owner Rehan, his manager were migrant labourers hailing interconnected. The property is “The rest of the property house in northwest Delhi's stabbed Rajesh in the chest before the clutches of gang-based law and two cases of sell- Furkaan and another man from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh jointly owned by Imraan and had been rented out by him. Jahangirpuri area. Police said that fleeing from the spot. Rajesh was ing Government land have come under the supervi- named Mohammad Suhail -- in who stayed as well as worked his brother Rehan and was pur- After the fire incident, he had they have arrested the duo accused. rushed to Babu Jagjivan Ram sion of the district administration. connection with the case. The inside the building. After the chased in 2007. At that time, been hiding and living with his The deceased has been identi- Memorial Hospital, where he died “In these cases, the land which was under the man- fourth accused has been iden- incident, a case had been reg- the building was only two- relatives in Meerut, Agra, fied as Rajesh who runs an eatery during treatment,” said the DCP. agement of Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation at tified as Mohammad Imraan, istered at Sadar Bazar police storey high but later, it was con- Raipur, Ajmer and Seelampur near his house in Jahangirpuri area. “During enquiry it was Shantinagar and Nooranagar was illegally sold to peo- who is Rehan's brother and station which was later trans- verted into a five-storey build- in Delhi. Imraan has been According to Vijayanta Arya, revealed that both the accused and ple by plotting it. In this regard, District Magistrate Dr partly owns the building. ferred to the Crime Branch. ing,” said the additional CP. taken into five days police the Deputy Commissioner of the victim had altercations on the Ajay Shankar Pandey had issued an inquiry order to Imraan was absconding According to B K Singh, “The two brothers had remand for further investiga- Police (DCP), Northwest district, same issue quite a few times earli- the Additional District Administration and asked to since the day of the incident the additional Commissioner rented out the building to var- tion,” the additional CP added. the incident took place late on er as well. The victim had once present the inquiry report within fifteen days,” said the even warned the duo but they con- official. tinued with their activities,” said the Recently this land was sought from the Municipal DCP. Corporation for the project political training center of (35;5")$ “Police had registered a case the state government in Nandagram area. under sections 302 (Murder) and “When investigation was done there, it was found 34 (Acts done by several persons in that on the land of the Municipal Corporation, the land -&,8 furtherance of common intention) mafia settled a colony in the name of Shanti Nagar years of the Indian Penal Code and ago,” said the official. along with all Poorvanchalis who arrested two men in connection The District Magistrate said that the land mafia is worship the Chhathi Maiya will with the incident,” said the DCP. not only responsible for setting up and planting the elhi Bharatiya Janata Party participate. “During investigation, CCTV colony on the land of the municipal management, but D(B JP) is set to stage a protest Kumar said that Kejriwal cameras installed in and around the the erstwhile corporation officers and employees were at Chief Minister’s residence for does not leave any chance to hurt scene of crime were examined also equal participants in the scam. banning Chhath Mahaparva — a the sentiments of Hindu to keep and the two accused -- Rajkumar He said that in this entire case we have issued an festival of Poorvanchalis. a particular religion happy. “To (22) and Deepak (23) were subse- order for investigation and action will be taken against Delhi BJP media head hide their failure and incomplete quently arrested. During interro- all those who sold the land in the investigation and the Naveen Kumar said under the preparations, the Chhath gation, the accused disclosed that names of the erstwhile corporation, officers and leadership of State general secre- Mahaparva, celebrated by the they used to eat and drink in the employees will come in the investigation report under tary Dinesh Pratap Singh, Delhi Poorvanchalis was banned by CM lane near the house of the victim the Bhoomafia Gang Bandh Act. BJP Purvanchal Morcha will Kejriwal which is totally unfair. and for this, the victim used to Earlier, K K Sharma, the director of the NGO Social oppose the anti-Hindu policies of Not only this, the anti-trader CM scold them. Since the last two days, Chakidar had raised the matter with