EYENEW DELHI: ONWith CHINA,an aim to improve INDIA the cooperation & between US CONDUCTUS and with another NAVAL US Navy shipDRILL Ronald Reagan OFF to conduct ANDAMANS dual-carrier Indian maritime forces, Indian naval ships on Monday conducted a passage operations. The exercise assumes importance amid India's strained ties with exercise (PASSEX) with the United States Navy's USS Nimitz carrier strike China. Lt. Cmdr. Liza Dougherty, the warship's spokeswoman, confirmed that THE F REE PRESSJOURNAL group near the Andaman and Nicobar islands as it is transiting the Indian the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is participating in cooperative exercises with Ocean. USS Nimitz is returning from the South China Sea, where it arrived the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean commencing July 20. 6NATIONMUMBAI | TUESDAY | JULY 21, 2020 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 230 KG GOLD SMUGGLED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL FINALLY, A JAB OF HOPE K RAVEENDRAN ation, the gang had sent a They are claimed that league with the operators. his extension in violation of He said larger trials evaluating the vaccine's effectiveness, involving about Thiruvananthapuram dummy bag in the name of trying to as- all the Meanwhile, the mystery the protocol, which required 10,000 people in the UK and participants in South Africa and Brazil are the UAE consulate to see certain if smugglers, about the gunman of the him to take approval of the still on. Another big trial is slated to start in the US soon, covering about Investigations by the Na- that everything worked the suspects with assis- consul general, who at- external affairs ministry. 30,000 people. How quickly scientists are able to determine the vaccine's tional Investigation Agency smoothly. had visited tance from tempted to commit suicide, More accusations are fly- effectiveness will depend largely on how much more transm i s sion there (NIA) have revealed that the The Dubai mastermind, the house higher au- has deepened further with ing in all directions, with is, but Hill estimated they might have sufficient data by the end of the Swapna-Sarith-Faisal gang Faisal Fareed, is already in and have thorities, the revelation he had ac- the state BJP leaders alleg- year to decide if the vaccine should be adopted for mass campaigns. had smuggled 230 kg of gold the custody of the Dubai Po- checked the had planted companied Sarith to collect ing that the Dubai-based He said the vaccine seemed to produce a comparable level of from Dubai through the lice and is expected to be visitor’s register there. pliable people in sensitive the contraband. The NIA Faisal had close connec- antibodies to those produced by people who recovered from a COVID- diplomatic channel. handed over to India any The investigators are also departments in the airport sleuths suspect his active tions with certain film di- 19 infection and hoped that the T-cell response would provide extra Of this, only one consign- time soon. looking at the role of so that they could smoothly involvement in the opera- rectors and producers, who protection. “There is increasing evidence that having a T-cell response as ment of 30kg was intercept- The investigators have in- ground handling agencies manage the racket. tion. allegedly used proceeds well as antibodies could be very important in controlling COVID-19,” Hill ed, while the investigators spected the flat of the at- at the airports in abetting Customs has decided to The man’s appointment as from the smuggled gold to said. He suggested the immune response might be boosted after a are in pursuit of the rest. tache at the UAE consulate, the crime. An ex-employee question a former vice-pres- the gunman itself is under a produce movies, some of second dose; their trial tested two doses administered about four weeks In fact, before the clandes- who has returned to his of Air India Sats, in charge ident of Air India Sats, who cloud, with the state police which eulogised the Left apart. Hill said Oxford's vaccine is designed to reduce disease and tine plan was put into oper- country, in search of clues. of ground handling, has reportedly been in DGP reportedly ordering and the government. transmission. It uses a harmless virus — a chimpanzee cold virus, engineered so it can't spread — to carry the coronavirus' spike protein into the body, which should trigger an immune system response. Hill said Oxford has partnered with drug maker AstraZeneca to Did not drop India produce their vaccine globally, and that the company has already committed to making 2 billion doses. “Even 2 billion doses may not be from rail project: Iran Bengal Guv meets Shah enough,” he said, underlining the importance of having multiple shots TEHRAN: Iran has denied it drop - Dhankar apprise HM of law & order, to combat the coronavirus. “There was a hope that if we