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RAJ BUDGET SESSION OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD IN FEBRUARY 2021 & LUCKNOW Budget session of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly to 11°C - 25°C commence in February 2021. www.fi rstindia.co.in The Cabinet Secretariat has www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ twitter.com/thefi rstindia written to all departments and facebook.com/thefi rstindia sought achievements from instagram.com/thefi rstindia LUCKNOW l THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. UPENG/2020/04393 l Vol 1 l Issue No.21 them for Governor’s address. UK TAKES LEAD IN COVID VAX, CITIZENS TO GET FIRST SHOTS NEXT WEEK! United Kingdom becomes first country in the world to approve Pfizer/ BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination Mohd Fahad Regulatory Agen- cy (MHRA) London: United Kingdom granted emer- WHO WILL GET THE VACCINE FIRST? AMARINDER TO TAKE approved Pfizer’s COV- gency use ap- The government plans to prioritize as it begins to deploy the vaccine, FIRST COVID VACCINE ID-19 vaccine on Wednes- proval to the starting with residents and staff in care homes, then moving to people over SHOT IN PUNJAB day, jumping ahead of the Pfizer-BioN- 80 years old and health-care workers, documents show. United States and Europe Tech vaccine, to become the West’s first which they country to formally en- say is 95% ef- NOT IN INDIA dorse a jab it said should fective in pre- New Delhi: The Pfi zer vaccine is unlikely to be reach the most vulnerable venting illness, in available in India at this time, sources have told people early next week. record time - just 23 days NDTV. For a vaccine to be allowed in India it must Prime Minister Boris since Pfizer published clear clinical trials here, and sources said neither Chandigarh: With the COVID-19 Johnson touted the medi- the first data from its fi- Pfi zer nor its partner companies had asked to hold vaccine in the fi nal stages of operationalisation in India, cine authority’s approval nal stage clinical trial. such trials. This means that even if Pfi zer partners Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder as a global win and a ray “It’s fantastic,” John- with an Indian company now it will take some time Singh on Wednesday announced of hope amid the gloom son said. “The vaccine for the vaccine to be available in the country. The that he will take the fi rst shot of of the novel coronavirus will begin to be made government did hold talks with Pfi zer in August but the vaccine in the state, once it is which has killed nearly available across the UK there has been no development since. cleared by the IICMR. 1.5 million people glob- from next week. It’s the ally, hammered the world protection of vaccines BENGAL GUV, MIN economy and upended that will ultimately allow 40 MILLION -70OC OFFER TO VOLUNTEER normal life. us to reclaim our lives FOR COVAXIN TRIAL Britain’s Medicines and get the economy DOSES ORDERED TEMP NEEDED and Healthcare products moving again.” Turn to P6 The Pfi zer/BioNTech jab is The vaccine is made COVID-19 the fastest vaccine to go in Belgium and has to It’s the protection of from concept to reality, be stored at around vaccines that will VACCINE taking only 10 months to -70oC As hospitals in ultimately allow follow the same steps that UK already have the normally span 10 years. The facilities to store the us to reclaim our lives UK has already vaccine at the tem- West Bengal Governor Jagdeep and get the economy ordered 40 perature required, the Dhankhar, 69, and state minister million doses very fi rst vaccinations Firhad Hakim, 61, have ex- moving again. pressed willingness to volunteer Boris Johnson, of the free are likely to take place for the phase 3 trial of Covaxin, UK Prime jab - enough there - for care home the government-backed Covid-19 Minister to vaccinate staff, NHS staff and vaccine. The trial was launched in 20 million patients - so none of Kolkata on Wednesday. people. the vaccine is wasted. India invites Apex Court: CCTVs with audio at UK PM to Amit Shah, CM Amarinder to meet be R-Day ahead of talks with farmers today all interrogation rooms, lock-ups chief guest New Delhi: Union New Delhi: All police tion,” the judges said. Home Minister Amit stations in the country “These cameras must New Delhi: UK Prime Shah will meet Punjab and investigation agen- be installed at entry and Minister Boris Johnson Chief Minister Ama- cies including the CBI, exit points of the police is expected to be the rinder Singh on Thurs- National Investigation station, lock ups, corri- chief guest at 2021 Re- day amid the escalating Agency and Enforce- dors, lobbies, reception public day with Prime farmers protest around ment Directorate, must area, rooms of the sub- Minister Narendra Delhi, spearheaded by install CCTV cameras Inspector and Inspector, Modi formally inviting farmers from Punjab with night vision and reception and outside him during their No- and Haryana. The meet- audio recording, the Su- washrooms.” vember 27 telephonic ing will take place at preme Court said today CCTV cameras with conversation. 