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 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 16 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PMCALLS FORtoSTEPPINGstates:UP TESTINGstartTOplanningCHECK TRANSMISSIONforvaccine rollout,maintainfatalityratebelow1% ED taking Pratap Sarnaik’s son forquestioning. Deepak Joshi Says will work as ateam on vaccine, ‘rampant carelessness’ behind surge ED raids on Sena MLA KAUNAINSHERIFFM &KRISHNKAUSHIK WHATSTATESSAID who moved privilege NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 ■In touchwith Serum, have task forcefor AS THE race to find an efficacious vaccine: Maharashtra motion against Arnab vaccine againstCovid-19picks ■Will work with Centre, up, Prime MinisterNarendra all stakeholders: Bengal Modi urgedstatesTuesdayto EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE INSIDE build decentralisedmecha- ■ Vaccine mustinview MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 Aparaveterinaryworker nisms, down to the blocklevel, of Kumbh: Uttarakhand PRATAP SARNAIK with a3-litrecontainer of in the form of task forces for ■ Readying logistics for THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate MADE AFORTUNE IN ‘semen straws’. Express file smooth administration of the mass vaccination: UP (ED) on Tuesdayconducted REAL ESTATE vaccine, expected to take place PAGE 12 searches at 10 places in Thane early next year. Random testing on Tuesdayevening of those entering Ghaziabad from Delhi. Prem Nath Pandey and Mumbai, including the res- MVA: BJP USING In search of Interacting with Chief idences and offices of ShivSena CENTRAL AGENCIES Ministers via videoconference, cent and the fatality rate under MLAPratapSarnaik and his sons, AGAINST OPPONENTS the Prime Minister, while under- 1per cent. in connection with an alleged PAGE 4 vaccine cold lining that thereisnodecision “A fewdays ago, the Centre moneylaundering case. yetonwhichvaccine will be fi- had requestedstatesthat asteer- Delhi asks PM for 1,000 ICU beds, says Sarnaik,athree-time Shiv chain, some nalisedand when, repeatedly ingcommittee be constituted at Sena MLAfromThane, had initi- Naik suicide case, forwhich emphasisedthe keyrole that the statelevel (on vaccine admin- schools may be shut till there is vaccine ated abreachofprivilegemotion Goswami wassubsequentlyar- clues from states will playinvaccine admin- istration)and atask forceformed againstRepublic TVEditor Arnab rested by the Raigad Police. istration.Heurged states to pro- at the district level. Isuggestthat bedsinCentre-run hospitals, out ventilators areoccupied, Goswamifor his remarksagainst While the probeagency did vide individual plans forafinal this bedone at the blocklevel. We MALLICAJOSHI suchasAIIMS and Safdarjung, to straining the capital’s health- MaharashtraChief Minister notdisclose details of the alleged dairy sector blueprint of the country’s largest have to do this as fast as possible; &ASTHASAXENA tide over ashortage. caresystemand leading to de- UddhavThackeray and other moneylaundering case, it said immunisation drive. we have to delegatethis to one NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 And giventhe surge in Covid lays in critical care. ministers of the Maharashtra searches were conducted on the Cautioning againstlaxity in person to ensurethat thereare cases, Deputy Chief Minister Besides, the city has recorded Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern- promoters of Topsgrup, asecu- PARTHASARATHIBISWAS the fight againstthe virus and at- regular meetings, training, mon- DESCRIBINGTHE uptickin Manish Sisodia said schools are 2,110deaths in November so far, ment. He wasalso one of the first rity firm foundedbyRahul PUNE,NOVEMBER24 tributingthe recent surge in pos- itoring and onlinetraining. Delhi’s mortality rate as "a mat- likelytoremain shut till avaccine and is settoovertakethe 2,330 politicians in the statetoseek a Nanda, and "related members, itive cases to “widespread care- Besides, being engaged in fight- terofconcern", Chief Minister is available. deaths recordedinJune when re-investigation intothe Anvay CONTINUEDONPAGE2 AMIDCONCERNSthataCovid-19 lessness”, Modi told Chief ing the pandemic on adailybasis, Arvind Kejriwal asked Prime At present, 88 per cent of the fist surge wasseen. On vaccinewouldrequireanefficient, Ministers to work towardsbring- we have to parallellyestablish this MinisterNarendraModi ICU bedswith ventilators and Tuesday, Delhi recorded6,224 countrywide cold chain infra- ing the positivity rate under 5per CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Tuesdaytoreserve1,000 ICU 73 per cent of all ICU bedswith- CONTINUEDONPAGE7 TRP SCAM structure,thedairyindustrycould offersomeanswersto policymak- 1,400-page chargesheet ers and public health profession- als. Theindustryrecordsalmost8 UP clears ‘love jihad’ law: 10-year jail, To stem fraud, Centre filed, cops name Republic croreartificial inseminations across the countryannually. The