great vigor in a Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Kejriwal first forced the traders to they were even beaten up by the press conference and appealed to the Chief and humiliation of people of buy fire crackers of crores of victim,” the DCP said. Minister and the District Administration to intervene Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. rupees by distributing license The knife used in the crime in the matter. After this order of district In this protest, Delhi BJP and then banned them that was also recovered from the spot, administration, there has been a stir in the &* , 3 , , ( * Poorvanchal Morcha President brought traders to bankruptcy,” he police said, adding further inves- land mafia and the erstwhile corporation officers and * ' ( * Kaushal Mishra, karyakartas added. tigation is underway. employees.
formed ‘District Crisis Group’ major fire broke out at a phar- their lives and more than 1000 of any disaster, through better ing with any emergency situa- asters due to fire, explosion, or Tughlakabad depot of CON- (DCG) for each district in the maceutical unit near people got sick after being planning, preparedness and tion. toxic release involving major COR on morning of May 6, national Capital territory. Visakhapatnam in Andhra exposed to gas. response,” said the official. “Delhi has district disaster accident hazards installations,” 2017 that triggered toxic fumes o deal with the situation of The move came after the Pradesh and engulfed a major According to the official, S P Rana, Deputy Director management plans well in place said the Deputy Director. that left 475 school children Tchemical disaster, the National Green Tribunal part of the facility. The incident Delhi is gearing up to have its of the Directorate of Industrial and responsibilities of various Meanwhile, P K Goswami, sick with breathlessness, eye District Disaster Management (NGT) took suo-motu cogni- claimed life of a man while own offsite emergency plans for Safety and Health of Labour authorities have been assigned, Deputy Director, ISH informed irritation, nausea and severe Authority (DDMA) along with sance and asked all States to be other sustained burn injuries each district. “The meetings of Department, who is also mem- in case of a disaster due to any that DCG have been formed to headache, is a reminder of the other departments including prepared for any eventuality due to fire. In another incident DCG along with District ber of DCG, said that their situation including natural assist district administration need for such DCG groups for Delhi Fire Services (DFS), Civil caused due to chemical on May 7 involving leakage of Magistrate (DM) are being department is working with calamities. However, these off- and to monitor any chemical Accident emergency planning, Defence, State labour and disasters. chlorine in a unit in pharma held and the efforts are being respective district magistrates site plans have been devel- accident in the state. preparedness and response,” industrial department has Earlier, on July 13, 2020, a city of Vigaz, 11 persons lost made to minimise the impact to prepare themselves for deal- oped to deal with industrial dis- “The chemical leak in said Goswami. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 17, 2020 Post Diwali, air quality Two Nigerians held for duping Chhattisgarh woman of `7.53L STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR hhattisgarh Police on ‘satisfactory' in Raipur CMonday arrested two Nigerian nationals from New STAFF REPORTER n Delhi and brought them to RAIPUR Raipur on charges of cheating a woman from the state to the day after Diwali, air tune of `7.53 lakh after posing Aquality in the as doctors through a fake profile Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on a social media site. remained in the satisfactory Raipur Senior category on Sunday, the Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar Yadav told The Pioneer Chhattisgarh Environment that the accused, identified as cash. mobile numbers and bank Conservation Board said on Iduchi (30) and Christopher The men forced the woman account numbers, the police Monday. (28), resided in Delhi. to part with `7.53 lakh in the traced the location of the The air quality index The victim woman recently name of airport and foreign accused and arrested them in (AQI) in Raipur was 73.70, it lodged a complaint with the exchange immittances and Dwarka area in New Delhi, was 61.8 in Bhilai and 61.50 in Khamtarai police station in other charges. She transferred Yadav said. Bilaspur, a press release said. Raipur that in August 2019 she the money in various account Police recovered four In Raipur, the became friends with the