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PRIME MINISTER’S VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH CHIEF MINISTERS OF 8 STATES
BRING COVID FATALITY RATE UNDER 1%: PM TELLS CMs
Our priority is to make vaccine available for all; States should put in the necessary mechanism including cold storage, said Modi
‘RUSSIA’S SPUTNIK V HAS EFFICACY OF OVER 95%’
Aditi Nagar New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday cautioned states and union territories against any laxity in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and called for reducing positivity and fatality rates by focusing on curbing virus transmission. Interacting with chief ministers, PM also called for more RT-PCR tests, even as he underlined that India’s COVID-19 situation is more stable than other countries in terms of recovery and fatality rates. Modi asked them to work towards bringing down the positive rate to nearly 5% and the fatality rate to under 1% and called for more RTPCR tests. “We need to speed up our efforts to reduce transmission of the virus. Testing, confirmation, Turn to P6
THE ATTENDEES The meeting was also attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, while the chief ministers who participated in the virtual interaction include Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal, Rajasthan’s Ashok Gehlot, West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee, Maharashtra’s Uddhav Thackeray, Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh Baghel, Telangana’s K Chandrashekhar Rao and Gujarat’s Vijay Rupani.
We need to speed up our efforts to reduce transmission of the virus. Testing, confirmation, contact tracing and data must be given top priority. —Narendra Modi, PM
Shia cleric CYCLONE NIVAR TO INTENSIFY, MAKE Maulana Kalbe LANDFALL IN TAMIL NADU TODAY Sadiq dies at 83
Lucknow: Prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq died in Lucknow on Monday. He was 83. Maulana breathed his last at around 10 pm at a private hospital here, his son Kalbe Sibtain said. He was admitted to ICU on November 17.
The Tamil Nadu government has declared a public holiday in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday as the state braces for the cross over of Cyclone Nivar late in the evening on November 25. As per the government order, only essential services will continue to operate to-
morrow. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall and thunderstorms over coastal and north interior Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on November 24 and November 26, over south coastal Andhra Pradesh and
Rayalaseema on November 25 and 26 and southeast Telangana on November 26 in the wake of Cyclone Nivar. The IMD has issued a red alert for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, while a yellow alert has been issued for coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. P6
New Delhi: The Russiadeveloped Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus has been found to be over 95 percent effective, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said on Tuesday. In a virtual conference from Moscow, he said Sputnik V is not only one of the most effective but also among the affordable vaccines in the world. The vaccine has been developed by Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology and RDIF. RDIF CEO said the vaccine can be stored in temperatures ranging from 2-8° Celsius which is a very important factor in facilitating easy distribution. The efficacy of the vaccine is over 95% which is a great news for all, Dmitriev said.
Rajasthan triumphs on all parameters in Corona war: Gehlot
Naming Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu as only two states carrying out the reliable RT-PCR tests, Gehlot suggested to Modi to ask other states to follow suit Kartikey Dev Singh Jaipur: With a spike in Corona cases suddenly due to onset of winters, recently concluded festive season and weddings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a video conference with the Chief Ministers of 8 states including Rajasthan regarding Corona management. The Prime Minister spoke on managementparameters, on which the performance of Rajasthan has been excellent. The Prime Minister said that bringing the death rate below one percent from the corona should be the main goal of all states. “The cause of death of patients should be analyzed. It should be the effort of the states to keep the positivity
43 MORE CHINESE APPS BLOCKED BY INDIA New Delhi: The government on Tuesday blocked access to 43 more Chinese mobile apps, including Alibaba Workbench, AliExpress, Alipay Cashier, CamCard and WeDate, for being prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and defence of the nation. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has issued the order for blocking the access of these apps by users in India based on the comprehensive reports received from Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center, Ministry of Home Af-
fairs, an official release said. Sources, meanwhile, said these apps have Chinese links. “Government of India today issued an order under section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to 43 mobile apps. This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order,” the release said.
ORDINANCE APPROVED
Vishal Srivastav Lucknow: In a watershed moment for Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh, Cabinet approved a draft ordinance to deal with religious conversion for the sake of marriage, which could land violators in jail
for up to 10 years. The Cabinet gave its nod to the ordinance at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Tuesday. In recent weeks, BJP-run states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh have revealed plans to enact laws to
THE WAY OUT? If someone wants to marry and do religious conversion then that person has to inform the district magistrate two months before doing that and there is a prescribed form and if the person gets permission with respect to that then that person can undertake religious conversion along with the marriage
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath
counter alleged attempts to convert Hindu women to Islam in
the guise of marriage, which Hindu activists refer to as love jihad .
rate below 5 percent while increasing the number of investigations and making the society more aware to protect against Covid,” Modi emphasised. Informing about corona situation and management in Rajasthan, Chief Minis-
“The way in which religious conversions are done using deceit,
lies, force and dishonesty is heart wrenching, and it was necessary to have a law in this regard, Cabinet minister and UP government spokesperson Sidharth Nath Singh said. He said that the punishment under the new law is a jail term from one and five years, and a fine of Rs 15,000. But if the woman involved is a minor or belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe, Turn to P6
ter Ashok Gehlot informed that Rajasthan has been at the forefront on all the parameters stated by the Prime Minister in the matter of winning the battle against Corona and is in a better position than other states. Turn to P6
80TH ALL INDIA PRESIDING OFFICERS CONFERENCE
Constitution reinforces our democracy: Birla
Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla addressing a Press Conference in Gandhinagar Tuesday.
Aditi Nagar & Jyoti Rawat
Yogi’s masterstroke against ‘Love Jihad’ gets Cabinet nod In case of mass conversions, the punishment is from 3-10 yrs & a fine of `50,000 on organisations which indulge in the act
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot speaks during a meeting of PM Narendra Modi with Chief Ministers of States over the COVID-19 situation, through video conferencing in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Gandhinagar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who arrived in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, enroute to attend the 80th All India Presiding Officers Conference in Kevadia from 25 to 26 November, informed that the Conference will be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 25 November at 11 am and will be attended by Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu. “The Presiding Officers of all State Legislative Assemblies and Legislative Councils have been invited to the Conference and 27 have
confirmed their participation. Secretaries of State Legislatures and other senior officials are also expected to join,” Birla said. Speaking on Constitution Day, falling on November 26, Birla observed that it is an important date in India’s democratic history, as this day is celebrated as Constitution Day. Observing that our Constitution reinforces our democracy and thereby strengthens people’s faith in parliamentary democracy, Birla said that Legislatures are the supreme fora to raise the issues that affect the masses. Turn to P6