process involvescollection of se- cancelling marriage if for conversion sends list of dos, don’ts media, News Nation menfromelitebullsin56bullsta- tions, whichisfrozen in vials or sion done in violation of the pro- THE The police said that all ‘straws’,andtransportedinliquid MAULSHREESETH BUSINESSASUSUAL visions of the proposedlaw ABHISHEKANGAD EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE namedinthe chargesheetwere nitrogencontainers(atminus196 LUCKNOW,NOVEMBER24 would have to face jail term of up NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 SCHOLARSHIP MUMBAI,NOVEMBER24 free-to-air channels and relied degrees Celsius) to dairyfarmers BY UNNY to 10 years,” said agovernment solelyonadvertisement revenue across the country. THE UTTAR Pradesh Cabineton statement. If it is found that the PREPARE Alistofdoubtful or SCAM THE MUMBAI Police Crime as ameans of income. “Themostcrucialaspectof the Tuesdaycleared adraft ordi- conversion is done “forcibly, suspicious institutions and ap- BranchonMondayfileda1,400- The chargesheetcomes aday artificial inseminationcold chain nance to check“unlawful reli- through atrocity or cheating”, plications, use frauddetection nority students, these arethe five pagechargesheetinthe alleged before the Mumbai Police is set is itsreliability (ensuring viability gious conversions” and “inter- the offence will be non-bailable. software, conduct random keypreventive measures listed fake Television Rating Points to submit itsinvestigation report of thespermsfromthepointof se- faith marriages with the sole “The Cabinethas takenabig checks and auditsbyaninde- by the MinistryofMinority (TRP) scam case, naming six in asealedcover before the men extraction to insemination intention of changing agirl’s re- decision... it wasnecessaryfor pendent authority,use morein- Affairs to be implemented “im- channels, including those of BombayHigh Court, whichis intoafemalebovine)andreach(to ligion”, with provision forjail maintaining normal lawand or- dicators to identify schools on mediatelyfor securing the Republic Media Networkand hearing aplea by Republic me- thedistantinteriors).Iamsurethis term of up to 10 years. der in the stateand to ensurejus- the National Scholarship Portal process” forthe academic year News Nation, as allegedly pay- diaseeking that theFIR against can be of some relevance to the According to the “Uttar tice forwomen, especiallythose (NSP), include moreapplication 2020-21. ing moneytoboostTRPs for it be quashed. national rollout of the Covid vac- Pradesh Vidhi Virudh Dharma from the ScheduledCastesand dataonthe portal. The measures were listedina around twoyears. While in October,the police cine,” said RajivMitra, CEO of Samparivartan Pratishedh ScheduledTribes,” said Uttar Taking note of an investiga- letter dated November 18, The owners of Republic me- had said that channels were pay- Prabhat Dairybasedin Adyadesh 2020” (prohibition of Pradesh CabinetMinister tion by The Indian Express on signedbyAdityaSSingh, Under diaand News Nation have been ing moneytointermediaries like Ahmednagar,Maharashtra, unlawful religious conversion), Sidharth Nath Singh, who is also howanexus of middlemen, Secretary, and sent to principal namedaswanted accusedinthe employees of Hansa Research whichispartoftheFrenchLactalis amarriagewill be declared the government spokesperson. school staffand district officials secretaries and secretaries of all chargesheet. The police said they Group –whichmeasures TRPs on Group and does roughly “shunya”(null and void) if the girl’s religion”. “Morethan 100cases of were illegallydiverting pre- states and Union Territories. were likelytocharge them in a behalf of the BroadcastAudience CONTINUEDONPAGE2 “sole intention” wasto“changea “Those getting the conver- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Matric scholarships forpoor mi- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 supplementarychargesheetlater. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Collective, volunteers: in Kerala Abdullahs infringed Alibaba, dating apps among 43 more local polls, no politics is new politics on land for offices, with China links banned by Govt engaged with stateand national Reflects apps. This action wastaken SHAJUPHILIP issues, cannotbeactively in- house: J&K probe ENSECONOMICBUREAU basedonthe inputsregarding THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, volvedinlocal issues. Local is- NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 border these apps forengaging in activ- NOVEMBER24 sues demand people who areac- E ities whichare prejudicial to ● tension cessible and familiar to the DEEPTIMANTIWARY CITING“SOVEREIGNTYand in- EXPLAINED sovereignty and integrity of ASOCIETYregisteredbyformer common man. At the panchayat NEWDELHI,NOVEMBER24 Claims false, tegrity of India”, the Centreon India, defence of India, security AAP volunteers; agroup of pro- level, people want basic civic is- malicious: Tuesdaybanned43mobile