numbers of the accused, the mobile phones, three ATM Particulate Matter (PM 10) accused on Facebook, Yadav officer said. cards and five PayTM cards in air quality on Deepawali said. When the men asked for from their possession, he was down by 5.89 percent In Raipur, the PM 10 in 68 μg/m3 near Traffic Thana. reduction in noise pollution In view of Covid-19, the One of the Nigerians told more money, the victim realized added. while Bilaspur recorded a air quality at City Kotwali In Bhilai-Durg, PM 10 in air was witnessed in Raipur. Chhattisgarh government the woman that he is a doctor she has been cheated and she The accused confessed that 7.52 percent and Bhilai a 9.3 was 71 μg/m3 and 56.6 quality was 55.4 μg/m3 at The average intensity of last week fixed two hours for and he will fix the stains on her lodged a FIR against the they cheated hundreds of percent decrease in air μg/m3 near AIIMS. 5/32 Bunglow and 63.8 sound at Raipur was 65.53 bursting firecrackers on face. The accused told the accused, he said. women all over India to the quality as compared to last In Bilaspur, it was 55.0 μg/m3 at Durg city Kotwali. decibels and it was 71.13 Diwali, Chhath, Guruparva, gullible victim he had sent a Based on a technical analy- tune of lakhs of rupees, Yadav year, the release said. μg/m3 at Vyapar building and On Diwali, 3.62 percent decibels in Bhilai. Christmas and New Year. parcel of some items and some sis of Facebook IDs, messages, said. District judge found Media provides direction hanging in Mungeli to democratic debate: CM STAFF REPORTER n inside. He saw from the STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR racy and also its foundation. MUNGELI Mungeli District window that the judge was The National Press Day recalls and Sessions hanging from the ceiling he media through gallant the freedom of press and its n a suspected suicide fan after which he alerted Tand impartial journalism responsibility, states an official Icase, a 55-year-old Judge Kanta the police," Kujur said. provides new direction to the statement issued on the woman district judge was Martin was found Police broke the door democratic discussion in the occasion. found hanging at her offi- open and the body was country, Chhattisgarh Chief Baghel said the cial residence in hanging by a sent for post-mortem. "No Minister Bhupesh Baghel said Chhattisgarh government has on Monday while greeting Chhattisgarh's Mungeli saree from the suicide note was recov- been continuously working to district, police said on journalists on the occasion of ered," he added. provide better facilities to the Monday. ceiling fan inside According to the the National Press Day. Mungeli District and The media generates a journalists. The eligibility and a room in Karhi judge's staff members, she provisions are being amended Sessions Judge Kanta had been apparently under sense of nationalism and pub- Martin was found hanging area on Sunday lic interest by making the citi- to ensure a wider range of depression following the journalists are included under by a saree from the ceiling morning death of her husband last zens aware of their rights and the different schemes. fan inside a room in Karhi year, the officer said. responsibilities, he said in his area on Sunday morning, judge asked her cook and She has two sons. While message, adding that media Even the block level jour- Superintendent of Police other staff to leave the one of them lives in Delhi, personnel have played a vital nalists have been brought Arvind Kujur said. house, Kujur said. another resides in Raipur. role in creating awareness under purview of the accredi- According to prelimi- "When the cook An investigation is on to among the people during tation process, he said. The nary information, after returned on Sunday morn- ascertain the exact cause Covid-19 pandemic. honorarium of senior journal- having food early in the ing, he found the door of behind her extreme step, Baghel said a free press is a ists (retired) has been doubled evening on Saturday, the her residence locked from added the police officer. specialty of a vibrant democ- to `10,000 per month. Maoist carrying `3L reward surrenders Jagdalpur prisoners make tribal BIJAPUR: A hardcore Maoist carry- ing a reward of `3 lakh on his head surrendered to the police in handicrafts for Tribes India Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. STAFF REPORTER n Laxman Hemala (25), a resident RAIPUR of Patelpara Ponjer in Bijapur, was the ontinuing with its expansion Maoist Deputy Section Commander. Cspree, Tribes India added more The man joined the banned Maoist new products on Monday, one of the outfit PLGA in 2012 and was active in highlights being the beautiful hand- Maoists' West