, > * "%5,%? !#,%?? RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 36* )+7 -.(/(-/ 0-1!23 .-14 *& C ( O ( O C CF ).A ( * ()( () )) C:;E )/* / / . *) . ) 0 (BC0 !.! 4%,8) 8 @&%# !"% 1 1 -2829( 2,8 ! " Asked whether the Government would consider he eighth round of talks any proposal for allowing States ndia carried out the second Tbetween farmers unions to decide whether to imple- ICovid-19 vaccination dry and the Government ended ment the laws or not, the run on Friday as it geared up health workers have been without any breakthrough on Minister said no such propos- for the rollout of the nation- trained adequately. Friday. The talks lasted for al was made by any farmer wide drive, the final strategy of The details of this 150-page over two and a half hours. leader in this regard, but if such which will be discussed by document have been shared Sticking to their key a suggestion is made the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with all stakeholders to make demand of the repeal of three Government will take a call at with the State Chief Ministers the vaccination drive success- farm laws, the farmer leaders that time. in a meeting on Monday. ful, he added. told the Ministers that their After the meeting, union Sources in the Government The Minister said that the “ghar wapsi” from protest sites leader Joginder Singh Ugrahan said that soon after the high- vaccines could be made avail- along Delhi borders can hap- said the meeting was incon- level meeting chaired by Modi, able to “our countrymen” in the pen only after “law wapsi”. But clusive and it was unlikely that the final date for the rollout of next few days. He said that the the Centre insisted the talks any resolution could happen in the Covid jab is likely to be Government is ensuring every must be limited to contentious the next round of talks. “We do announced. he told reporters after review- detail of the vaccination pro- clauses and ruled out a com- not want anything less than the The second dry run for the ing the dry run of administer- gramme is conveyed to the plete withdrawal of P + , - repeal of laws... Government is Covid-19 vaccination rollout ing Covid-19 vaccine at the people, ie from the national Acts. testing our strength, but we will was conducted in select hospi- Rajiv Gandhi Government level to the grassroots level. The next round of talks will not bow down. It seems we will tals in 736 districts across 33 General Hospital as part of a The Government, in the be held on January 15 meaning protests. Farmer leader room. The situation came to the repeal of laws. Tomar said have to spend Lohri and States and Union Territories on State-wide programme. first phase of vaccination, is that the farmers will be cele- Darshan Pal said farmers this point after the Union the Government is still hope- Baisakhi festivals here at protest Friday. Following the mock “In the next few days, also aiming to inoculate 30 crore brating Lohri and would not vacate the protest Agriculture Minister reportedly ful that union leaders will sites,” he said. drill, Union Health Minister Dr in the near future, we should be people from the priority groups Makarsankranti at the Delhi sites even if the Supreme Court told the farmer leaders that he come with alternatives to dis- Another union leader Harshvardhan said that soon it able to give this vaccine to our like frontline health workers, borders. Now all eyes are on the tells them to do so. will not consider repealing the cuss in the next round of talks Hannan Mollah said farmers would be a reality to vaccinate countrymen prioritising those elderly people and those with Supreme Court which take up The discussion between three contentious laws. on January 15. are ready to fight till death and the entire population in India who are at risk in public and comorbidities. However, the the issue on January 11. the farmers and the Centre The union leaders told the On whether the going to court was not an against the novel coronavirus, private sectors. The first to be inoculated will be According to sources, the reached stalemate as union Ministers that the Centre Government made a proposal option. “There was a heated after prioritising risk groups. Government has already made frontline workers and health- next date has been decided leaders decided to observe should not interfere in agri- to farmers to join a pending discussion, we said we don’t He was in Tamil Nadu to take known the scheme of things,” care professionals. after keeping in mind a sched- silence while holding out culture matters as various SC case in the Supreme Court on want anything other than the stock of the dry run being car- he added. On January 3, the Drugs uled hearing of the Supreme papers with slogans including orders have declared farming as issues related to farmers’ repeal of laws. We won’t go to ried out there. In a country that is vast like Controller General of India Court on January 11 as the “Jeetenge ya Marenge” (We a State subject. protest, Tomar said the any court, this (repeal) will The Centre has started a India with a population of 1.35 (DCGI) had granted restricted Government feels the apex will either win or die). After the meeting, Tomar Government did not make any either be done or we’ll contin- new Covid platform to track billion, everything was done emergency use authorisation to court may look into the legal- The union leaders refused said no decision could be such suggestion but it is always ue to fight. Our parade on particulars of potential vaccine smoothly and meticulously the Serum Institute of India ity of the three laws, besides to take a lunch break and reached as unions did not give committed to follow whatever January 26 will go on as beneficiaries and also issue without any glitches, he said (SII)’s Covishield and Bharat other issues related to farmers’ stayed put in the meeting alternatives to their demand for is decided by the SC. planned,” he said. electronic certificates to them, adding that several lakhs of Biotech’s Covaxin vaccine. + ''&* ()(* '+ #$ % & Several passengers took to UK will have to mandatorily , % -**' & Twitter to highlight grievances undergo a self-paid RT-PCR ' () and the situation, tagging test on arrival at the airport,” Union Civil Aviation Minister said the Chief Minister. ()' Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi A passenger asked why his he Centre on Friday con- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal passport was being taken away. Tfirmed the presence of bird & ' * % in their messages. One person, who identified flu or avian influenza in Earlier on Friday, Delhi himself as Gouri Shankar Dash, Haryana and Gujarat. Bird flu Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal posted a photo of his infant has been confirmed in Kerala, announced that the travellers child sleeping on blankets Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, coming from the United spread out on the airport floor, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana ven as 82 returnees from Kingdom (UK) to the nation- and said that airport authori- and Gujarat so far. Ethe UK have so far tested al Capital will have to under- ties had refused to let him get According to officials, positive for a new mutant go a seven-day institutional his daughter’s stroller from Kheri and Ghanauli-has been strain of coronavirus, flights quarantine. The CM said that their luggage. identified in Haryana as the between the United Kingdom the person had to go seven-day “Just came from London epicentres of the outbreak. and India resumed on Friday. home quarantine even if they AI112, it’s absolutely maniac at Culling operations of 1.66 lakh As many as 256 passengers test negative for Covid-19 on Delhi Airport. Asking us to go birds in five poultry farms are from the UK landed at Delhi’s arrival in the city. for institutional quarantine also underway in Haryana’s Indira Gandhi International “To protect Delhiites from even with the negative PCR of ‘maniac’ scenes at the IGI strain that emerged in Britain Panchkula district. Airport (IGIA) and many of exposure to the virus from the test. Didn’t mention this on airport. despite Delhi Chief Minister The Ministry of Animal them complained of chaos and UK, the Delhi Government your SOP,” another passenger The flights were resumed Arvind Kejriwal asking the Husbandry on Friday con- ! confusion at the airport over has taken important decisions. Harpit Thakur who travelled in after a suspension for 16 days Government to extend the firmed the presence of avian ! "# $ quarantine rules. Travellers coming from the Air India flight shared a video amid concerns about a mutant flights ban till January 31. influenza in two poultry farms of Panchkula district, Haryana, presence of influenza. and reporting of positive sam- According to the Ministry, &'! ( ples in migratory birds in the culling operations have ! Junagadh district of Gujarat been completed in both the ! and in crows in Sawai affected districts of Kerala. 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