9.30 am, sources said, in a landmark order recording facilities are Johnson, on his ahead of the crucial meant to prevent ex- also to be installed at part, has invited PM meeting with farmers’ cesses in custody. the offices of the Nar- Modi to the G-7 sum- representatives. States have to install cies carry out interro- cotics Control Bureau, mit in the United King- On Wednesday, Farm- Farmers prepare food for others during protest in New Delhi on Wednesday. cameras with audio at gation in their office(s), Directorate of Revenue dom next year, people ers’ organisations met all police stations. so CCTVs shall be com- Intelligence and the Se- familiar with the de- at one of the Delhi-Har- Security cameras pulsorily installed in all rious Fraud Investiga- velopment said. yana borders to decide GUV MISHRA KEEPS RAJ FARM BILLS WAITING should cover interroga- offices where such in- tion Office. The last British their strategy, a day af- Jaipur: Governor Kalraj Mishra has ‘not approved’ the agricultural bills tion rooms, lock-ups, terrogation and holding The audio recordings prime minister at the ter they turned down passed by the Rajasthan state assembly. The Ashok Gehlot government entries and exits, said of accused takes place have to be retained for Republic Day parade the centre’s second had on November 2 presented the bills to counter Centre’s Farm laws. the Supreme Court. in the same manner as 18 months for evidence, was John Major in 1993. pitch Turn to P6 “Most of these agen- it would in a police sta- if needed. YOGI BANDWAGON FROM FIRST INDIA TWITTER TO MAXIMUM CITY! CM Yogi woos biz honchos for ‘New UP’ Uttar Pradesh’s CM puts forth the massive LOT ON OFFER own English daily Lucknow: While Uttar visit to a closure and with a variety of Pradesh Chief Minister went to the top within The biggest greenfi eld Yogi Adityanath’s visit a couple of hours with opportunities UP has on offer, airport of the Asia is news & views to Mumbai was well- over three Lakh tweets. coming up in Jewar GRAB YOUR COPY received by all in a big A majority of users business leaders show interest (Noida) while Purvan- way. The netizens also welcomed the state Vishal Srivastav cive environment in the chal Expressway,, expressed their jubi- government’s decision ‘new Uttar Pradesh’. Purvanchal Link and lance over his presence of a state-of-art Film Bundelkhand Express- Mumbai: Uttar Pradesh The top industrialists, in the fi nancial capital City in Noida, others way are under construc- Chief Minister Yogi businessmen and bank- TO BOOK YOUR COPY CALL of the country and advised Shiv Sena tion, the work on about Adityanath interacted ers who CM Yogi met on welcomed him whole- leaders not to panic on 600 kms long Ganga 9559359786 heartedly by trending the assumptions that with top honchos from Wednesday, included N Expressway, linking 9571198777 #MaharathraboleY- the UP CM has come the business world and Chandrashekhar, Chair- Meerut and Prayagraj, ogi_Yogi (in Hindi) to Mumbai to snatch invited them to set up man, Tata Sons, Dr. will commence in June on Twitter. The trend away businesses from businesses in the state. Niranjan Hiranandai, 2021. These Express- started at around 5pm Maharashtra. It is to be Rolling out red carpet CMD, Hiranandani ways will have corridors on Wednesday even- mentioned that during for them in the most Group, Baba Kalyani of along them which offer ing when the CM was his two day visit to populous state, CM Yogi Bharat Forge, Suprakash CM Yogi interacting with Pranav Adani, Managing Director, Agro, a good investment opportunity. drawing his Mumbai Mumbai, Turn to P6 assured them of secu- Chaudhary, CEO, Oil and Gas, Adani Group, at Trident Hotel in Mumbai. Adani rity, respect and condu- Turn to P6 expressed interest in massive investments in UP. UTTAR PRADESH www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia LUCKNOW | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020 02 YOGI RULES THE ROOST IN MUMBAI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Urban Development Minister Ashutosh Tandon and Minister Siddharth Nath Singh interacting with business leaders in Mumbai. CM Yogi, UD Minister Ashutosh Tandon, Minister Siddharth Nath Singh, Lucknow Mayor Sanyukta Bhatia and ACS MSME and Information Department Navneet Sehgal pose CM Yogi Adityanath, ACS Home Awanish Awasthi and ACS MSME and Information Department for photo-journalists at the Bombay Stock Exchange.