Bastar Division’s crafted items made by the inmates Bhairamgarh Area Committee as of the Central Jail in Jagdalpur in Section Deputy Platoon Commander Chhattisgarh. since 2018, Bijapur Superintendent of All the new products intro- Jagdalpur is another initiative to Ganesha, Lakshmi and Durga will not Police Kamlochan Kahsyap said in a duced in the past few weeks are provide the tribals a bigger market only make for gift items but will help press release. available in 125 Tribes India outlets, for their handicrafts and produce make the tribal jail inmates self-reliant. He was involved in the Metapal, Tribes India mobile vans and on and help them become self-reliant." There are lampshades with Pusnar and Nareli Valley attacks on online platforms such as the Tribes Sourced from different parts of Saura paintings and dokra diyas police of 2013, the officer said. He India E-marketplace the country, among the products from the tribes of Odisha. From the was also involved in the Jappemarka (tribesindia.com) and e-tailers. launched on Monday include beau- tribes of the South, a new organic attack on police (2015), looting of Speaking on the occasion virtu- tifully crafted statues and some range of beauty products such as Ketki baskets from the tribal beeswax lip balms in different Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel called on Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra explosives from Bailadila Mines ally, Pravir Krishna, Managing inmates of Jagdalpur Jail. flavours (mint, lemon, vanilla) have at her residence on Monday in New Delhi and extended Diwali greetings. Pioneer Photo (2017) and plundering of security Director, TRIFED, said: “Our asso- forces rations in Reddy (2018). ciation with the Central Jail in These attractive statues of been introduced. Vaccinating 130cr Indians with injectable Covaxin a challenge: Bharat Biotech n IANS vaccine. If we have to vacci- existing. "10,000 viruses can and France who have death laboratories. According to nate 1.3 billion population hop from animal to animal rate per million 7 to 8 times her, it was not just the govern- ven as India's first indige- with two dose vaccine, we and to human. What we are higher than that of India. ment but the participation of Enous coronavirus vaccine need 2.6 billion (260 crore) seeing today is only a sample. "These countries have all stakeholders, including the Covaxin is entering its third syringes and needles," he said. Because of its impact on econ- gone back to second lock- private sector which helped phase of human trials, Bharat Ella was addressing omy it got more attention. We down because they see so- the country deal with the pan- Biotech on Monday raised the Deccan Dialogue organised are yet to see lot many things." called second wave. This rais- demic. logistical query on "how to vaccinate 1.3 billion (130 by the Indian School of Indian Institute of es the question could proper Rahul Chabra, Secretary, crore) people with two Business (ISB) and supported Technology (IIT), modeling have helped these Economic Relations, Ministry injectable doses. Terming the by the Ministry of External Hyderabad's Prof M. countries to foresee that there of External Affairs, said the exercise a "challenge" it also Affairs (MEA) on 'Crisis and Vidyasagar, who is also the will be second wave, whether pandemic brought out new said that work was on single- cooperation: Imperative in chairman of the 'COVID-19 it could have helped the coun- aspects of non-military dose nasal drop vaccine. the times of pandemic'. Indian National Supermodel tries to assess effectiveness of threats to the security. Health Bharat Biotech "We are working on Committee', however, said for the first lockdown, would the security came up as major International Limited (BBIL) another vaccine, a single dose this pandemic 30 to 40 per second lockdown be more issue and multilateral cooper- Chairman and Managing nasal drop. We have experi- cent people needed to be vac- effective this time when it was ation now has to be part of Director Krishna Ella said the ence of making Rotavirus and cinated to achieve herd apparently not successful the strategic foreign policy company's Bio-Safety Level 3 Polio nasal drop vaccines. We immunity. last time," said Prof engagement with all coun- (BSL-3) facility currently has can scale up to 1 billion doses "The challenge is whether Vidyasagar. tries. limited capacity but hoped to and my feeling is that by next the cold weather especially in Arti Ahuja, Additional Vikram K. Doraiswamy, reach one billion (100 crore) year we will reach there," he north India exacerbate this Secretary, Ministry of Health India's High Commissioner to doses by next year. said. pandemic