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DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2021, JAIPUR, LATE CITY, 12 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM TwoDCGI GIVESCovidNOD TO COVISHvaccinesIELD, COVAXIN FORgetRESTRICTemergencyED USE usenod,oneinclinicaltrialmode On datapending forCovaxin,Health Covaxinback-up, for use Ministersays better againstUKvariant BUSINESSASUSUAL BY UNNY if surge, under controls: the vaccine, whichwillbead- PRABHARAGHAVAN ministeredaccording to aproto- NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 col that is stillinthe process of AIIMS, ICMR heads being decided, according to a INDIA’S TOP drugregulator senior government officialclose Whole virus vaccine, so maybemore SundayapprovedCovishield and to thedevelopment. Covaxin vaccines forrestricted Announcing the clearance to effective againstnew strain: ICMR Haryana police firedteargas shellstostopprotesters in Rewari district on Sunday. Reuters use againstCovid-19inthe coun- Covishield and Covaxin at ame- try, paving theway formass vac- dia briefing on Sundaymorning, surge triggeredbythe UK vari- cination againstthe virus that has DCGI Dr VKSomani said clinical KAUNAINSHERIFFM ant. And, unlikethe Serum so farinfected more than acrore trials regarding both the drugs NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 InstituteofIndia's (SII)vaccine Haryana policeuse tear-gason peopleand killednearly 1.5lakh. would have to continue. The firms Covishield, Covaxin will The approvals to thetwo vac- arerequiredtosubmitsafetydata THE INDIGENOUS vac- be usedonlyin'clinical cines, both to be givenintwo every15days forthe firsttwo cine developedby trial mode', wherecon- protesters; talks with Govt today doses, followarecommendation months and monthlythereafter. EXPRESS NETWORK Bharat Biotech with the sent will be takenand regarding the same by theDrugs “Afteradequateexamina- Indian Council of side-effectsmonitored, Controller General of India's tion, the CDSCO(CentralDrugs Medical Research the heads of AIIMS and ahead did nothaveenough pro- Rewari today... theyhad aclash (DCGI) expertpanel. In the case StandardControl Organisation) ROLLOUTTOBEGIN (ICMR) will be usedasa ICMR, partofthe SAKSHIDAYAL visions. Theyasked forpermis- with police. However, those of us of Covaxin, forwhosePhase 3tri- has decidedtoacceptthe recom- IN NEARFUTURE, "back-up", onlyifthe country NationalCovid-19task force, told GURGAON,JANUARY3 sion to go to them andset up a following the directions of the als limited dataisavailable, in- mendations of the expertcom- SCHEDULESOON needs extradoses to vaccinatea The Indian Express. langar,and were allowedtodo Samyukt Kisan Union arestillat formedconsent wouldhaveto mittee and, accordingly,vaccines PAGE 5 largenumberofpeople, partic- On Sunday, Indian regulator ON THE eveofthe next roundof so. However, whentheygot theborder and will continueto be sought from those receiving CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ularly giventhe possibility of a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 talksbetween the protesting there, the entiregroup triedto remain there. The next course of farmer unionsand the Centreon break through the barricades action willbedecided depend- Monday,the Haryana police on and move forward.” ing on the outcome of tomor- Phase 3efficacy data is Sundayfired tear gasshells to On Thursday, over 300farm- row's meeting with the govern- stop agroup of farmers, mostly ershad forced their waypastthe ment. If theydon't fulfill our from Rajasthan, from movingto- barricades at the Rajasthan- demands, we will look at mov- missing, say experts, call wardsDelhi. Haryana border and entered ing towardsDelhi afterJanuary The incident occurrednear Rewari. On Sunday, about 50 6,” said Ramzan Chaudhary, for close monitoring Sangwari village in Rewari dis- morefarmers, mostlyfrom head of the Nuhunit of Jai Kisan trict, on NH-48, about 16 km Hanumangarh and Sri Andolan, whichisapartofthe vaccine’s Phase 1and Phase 2tri- from Gurgaon, at around 4pm. Ganganagar in Rajasthan, fol- Samyukt Kisan Union —the AMITABHSINHA& als is very encouraging, they Confirming that tear gas lowedthem, afterwhichpolice CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PRABHARAGHAVAN questionedthe processofap- shellswerefired,Rajesh Kumar, firedtear gasshells. PUNE,NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 proval when efficacy datafrom Deputy Superintendent of Mostofthe protesters, how- thevaccine’s Phase 3trials, which Police, Bawal, said: “The protest- ever,remainedatthe border. MORE