CENTRAL CC PAGE 09 PAGE 11 https://www.facebook.com/centralchronicle Raipur, Friday, January 22, 2021 I Pages 12 I Price R 3.00 I City Edition I Fastest growing English Daily of Chhattisgarh www. centralchronicle.in BRIEF Man, dies during PM, CMs to receive shots in kabaddi match next round of vaccination Five dead in Serum Institute fire Spectator records video To cover elected Covishield facility an inspection, he said. Dhamtari, Jan 21: representatives unaffected Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said A 20-year-old man died above 50 yrs the state government has in the ring during a match Pune, Jan 21 (PTI): ordered a probe into the of a kabaddi competition New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): blaze. The fire, which at Goji village in Dhamtari Five persons died and broke out at 2.45 pm on the district of Chhattisgarh, Elected representatives nine were evacuated from fourth and fifth floors of officials said on Thursday. above 50 years of age are a building in the Serum the SEZ 3 building in the The video of the player likely to be vaccinated The prime minister in Institute of India's Serum Institute premises, collapsing was captured against COVID-19 in the his interaction with chief Manjari premises here was brought under control by one of the spectators. second round of the ongo- ministers before the na- after a fire broke out at the in two hours, police said. The clip has gone viral on ing inoculation drive after tionwide rollout of the facility on Thursday,police Deputy Commissioner social media. over three crore health- vaccination programme said. of Police Namrata Patil Narendra Sahu, a resi- care and frontline workers had asked politicians to A worker paints a statue of Netaji Covishield vaccine pro- told PTI that nine people dent of Kokadi village of are vaccinated in the first not jump queue as the first Subash Chandra Bose ahead of his duction won't be hit due to were evacuated from the Dhamtari district, died in- round. round of inoculation is 125th birth anniversary, in the fire, Serum Institute of Workers of Serum Institute of India come out of the building after spot after the fire broke side the opponent’s court Prime Minister meant for healthcare and Kolkata, Thursday. India CEO Adar fire broke out in it, in Pune, Thursday. out. Viral visuals from the when he was caught by the Narendra Modi, most of frontline workers. Poonawalla said. site showed smoke billow- players. The incident took his Cabinet ministers, in- Modi had also said that Free entry The Manjari facility is all governments & the pub- has unfortunately been ing out from the Serum place on Wednesday cluding Rajnath Singh, the turn of those over 50 where the Covishield vac- lic that there would be no some loss of life at the inci- Institute facility. evening. “As per the state- Amit Shah and Nitin years of age besides those Puri: After opening doors cine used in the nation- loss of #COVISHIELD pro- dent. We are deeply sad- Chief Fire Officer ments, Sahu raided the op- Gadkari, a majority of younger but living with co- of lord Jagannath temple wide inoculation drive duction due to multiple dened and offer our deep- Prashant Ranpise said ponent’s court and while chief ministers and top- morbidities will come for the devotees without against the pandemic is production buildings that I est condolences to the fam- cooling work has com- making a return was rung leaders of all politi- after that, sources noted. COVID-19 negative made. The building where had kept in reserve to deal ily members of the depart- menced at the spot. Fifteen pulled by a player and then cal parties besides MPs Though the government report, Sree Jagannatha the fire broke out is part of with such contingencies at ed," Poonawalla added. water tankers were others too got in the act. and MLAs fall in this cate- has given no timeline, Temple Administration the under-construction @SerumInstIndia," Mayor Murlidhar Mohol pressed into action and the He was soon out of breath gory. Modi had said on January (SJTA) Thursday urged site of the Serum facility Poonawalla tweeted. said it appears the five per- fire was brought under and then fell uncon- A government source, 11 that 30 crore people, in- Odisha government to and is one km from the "We have just received sons who died in the fire control around 4.30 pm, he scious,” said Ramnaresh however, insisted that cluding those above 50 provide coronavirus vac- Covishield manufacturing some distressing updates; were working on the build- said. Sengar, Thana Incharge there is no specific time- years of age, will be vacci- cines to servitors and unit, sources said. upon further investigation ing floor. Fire officials re- "The cause of the fire is (TI) of