and whether we and Family Welfare, said Bangladesh, Prof Sarang Deo, "We have partnered with The Hyderabad-head- can predict this by observing India should be proud of what Executive Director, Max ICMR (Indian Council of quartered vaccine maker the course of the pandemic," it has done to deal with the Institute of Healthcare Medical Research) for announced in September that ture a billion doses of a single- in the developing world have partly need vaccine because he said. pandemic. Management, ISB also Covaxin and as we speak, we it is collaborating with the dose intranasal vaccine. to be vaccinated but the there will be herd immunity," He noted that India had She said from just one addressed the session, which are entering phase III trials Washington University "The challenge is to vacci- opportunity is if 20 per cent of he added. more success in controlling public health institute was moderated by Govindraj but I am not happy because it School of Medicine in St nate 1.3 billion population. them are vaccinated, I have Ella also pointed out that the pandemic unlike other conducting COVID-19 test, Ethiraj, Founder, IndiaSpend is a two-dose injectable Louis, Missouri to manufac- Six billion (600 crore) people done my job as a scientist. You 40,000 unknown viruses are countries like the US, the UK the country now has 2,000 and BOOM. !"#$%$%
5 6 7 #. ,9 # & 986 8 9; # *: #" ies elections .BJP has deputed while state and the scrapping of ous media houses as well as from a lot of people on what ;) #3 Minister of State for Finance, which has now facilitated parliament. There have been should be done to regulate the nion Law Minister and Anurag Thakur to win it the implementation of all “pro- discussions on giving more content on OTT platforms, he unknown officials of Revenue USenior BJP leader forthcoming Jammu Kashmir gressive central laws” in the power to the PCI, he said. said. Department, Jammu; unknown Ravishankar Prasad on local body polls. Polls will be J&K. “But for TV channels there He said a free press is the he CBI has registered three officials of Jammu Development Monday asked the Congress to held from November 22 to The BJP leader said pre- is no self-regulatory body like cornerstone of democracy and Tseparate cases at the behest Authority (JDA) and unknown clarify whether it is standing December 28. vention of corruption Act was PCI. We are getting suggestions freedom comes with responsi- of Jammu and Kashmir High others on the allegations that the with the National Conference Hitting out at the Congress, not allowed to be implement- to make a code of conduct for bility even as he asked news Court and taken over the inves- Revenue officers of Jammu dis- (NC) and the Peoples Prasad demanded to know as ed by the Article 370 with polit- all TV channels but we are yet organisations to avoid sensa- tigation of these cases, earlier reg- trict had entered into a criminal Democratic Party (PDP) on the to why the opposition party is ical leaders making merry with to take a decision on it,” the tionalism. “Freedom of press is istered by Vigilance conspiracy with the said private issue of restoration of the backing ‘Gupkar declaration’ the state funds. nion Information and minister said, adding that the the soul of democracy. Organization, Jammu (now person and conferred ownership Article 370 in Jammu & and the “anti-nationals” who Women of the state mar- UBroadcasting Minister government doesn’t want to Freedom of press is very Anti-Corruption Bureau, Union rights with regard to land mea- Kashmir. are “seeking China’s help and rying outside were denied Prakash Javadekar on Monday interfere but press should pre- important but any freedom Territory of J&K). suring five Kanal and two Marlas “Sonia and Rahul tell clear- are disrespectful to the National property rights in the state said that the Government is sent responsible journalism. comes with responsibility. So, The first case has been reg- in Khasra No. 781 situated at vil- ly and categorically, are you flag”. The Minister was refer- which is now a Union territo- considering a new code of Javadekar further said just there has to be a responsible istered against unknown officials lage Deeli Tehsil and District with the demand for the ring to the recent comments of ry, he said. conduct for television and like TV, there is no regulatory freedom and no sensationalism of Revenue Department, Jammu Jammu. restoration of the Article 370”, former Chief Ministers Farooq “Are ‘Gupkar alliance par- mulling strengthening the reg- body for over-the-top (OTT) by the press,” the minister said on the allegations that the These cases are the outcome asked the law minister here at Abdullah & Mehbuba Mufti. ties and