DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD,CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA,LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018-20RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SlammCHIEF JUSTICEingBOBDECentMINCESreFEWoveWORDSrprotestsandprocess, SCsuggestsstayonfarmlaws,panelfortalks SC order today; AG says stay drastic; Staying youfailedtosolve problem,says CJI the law: ANANTHAKRISHNANG BUSINESSASUSUAL courts have NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 BY UNNY IN ONE of itsrareoutbursts been very againstthe Government in re- cent times, aSupreme Court cautious bench, headedbyChief Justice SABobde, questionedthe processbehindthe enactment of APURVAVISHWANATH the farm laws andexpressed NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 deep “disappointment” over the Serum says order Centre’s handling of the farm HOWTHE Supreme Courtoper- protests. ationalisesits suggestion to stay Scheduling itsorder forto- the operation of the three farm morrow, thecourtindicated that laws andopen fresh talksvia a by govt for 11 mn it couldevenstaythe implemen- committee will be evident in its tation of the newfarm laws to order Tuesday. However, aline of ostensibly“facilitate” asolution. precedentsshows that courts doses, first lot may CJI Bobde mincedfew words: have been very cautious while “Wedonot think the Centreis BEFORETHEORDER, Farmerscelebrateafter the SC hearing, at the Ghazipur border Monday. Prem Nath Pandey passing interim orders to stay handling the issue correctly. THEFRAMING laws passedbythe Legislature. We don’t think youare being ef- “In matters involving the head out today The benchmade key fective.” constitutionality of anylegisla- observations: Suggesting that the court Farmersthank SC but draw line: tion enacted by the legislature happen either later tonight or ■ Notgetting into would appoint acommittee that and rules, courtsshould be ex- ANURADHA early morningtomorrow,”the question on repeal “will tell us if the laws areinpub- tremelyloath to pass an interim MASCARENHAS& source said on Mondayevening. lic interest,” CJI Bobde said: “We ■ Staying action on law no panel, no stay, only repeal order,”atwo-judgeSupreme PRABHARAGHAVAN The doses willbesentbymul- propose to form acommittee and isn’t same as staying law Courtbenchhad said in a2013 PUNE,NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 tiple modes of transport, in- if the government does not, then ■ Farmers’ groups can KHATTAR, DUSHYANT On Monday,the apexcourt ruling on the validity of the cluding by road and by air, the we will stay theimplementation appear before govt, why RAKHIJAGGA& RUSH TO DELHI indicatedthat it could stay the Cigarettesand Other Tobacco THE CENTRAL government has source said. of the farm Acts…Weare doing notbeforecommittee AMILBHATNAGAR implementation of the newlaws ProductsRegulationAct, 2003. signedacontractwith the Serum In Pune, SII officials said the this because youhavefailed to ■ Want to resolve,create NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 ANOTHERSUICIDE and proposedthe setting up of a “Atthe time of final adjudi- Institute of India(SII)for the sup- consignmentswould be flownto solve theproblem.Weare pro- conduciveatmosphere BID AT PROTEST SITE committee. cation,the courtcan strikedown plyof11million doses of the nearestairportand then posingtopass this order to facil- fortalks WHILE WELCOMINGthe PAGE 10 Hours afterthe court pro- the statuteiffoundultravires of Covishield, the Indian variant of driventothe depots.Some 60 itateresolution of this problem Supreme Court’s outburst ceedings, the Sanyukt Kisan the Constitution. However, op- the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine locations, including in by acommittee chosen by againstthe Centre, unions rep- Morcha, ajoint forum of farm eration of the statutecannotbe againstthe novelcoronavirus, Maharashtraand Gujarat, and us...Wewillmakethe atmos- laws can be put on hold...If laws resenting protesting farmers reiterated theirdemand forare- unions, issuedastatement stultifiedbygranting an interim the Pune-basedfirmsaid on Chennai, arementionedinthe pherecomfortable andcon- areput on hold then negotiations turneddownthe idea of acom- peal of the farm laws,not merely that read, “…weinformed order exceptwhen the courtis Monday. consignee list, the SII officials ducive fortalks. Till then the farm CONTINUEDONPAGE2 mittee to resolve the issueand astayonthem. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Doses of the vaccine could said. startshipping as early as The SII has manufactured the Monday night, asource with di- vaccine under licence in India. rect knowledge of thedevelop- The countrywill start itsmass in- Mumbai,Thane report ment told TheIndian Express. oculationprogramme against “(SII) maystart despatching Covid-19onJanuary16. Around cases of birdflu, the vaccines very soon. It may CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ` 68 per kilo BMC issues guidelines ` 96 per kilo Pune-basedWestern Regional SANJANABHALERAO DiseaseDiagnostic Laboratory MUMBAI,JANUARY11 on 15 pondegretsand twopar- ` 116 per kilo rots found dead in Thane and ADAY afterMaharashtrabe- three crowsfounddead in ` 60 per Dozen came the latestinthe listof Chembur in Mumbai had ruled states that reportedbirdflu out birdflu. These deaths were cases, three crowsfound dead in reportedonJanuary7. Entertainment, Mumbai and 17 birds in Thane No newdeaths of birds were tested positive forAvian reportedinMumbai on Monday. sports channels Influenza on Monday. “Crowsand notpoultrywere While samples of crowsand found infected with birdflu in Covishield vaccinetransportvehiclesarriving at the Serum now under herons from Mumbai, Mumbai and Thane. Thereare no InstituteofIndiainPune on Monday. Arul Horizon Ghodbunder in Thane and poultryunitsinMumbai, which Dapoli in Ratnagiri have been is notaninfected area. All the Mumbai Police found positive forthe H5N1 cases have been found in back- strain, samples from Beeddis- yard poultries and notincom- scanner for trict have been found positive for mercialpoultryunits. It is safeto Centre will pay for the H5N8 strain. eat eggs and poultrymeat, if they boosting TRP Incidentally, theprimaryin- arecooked for30minutes at 70 INDIA’SBIGGEST TBM IN MUMBAI vestigation conducted at the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the first three crore India’s biggest tunnel boring machine (TBM), ‘Mavala’, will be deployedtodig 3.4-km-long EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE tunnels as partofthe CoastalRoad project in Mumbai. It waslaunchedbyChiefMinister MUMBAI,JANUARY11 Bird flu triggers fresh fears, UddhavThackeray on Monday. GaneshShirsekar PAGE3 shots: PM tells CMs THE MUMBAI Police Crime any, aftervaccination. Branch, probing the Television prices of chicken, eggs crash KAUNAINSHERIFFM “...The mostimportant thing Rating Points(TRP) scam, in NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 willbetoidentify and monitor whichnews channels allegedly Astrologer claiming political links the beneficiaries who have to be paidmoneytoincrease their TRP, PARTHASARATHI ED Poultry THE CENTRE will bear the costof vaccinated.For this we will beus- is nowexpanding the scope of BISWAS&HARISH birds vaccinating three crorehealth- ing modern technology;using PLAIN dupes ex-HC judge of Rs 8crore the probetoinclude general en- DAMODARAN mostlysafe careand frontline workers in the Aadhaar,wewillbeable to iden- EX E tertainment channels(GEC) and PUNE,NEWDELHI,JANUARY11 ● firstphase of the vaccination tify thebeneficiaries. It is my re- sports channels. has ahistory of cheatingcases, Followingthe arrest,Joint drive againstthe novelcoron- questthat real-time datagener- The Crime Intelligence Unit WINTER FORthe poultryindus- ALTHOUGH BIRDS have EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE wasarrestedlastmonth foral- Commissioner of Police (Crime) avirus disease, Prime Minister ated during the vaccination (CIU) of the CrimeBranch, which tryislikesummer forice-cream diedin10statessofar, BENGALURU,JANUARY11 legedly duping retired judge SandeepPatil said that an FIR NarendraModi told Chief shouldbeuploaded on theCo- on Mondayfiledasecond makers. The winter months are the onlyexample of Indrakala BS,68. wasregistered on the complaint Ministers on Monday. WIN platform. The states have to chargesheetinthe case against when consumption of chicken deathsinorganisedpoul- ASELF-STYLED astrologer,who The arrest wasbasedona that Ramadas “falselyclaimedto The PM stressedonthree ensurethis. Even asmall glitch three persons,includingtwo top and eggs peaks, withthoserear- tryfarmshas come from claimedaccess to toppolitical complaint filedbythe former knowsome important persons critical aspectsofthe adminis- can damagethis mission,” he said. executivesofRepublic Media, ing broiler and layerbirds also Haryana. Since birds in leaders, has been arrested by judgeatthe Wilson Garden po- and promisedtoget government tration of the vaccine: ensuring “...Another critical thingis said that “around 12 to 13 GECs realising better rates. poultryfarms aregener- Bengaluru police crime branchfor lice station alleging that jobs and government work that dataare uploadedinreal that everystate and Union and at leastthree sports chan- But this time it is different, allyisolated,chancesof allegedlycheating aretired high Ramadas had cheated herbe- done”. time foreffective monitoring of Territorywill have to ensure nels” areunder itsscanner. thankstothe outbreak of avian their catching the virus courtjudgeofoverRs8crorewith tween June 2018 and November “The CCB (CentralCrime beneficiaries; curbing rumours thereisnovaccine-relatedru- The supplementary influenza,now confirmedin10 from foreign avian the promise of a“high position” 2019 of Rs 8.27crore by promis- Branch) took asearch warrant and misinformation about the