Kurud police sta- line for the vaccination of nated in the next few their family members on "I would like to reassure we have learnt that there covered the bodies during yet to be ascertained. tion. top politicians. months. a priority basis. SJTA Chief Administrator Krishan Kumar in a letter COVID-19 active caseload further Enhancing to Additional Chief Self-reliance a strategic necessity: Army chief Secretary, Health and dips to 1.81 % of total cases skills Family Welfare India to face higher our stature and influence, vest in research and devel- Department, P K New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): total active cases in a day. we will face increasingly opment to boost the coun- New Delhi, Jan 21: Mohapatra emphasised "Following the national security challenges higher security chal- try's overall military capa- on the necessity of The COVID-19 active case- trend of consistent decline in line with rising lenges," he said at the sem- bilities. "The continuous The CRPF, that provides pro- undertaking early vacci- load in the country has fur- in the active cases, 17 states inar organised by the and heavy dependence of tection to more than 60 high- nation of servitors of the ther reduced to 1,92,308 com- and UTs have cases per mil- stature, influence Society of Indian Defence the armed forces on equip- risk people, on Thursday said 12th century shrine. prising 1.81 per cent of the lion population lower than Manufacturers (SIDM). ment of foreign origin it is continuously enhancing its total infections, with the national average. India's New Delhi, Jan 21 (PTI): Referring to increasing needs to be addressed in skills and "matching stan- Bomb hoax Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar cases per million popula- security challenges along the right earnest through dards" with the SPG that pro- tects the prime minister. Noida: A bomb hoax at a Pradesh, Karnataka and tion stand at 7,689," the min- Army Chief Gen MM India's unresolved indigenous capability de- With movement of VIPs private hospital in Noida West Bengal accounting for istry said. Naravane on Thursday Northern borders, he said velopment and towards expected to increase ahead of triggered panic on 73 per cent of the total ac- Kerala, Maharashtra, said India will face in- a continuous and concert- meeting the modern day elections in various states, Thursday, prompting tive cases, the Union Health Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka creasingly higher security ed capability building of defence requirements," he Central Reserve Police Force quick deployment of Ministry said on and West Bengal account challenges in tune with its faced in 2020, and said the the Army through mod- said. "The defence indus- (CRPF) Director General A P police personnel and Wednesday. for 73 per cent of the total rising stature and it must government's focus on self- ernisation to address try is a big enabler for self Maheshwari said the force has bomb-disposal squads at The ministry said that as active cases in the country. enhance indigenous de- reliance will boost the these security challenges reliance and capability taken all steps to "empower" the spot, officials said. A on date, a total of 8,06,484 A total of 19,965 people fence capabilities to main- country's overall strategic is a national imperative. building and it is a prereq- its commandos deployed for person had called on the beneficiaries have received have recovered in a span of tain strategic influence objectives. He also said the Indian and Chinese uisite to maintain our security duties of such per- landline number of the vaccination against the 24 hours. The total recover- and freedom of action as unresolved borders and troops are locked in a strategic influence and sons and that they have Kailash Hospital in Sector virus. In a span of 24 hours, ies have surged to 10,265,706. external dependence for wars in the past with "our tense standoff in eastern freedom of action," Gen 1,31,649 people were vacci- The ministry said that 87.06 weapons creates vulnera- adversaries" challenge the Ladakh for over eight Naravane said. "plugged the gaps." 27 and said there was a nated across 2,398 sessions. per cent of the new recov- bilities in times of crisis. myth of 'no conventional months. He further said: "We are "We have improved our VIP bomb placed in the base- A total of 14,118 sessions ered cases are observed to In an address at a semi- war', adding proxy war, The Chief of Army Staff committed to procuring security skills. We are follow- ment of the building, a have been conducted so far. be concentrated in 10 states nar on Army-industry 'Left wing extremism' and said India was lagging be- indigenous equipment police officer said.