the Congress aiming to ulatory mechanisms for OTT platforms and the government in the video message. Revenue Department officials of the orders of Jammu and a press conference. Prasad said Article 370 take the state backward and platforms. is receiving suggestions on The news should not be to conferred undue benefits upon Kashmir High Court in PIL Politics around Article 370 denied women, children, back- deny people of the J & K their Speaking at a webinar how to regulate its content. deliberately defame anyone, the illegal occupants of the state No: 19/2011. The cases were ear- is heating up with the union ward classes and SCs an STs legitimate rights”?, asked organised by the Press Council OTT platforms such as he said adding the way freedom land by intentionally ignoring the lier registered by Vigilance territory to undergo local bod- their basic rights in the erst- Prasad. of India (PCI) on the ‘Role of Netflix, Hotstar, and others of press is being attacked these laid down provisions of Roshni Organization, Jammu (now media during the COVID-19 were recently brought under days is not good. Act and rules, thereby conferring Anti-Corruption Bureau, Union pandemic and its impact on the ambit of the information Talking about the alleged ownership rights of the state land Territory of Jammu and media’ on National Press Day, and broadcasting ministry. Television Rating Points (TRP) wrongfully to selective unde- Kashmir) vide FIR Numbers (% # % #" the minister touched upon the Neither there is any PCI manipulation by some news serving persons and hence 23/2015, 5/2015 and 6/2014. issue of absence of a regulato- nor any other body for OTT channels, the minister said a inflicted huge monetary loss to In the first case, it was fur- ry body for TV channels and platforms which have very committee formed by the min- the State exchequer. ther alleged that the purpose of said a decision may be taken on good content as well as very istry will soon submit its report The second case relates to Jammu and Kashmir State Lands ) ** %# bringing a code of conduct for bad content. So, something on the issue. To check the similar misuse of authority in (vesting of ownership rights to them. needs to be done about it, he TRP manipulation and address Samba district. the Occupants) Act, 2001 which The Press Council of India said. the issue, we have formed a The third case relates to a was generating revenue for border standoff in eastern BRICS countries have a com- is a self-regulatory body which Discussions are going on committee which will give its private person, resident of undertaking developmental Ladakh for over six months. bined GDP of USD 16.6 trillion. has representations from vari- and we are getting suggestions report very soon, he said. Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, works in the state was defeated. rime Minister Narendra Both Modi and Xi had come The MEA said the leaders PModi will on Tuesday face-to-face virtually at the would be discussing intra- attend the virtual summit of annual summit of the Shanghai BRICS cooperation and key BRICS that will focus on coop- Cooperation Organisation issues in the global context, eration in counter-terrorism, (SCO) on November 10. including the reform of the 3 , # & ,3 trade, health, energy and ways “At the invitation of multilateral system, measures to offset the impact of the President Putin, Prime to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister Narendra Modi will ongoing COVID-19 pandem- " # < Chinese President Xi be attending the 12th BRICS ic, cooperation in counter-ter- Jinping, Brazilian President Summit hosted by Russia, rorism, trade, health, energy tially identified by scientists at The research team says Jair Bolsonaro and Russian under the theme ‘’Global and people-to-people Imperial College London in the the findings are being fol- President Vladimir Putin are Stability, Shared Security and exchanges. UK using artificial intelligence lowed up with large-scale clin- : scheduled to attend the 12th Innovative Growth’’ on “India will be taking over rug Baricitinib, used to (AI) as a drug that could have ical trials. summit of the Brazil-Russia- November 17,” the Ministry of the chair of the BRICS, which Dtreat rheumatoid arthritis, anti-viral and anti-inflamma- “We urgently need to find India-China-South Africa External Affairs (MEA) said in would be the third BRICS may reduce the risk of dying for tory effects. more effective treatments for expressing diverse morpho- (BRICS) grouping. a statement. Presidency for India since its elderly patients with Covid-19, In the study, the patients, Covid-19 while we wait for a logical features (which are The BRICS summit is tak- The BRICS is