REPORTS MEMBERS OF the National beganinNovember, hadn’tcome ers said those who had gone “About 15-20 tractors entered PAGE 5 Covid-19 task forceclarifiedthat in. Efficacydataisanindicationof Covaxin, the vaccine being devel- howeffective the vaccine is in opedbyBharat Biotech,wouldbe preventing the virus attack. usedina“clinical trial” mode and "If youtakealookatwhat Democracy only if UnionHealth MinisterHarsh wasproposedbythe DCGI (Drug Vardhan said itsemergency use Controller General of India) as an approval was“astrategic deci- adequatedatapackagebackin peace:Chouhan sion forour vaccine security.” September,when theypub- But some independent scien- lishedtheir draftguidance (for warnsofstrict law Ahealthcareworkeratavaccineregistration centreinAhmedabadonSunday. Nirmal Harindran tists said that while datafromthe CONTINUEDONPAGE2 against stone-pelters Crematoriumroof built two months In 3-month trip to IRAMSIDDIQUE BHOPAL,JANUARY3 ‘Root cause of the ago collapses in Ghaziabad, 23 killed Shivraj problem is surplus India, Christchurch THE MADHYA Pradesh govern- Singh ment is all settobring in astrin- Chouhan foodgrains and ABHINAVRAJPUT& gent lawagainststone-pelters, higher MSPthan the ANANYATIWARI attacker visitedGoa, with provisions to attachassets marketprice’ GHAZIABAD,JANUARY3 of the accusedtopay fordamage Ramtemple, as theypassed NITIN GADKARI causedtoany property,includ- through Muslim-dominated lo- MINISTER FOR ROAD TRANSPORT AT LEAST23people were killed Mumbai andJaipur ing that belonging to individu- calities. &HIGHWAYS, AND MSME and over 15 injured whenaroof als, Chief MinisterShivraj Singh "If someone raises their is- PAGE 9 at acrematorium in Muradnagar, Chouhan said hereonSunday. sues peacefully, then democracy Ghaziabad district,collapsed on TravelledinIndia from Nov21, 2015 to Speaking to mediapersons, prevails. But no one has permis- Sunday noon. Around 50 people Chouhan said, "Stone-pelters are sion to damagepublic property," THE EDITORIAL PAGE were presentfor thecremation Feb18, 2016,mostlyvisitedsouth states enemies of society,whoever Chouhansaid, adding thatin- of Jai Ram, 55, avegetableseller, theyare.Stone-pelting is notan structions had been giventofor- and allthose who diedwerehis Rescueworkers at the siteinMuradnagar on Sunday. PTI ordinarycrime,itcan kill people, mulatethe lawand work on it POST-COVID,NOT relativesoracquaintances. DEEPTIMANTIWARY createanatmosphereofterror, had started. BUSINESSASUSUAL The curved roof wasbuilt just NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 chaos, and disruptlaw and or- Asenior official said thelaw BY VIKRAMSMEHTA twomonths agooverapath senior police officer said the der." Therefore, it would no being draftedbythe Madhya PAGE 6 leading to theplatform where mourners were offering prayers RELATED REPORT BRENTON TARRANT,the lone longer be treatedasapetty Pradesh government is on the cremations areperformed. A CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PAGE 5 gunman who killed51people,in- crime,but astringentlaw formu- lines of the Uttar Pradesh cluding five Indians, in two lated to checkit, the CM said. Recovery of DamagetoPublic mosques in Christchurch,New The move comes aftertwo and Private Property Ordinance, Zealand, on March 15,2019, had cases of stone-pelting on rallies 2020, withmorestringentpro- EyeonChina, India looks at lithium stayedin Goa, Mumbai and Jaipur, by Hindu right-wing organisa- visions."The basicideaofthe law among the seven-eightplaces he tions in Ujjain and Indore dis- is to coverall public and private visitedinIndia, in 2015-16. Brenton Tarrant. AP file trictsseeking donationsfor the CONTINUEDONPAGE2 reservesinArgentina,Chile andBolivia Following inputsfromtheir counterpartsinNew Zealand, ver-whitealkali metal—acru- and cobalt abroad —isalso learnt chain, coming at atime when Indian intelligence agencies Indian statehevisited was WORLD ANILSASI cialbuilding blockofthe lithium- to be exploring optionsinChile EVs arepredicted to be asector launched an investigation into Rajasthan. NEWDELHI,JANUARY3 ion rechargeablebatteries that and Bolivia, twoothertop ripe fordisruption. And 2021is Tarrant'sthree-month visit to “Wehaveverified the infor- UK COVID SURGE: powerelectric vehicles (EVs), lithium-producing countries. likelytobeaninflection point for India. They found that Tarrant, mation providedbyNew Zealand JUSTASitwas stepping up its laptops and mobile phones. Currently, India is heavilyde- batterytechnology,withseveral an Australian, travelledexten- authorities about his travel de- STRICTLOCKDOWN economic offensive against The