&) F !#%&#G '&#GG !"# ?( :< 35< ? #'! # 1./23 .456 -!./0 + 9 ++9 A( + ( = ( 5 5. * + 1 9 B :C5DE+ + !" $ $ %& ' ( $"&)*)*+ ,!-#- $ %'( $) he fifth round of talks Tbetween farmer unions and M three Central Ministers failed M to break the impasse after that Jaishankar will not attend around five hours marathon the Canada headed Covid-19 meeting at Vigyan Bhawan on gnoring India’s strong protest foreign Ministers grouping Saturday over the farm laws. Iagainst his remarks about the meeting. The Government has ongoing farmers’ stir here, He had taken part in the sought time from unions to Canadian Prime Minister 11th Ministerial Coordination $% & present a concrete proposal Justin Trudeau again backed Group on Covid-19 in ' ( and suggested another meeting the agitators and said his coun- November which was the first on December 9, a day after try will continue to “stand up time India officially took part % Q “Bharat Bandh” called by the for peaceful protests and in the meet. ' * farmers’ unions. human rights.” A release from Canadian + Farmer unions’ leaders His reiteration came hours Foreign Ministry that time P Q were adamant that the after his envoy to New Delhi said, “Minister Champagne % - Government should repeal the Nadir Patel was summoned on (Canadian Foreign Minister) ' % farm laws. They also rejected Friday and served a demarche. welcomed Minister & the Government’s offer to India said earlier remarks by Subrahmanyam Jaishankar of .' amend contentious provisions the Canadian Prime Minister India to the group, noting the / % ' of the new farm laws. and some of his Ministers recent developments in India During the meeting farmer could impact the ties between and emphasising the critical + & % leaders sought the Government the two countries. role India plays in addressing 0 to reply in “black and white” " # $% Seen as a rebuff to him in global Covid-19 vaccine and M ' 1. that whether it will repeal the &$ % ') the current backdrop, External pharmaceutical needs.” M laws or not. The farmer unions Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Other members of the 2 went on a silent protest (maun resolution would be reached the protest sites. port price, registration of has pulled out of a Canadian- grouping include Brazil, .' & vrat), holding up placards and with their cooperation. Sources said that the traders outside agriculture pro- led global meeting on corona France, Germany, Italy, 0 sought a reply in “yes” or “We discussed all aspects Government has agreed to give duce marketing committee pandemic next week, sources Singapore and the UK. The % “no” on their key demand of (of the Acts) in detail and we major concessions to farmers, (APMCs), and nod to legal said here on Saturday. grouping will meet to formu- repealing the three new farm were eager to find a solution including written assurance of recourse in higher courts. India informed Canada late strategies to fight Covid. laws. They also threatened to which that did not happen. We continuation of minimum sup- walk out if the Government is wanted some firm suggestions %M 3 4 not willing to scrap the laws. from farmer leaders, but could- & According to farmers, the n’t get those. ! M % Government could not put up We will meet again on () 5& a satisfactory solution to the December 9. It would have "R farmers demands and the del- been easier if they had given ( ( & egation clearly communicated those suggestions today itself. % 0 M that the protest will continue if We will wait for their sugges- & M the Government doesn’t repeal tions. Agitating farmers should !# the three laws. leave path of protest and engage %#& * ' The Government has made in dialogue. The Government eople have a right to '!! it clear that it won’t repeal the is ready to listen to all their group of 36 cross-party Pdemonstrate peacefully and & ' farm laws but is ready to amend concerns,” Tomar said after Aparliamentarians has writ- Saturday and informed com- authorities should let them do ' the clauses as per their the meeting. ten to UK Foreign Secretary muters regarding the closure of so, spokesperson for UN ( demands, while the farmers’ The Agriculture Minister Dominic Raab asking him to n the tenth day of their Singhu, Lampur, Auchandi, Secretary-General Antonio &&& leaders said they need a solu- reiterated that the Government make representations with