known as an inception (after 2012 and 2016) and provide a new weapon in who were in multiple hospitals vaccine to become widely he chirp of the cricket may often classified into multiple ing place at a time two of the influential bloc that represents and will host the 13th BRICS the arsenal against the novel across Italy and Spain, had a 71 available,” said Professor Justin Tsoon be used to monitor species). bloc’’s members, India and over 3.6 billion people, or half summit in 2021,” the MEA coronavirus, according to a per cent reduced risk of dying Stebbing, co-lead author of their species diversity. Dr. “Therefore, identification China, are locked in a bitter of the world’’s population. The said. study published in the journal compared to patients who had the study from Imperial Ranjana Jaiswara, a solely based on morphological Science Advances. not taken the drug. College London. Department of Science and features leads to underestima- The scientists came with The study found that 17 “This is one of the first Technology (DST) Inspire tion or overestimation of the conclusion after 83 patients per cent of patients who were Covid-19 treatments to go Faculty Fellow at the University species diversity,” she added. . P& " with a median age of 81 and all given the drug died or needed from computer to clinic and is working to establish a field Dr. Jaiswara’s research as a suffering from moderate to to go on a ventilator, compared laboratory. It was first identi- crickets acoustic-signal library DST-INSPIRE Faculty address- severe Covid-19 infection were to 35 per cent in the control fied by an AI algorithm in which can be used as a non- es the problem of cryptic # & given the drug. group who were not given the February, which scanned thou- invasive tool in species diver- species by using advanced tools This medication was ini- medication. sands of potential drugs that sity estimation and monitoring. in an integrative frame in delin- could work against this virus,” “The library will be a dig- eating species boundaries. Stebbing said. ital ones and can be used These tools include + " + , :#& The study suggests this through mobile phone appli- acoustic signals, DNA drug can aid recovery of cation for automated species sequences, and phonotactic &( patients with moderate to recognition and discovery as behavioural data in studying severe Covid-19, and may pro- well as documentation of new species diversity. and V Ramasubramanian asked vide a new weapon in the species of crickets from India,” She uses field crickets as the counsel for Sameer Thakkar arsenal against the virus, the she said. the model organism. In her to approach the Bombay High researchers said. Jaiswara explained that research published in Journal he Supreme Court on Court with the plea saying that The team grew miniature currently morphology-based of Zoological Systematics and TMonday refused to entertain it can also uphold his funda- human organs in the lab, called traditional taxonomy has gone Evolutionary Research, she a plea for bail of a man who was mental rights. organoids, to investigate how a long way to recognise and has shown that species-spe- arrested from Gujarat for post- The High Court can also exactly the drug may combat establish species diversity. cific bioacoustics signals are a ing allegedly objectionable com- uphold your fundamental rights. Covid-19. “But it is often not suffi- highly efficient and reliable ments in his tweets against It can also transfer the case and The findings revealed that cient in delimiting cryptic tool in marking species Maharashtra Chief Minister grant you bail. Then why are you the drug may help work in two species-- a group of two or boundaries and it can be used Uddhav Thackeray and his min- coming under 32 (under Article ways: reduce organ damage more morphologically indis- to get an accurate estimate of ister-son Aaditya. 32 of the Constitution, writ caused by inflammation, and tinguishable species (hidden species richness and diversity ven as India’s first indige- ing phase III trials but I am not A bench of Chief Justice S A pleas are filed in the Supreme blocking the virus entering under one species) or individ- estimate of any geographical Enous coronavirus vaccine, happy because it is a two-dose Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna Court). human cells. uals of the same species area. Covaxin, is entering its third injectable vaccine. If we have to phase of vaccinate 1.3 billion population human trials with two dose vaccine, we in 26,000 par- need 2.6 billion (260 crore) # " ticipants, syringes and needles.” Bharat Ella asserted that the chal- Biotech on lenge is to vaccinate 1.3 billion &) 3 Monday won- population. Six