had a vaccine ped India from the Chabahar rail Lovers’ suicide pact? New quickly enough, we could put out the pandemic,” Hill said, noting the project, saying “vested interests” political and Covid situation in state continuing surge of infections globally. “I think it is going to be very were behind such reports. The Ind - NEW DELHI: West difficult to control this pandemic without a vaccine.” ian embassy in Iran stated Ambass - Bengal Governor Numerous countries, including Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, ador Gadd am Dharmendra was Jagdeep Dhankhar PREMA RAJARAM / Kolkata US and the UK have all signed deals to receive hundreds of millions of invited by Saeed Rasouli, Dy Mini - on Monday met twist in Bengal girl’s death doses of the vaccine — which has not yet been licensed — with the ster Roads and Head of Iran Rail - Union Home A day after a mob ran amok in Uttar Dinajpur first deliveries scheduled for the fall. British politicians have promised ways, to re vi ew the ongoing co-op - Minister Amit Shah district of West Bengal protesting the sus- that if the shot proves effective, Britons will be the first to get it. eration on Chabahar-Zahedan rai - and discussed with pected rape and murder of a teenage girl, an lway. Raso uli stated “vested inter - him the autopsy report and the discovery of a boy's Baby-faced Pilot is ‘nikkama & nakara’ ests were behind recent reports "worrisome body gave a new twist to the case on Monday. Gehlot is banking on the support of 102 MLAs, even after making an Iran exclu ded India from Chabahar- situation" in the The post-mortem of the 16-year-old girl's allowance for exit of Pilot’s faction in a House of 200. Zahedan railway project”. Mean - state. body revealed no sign of physical force or sex- LEGAL BATTLE: The legal battle being fought in the Rajasthan High while, as Tehran’s relationship with During the ual assault as clamed by the villagers of Court since Friday is likely to draw to a close on Wednesday. Both sides Washington remains fidgety, it is meeting, the Chaitra Gach. The locals had set fire to police are firming up their strategies, depending on how the court decides the walking a tightrope in its bilateral governor apprised and other vehicles during the protest. BJP Mahila Morcha chief Agnimitra Paul takes case. The High Court had asked the Speaker on Friday not to act against ties with the US’s rival, China and the home minister of the prevailing law and order, political and In addition to this, the body of a boy was part in a protest against the alleged rape and the rebels at least until 5.30 pm on Tuesday, in view of the hearing on ally, India. Despite the US curbs, COVID-19 situation in West Bengal, officials said. Dhankhar found in a pond in the same village.The boy murder of a girl in Kolkata on Monday. —ANI their petition. Eminent lawyer Harish Salve, who is representing Pilot’s which has slowed down the pace before the meeting had tweeted: "Would be discussing with had gone absconding according to police faction, told the High Court that the Rajasthan Speaker has already of the development of the Chaba - Union Home Minister at noon today West Bengal worrisome records after the girl went missing. Police leader Nischit Pramanik. made up his mind without hearing the rebel MLAs and he is just har port in Iran by India, Tehran situation." "Also state of affairs and affairs of State sources said it could be a case of lovers' sui- The BJP functionary suggested that after waiting for the court proceedings to be over, so that he can disqualify and New Delhi on Sunday shipped @MamataOfficial. Welfare of people of West Bengal is ever cide pact. BJP took advantage of the situation his party's victory of North Bengal Lok Sab- them from the House. The slugfest in the High Court continued and the Afghanistan’s first transit goods to uppermost in my mind. All my actions are inspired to mitigate and called for candlelight marches in 1100 ha constituencies, their party workers are be- arguments remained inconclusive for the second day on Monday; senior China. Afghanistan’s transit cargo woes of WB people," he tweeted. mandals maintaining that she was a victim of ing targeted. The saffron party also brought advocate Mukul Rohatgi will take over on Wednesday, on behalf of the of dried fruit was sent from Shahid The governor had also said that he would discuss with the brutal crimes. up the alleged suicide of BJP MLA Deben- Pilot group, from Salve and complete the submissions. Beheshti Port in Chabahar to Indian home minister about his constitutional duties provided under "Police are trying to conceal the real inci- dranath Roy, whose body was found hanging Earlier, advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi took three hours of the port of Mundra, where it was unlo - Article 159 that includes to preserve, protect and defend the dent of rape of a Rajbanshi girl.