his Oprotest, thousands of Safiabad, Piao Maniyari, and Guterres has said on the farm- 4 tion or commitment. After has assured the farmers that Indian counterpart, S farmers stayed put at various Saboli borders. ers’ protests in India. ') % Q 5 that the Ministers informed the procurement at minimum sup- Jaishankar, about the impact on borders across the national Meanwhile, the Delhi- “As to the question of farmers that they will come port price will continue and British Punjabis affected by Capital on Saturday. The block- Noida Link Road via Chilla India, what I would say to you & ( back with a concrete proposal mandis will be strengthened. the demonstrations by farmers ade at Tikri, Singhu, Jharoda, border had one carriageway is what I’ve said to others & 6 after internal consultations. “We have said that the against new agricultural Jhatikara, Auchandi, Lampur, (Delhi to Noida) open until when raising these issues is that ( ' December 9 is the next MSP will continue, there is no reforms in India. Piao, Maniyari, Mangesh, Saturday morning, however, people have a right to demon- !#'# ' meeting date proposed at 11 threat to it. It is baseless to India has called the Ghazipur and Chilla borders the protesters blocked it at strate peacefully, and authori- !'#! am. Agriculture Minister doubt this. Still, if someone is remarks by foreign leaders and threw traffic out of gear. The around 11 am. The Noida traf- ties need to let them do so,” Narendra Singh Tomar, how- suspicious then the politicians on protests by farm- diversion of traffic from these fic police had earlier advised Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman # ever, said the Government Government is ready to resolve ers as “ill-informed” and border points led to long jams commuters to opt for the for the Secretary-General, said Q wanted some firm suggestions it,” he said. Tomar also appealed “unwarranted” as the matter on alternative routes in the Delhi-Noida Direct expressway on Friday. Q from the 40 farmer leaders pre- to the union leaders to send pertained to the internal affairs national Capital. or Kalindi Kunj routes instead Dujarric was responding to 2 . sent in the meeting on their key back the elderly, women and of a sovereign democratic The Delhi Traffic Police of the Chilla border to travel to a question on the farmers’ concerns and hoped that a children to their homes from country. once again took it to twitter on and fro Delhi. protest in India. % Q 7 ( % % Q Q 8 ' 8 %* & ! 5 ' $ !R has also now been brought into that on the fateful day when 9 the purview of investigations Pari went missing, he was in % " # &'( # and was interrogated too. Bhubaneswar. Q The SIT led by IG of Police A couple of days back, the Arun Bothra also conducted a SIT had questioned him for ' % %R* * + search at Babuli’s residence in more than two hours. The SIT "" Nayagarh. had also held discussions with he investigation into the According to sources, the officials of the Nayagarh police, % : +," Tabduction and murder of SIT is trying to trace the where- who were earlier investigating & five-year-old Nayagarh girl Pari abouts of Babuli and his driver the case. Meanwhile, Bothra *) was intensified with the Special from the day Pari went missing speaking to media on the day % Investigation Team (SIT) from near her residence on July said, “Give us 14 days’ time. We 8 grilling prime suspect Babuli 14 before her skeletal remains are working hard on the case. 7 5 Nayak for the second time on were found in the backyard of I am aware of the onerous “Besides, I know the high % 8 % ours after Haryana Home Saturday. her house on July 23. responsibility on me given by expectations of the people,” he ; 1 Q HMinister Anil Vij tested Babuli’s driver Bijay Behera Earlier, Babuli had claimed the Government and the DGP,” added. ' positive for the Covid-19 0 4 despite taking a shot of Bharat 8 7 Biotech’s vaccine candidate * around two weeks ago during based pharma company too -+ % 8 7 ' its ongoing Phase-III trial, the echoed similar justifica- Union Health Ministry clari- tion.“Covaxin is a two-dose % 8 Q' fied on Saturday that the effi- anti-coronavirus vaccine and 8< & = cacy of the vaccine can only be Haryana Health Minister Anil " determined 14 days after the Vij, who had volunteered for its second dose.It said that the phase-three trial, was given