billion (600 dered how the crore) people in the developing country’s 1.3 world have to be vaccinated but billion (130 the opportunity is if 20 per cent he Supreme Court on crore) people of them are vaccinated, I have TMonday sought a will be vacci- done my job as a scientist. You response from the Uttar nated with its partly need vaccine because Pradesh Government on two-dose there will be herd immunity. a plea challenging the injectable vac- Ella also pointed out that arrest of Kerala-based cine. 40,000 unknown viruses are journalist Siddique Terming existing. “10,000 viruses can Kappan on his way to the exercise a hop from animal to animal and Hathras where a young “challenge” to human. What we are seeing Dalit woman had died Krishna Ella, today is only a sample. Because after allegedly being that there was nothing petitions,” the bench said Chairman of its impact on economy it got gang-raped. against the journalist in Earlier, the top court had andmore attention. We are yet to The top court, which the FIR lodged at Mathura said it would hear the plea Managing see lot many things.” has now posted the plea of by Uttar Pradesh police. after four weeks and in the Director, He said that Bharat Biotech Kerala Union of Working The FIR has been meantime, the journal- Bharat is the only vaccine company in Journalists (KUWJ) seek- filed under various pro- ists’ body could approach Biotech said the world which has BSL3 pro- ing bail for Kappan on visions of the IPC and the the Allahabad high court at a pro- duction facility (Biosafety level December 20, asked the Unlawful Activities for the relief. gramme 3). union as to why it did not (Prevention) Act (UAPA) Journalist Siddique online that Last month the vaccine approach the Allahabad against four people having Kappan was arrested on the company maker said it had successfully High Court seeking the alleged links with the October 5 while he was on is also work- completed interim analysis of same relief. Popular Front of India, or his way to Hathras, home ing on anoth- Phase I and II trials of the vac- “We are trying to dis- PFI. to the young Dalit woman er vaccine for cine and is initiating Phase-III courage (Article) 32 peti- PFI had been accused who died after being Covid-19 trials in 26,000 participants. tion (Writ petitions under in the past of funding alleged lygang-raped by which would The Hyderabad-based vac- Article 32 are directly protests against the four upper-caste men. be in the form cine maker had on October 2 filed before the top court). Citizenship Amendment The union had filed a of nasal drops sought the Drug Controller This is not a comment on Act across the country habeas corpus petition in and can be General of India’’s (DCGI) the merits at all,” said a earlier this year. the top court against the ready by next permission to conduct phase 3 bench of Chief Justice S A During the hearing, arrest of the journalist year . randomised double-blind Bobde and Justices A S Sibal said, “the FIR does and it also sought his At the placebo-controlled multicentre Bopanna and V not name him (Kappan). immediate production programme trial of its COVID-19 vac- Ramasubramanian. No offences alleged. and release from “illegal organised by cine. “Issue notice return- He has been in jail since detention”. the Indian “We are working on anoth- able on November 20. In October 5.” The police, however, School of er vaccine through nasal drops the meantime, as prayed When the top court had said it has arrested Business, Ella my feeling is by next year it will for, the petitioner said that the journalists’ four people having links said, “ We reach the population,” Ella (KUWJ) is allowed to body should not have with the Popular Front of have part- said. serve the Standing directly come to the top India in Mathura and nered with BharatBiotech in Counsel for the respon- court, Sibal responded by identified the arrested ICMRSeptember had said it entered dents/State (Uttar saying, “Your lordships persons as Siddique from (Indian into a licensing agreement Pradesh),” the bench said have done this under 32 Malappuram, Atiq-ur Council of with Washington University in the order. (Article 32 petitions).” Rehman from Medical School of Medicine in St. Louis Senior advocate Kapil “”We are quite aware Muzaffarnagar, Research) for for a novel “chimp-adenovirus” Sibal, appearing for the about our powers under Masood Ahmed from Covaxin and (Chimpanzee adenovirus), sin- & ,=5=3 3 & > ( > 3 ( > ( journalists’ body, sought (Article) 32. We find there Bahraich and Alam from as we speak, gle dose intranasal vaccine for > 3 ) ' ( & " * bail for the scribe saying is a spate of Article 32 Rampur. we are enter- Covid-19. !"#$%$%
@ > - 3 1 5 5 <