07092022-TTC-01.qxd 9/7/2022 1:03 AM Page 1 13 CHANDIGARH | GURUGRAM | JALANDHAR | BATHINDA | VOL. 6 NO. 247 | 14 PAGES | ~5.00 | REGD. NO. CHD/0006/2021-2023 ESTABLISHED IN 1881 DAY 2 IN DELHI, NITISH MEETS KEJRI, LEFT LEADERS NATION /thetribunechd FLIPKART FORAYS INTO HOSPITALITY SECTOR BUSINESS ASIA CUP: ROHIT’S 72 GOES IN VAIN AS LANKA BEAT INDIA SPORT RUSSIA BUYING WEAPONS FROM NORTH KOREA, SAYS US INTEL WORLD wednesday | 7 september 2022 /thetribunechd www.tribuneindia.com India, B’desh agree to begin talks India clears world’s on free trade,Hasina flags Teesta 1st nasal Covid vax Delhi raises protection of minorities | Both sides to jointly fight terrorism Sandeep Dikshit Tribune News Service Delhi excise case: ED raids 40 sites New Delhi: The ED on Tuesday registered a case under the PMLA and launched search operations at nearly 40 locations in Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and UP in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam, officials said. BACK PAGE houses of top Punjab excise officials searched INSIDE New Delhi, September 6 India and Bangladesh on Tuesday provided further momentum to bilateral relations by agreeing to begin free trade talks, inaugurating several projects and assuaging each other’s concerns on regional security and protection of minorities. But for an agreement on Teesta river water-sharing, visiting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held extensive discussions on political and security cooperation, energy partnership, water continued on page 10 KUSHIYARA RIVER PACT, FIRST IN 25 YEARS Both sides signed an interim water-sharing pact for Kushiyara river, the first such agreement since the Ganga water treaty in 1996 PM Narendra Modi with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. MUKESH AGGARWAL ❝ ❝ Ties (with India) are role Maitree thermal plant model for neighbourhood will provide affordable power diplomacy. Sheikh Hasina, B’DESH PM in Bangladesh. Narendra Modi, PM SEVEN MoUs INKED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Withdrawal of water from common border river Kushiyara Indian Railways to train B’desh Railway personnel in India Will also collaborate to create IT systems for B’desh Railways National Judicial Academy to train Bangladesh officers Science & tech coop between CSIR, B’desh research council Both nations to cooperate in areas of space technology Cooperation between Prasar Bharti, Bangladesh Television NO BREACH OF PROTOCOL: GOVT POWER SUPPLY BY DEC: ADANI P11 New Delhi, September 6 The world’s first intranasal Covid vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech, received regulatory approvals for restricted emergency use in Indian adults on Tuesday, boosting the national response to SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine is the world’s first intranasal shot to receive approvals for a primary twodose inoculation schedule. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the approval to the Chimpanzee adenovirus vectored shot would further strengthen the collective fight against the pandemic. After the approval by the Drug Controller General of India, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech unveiled iNCOVACC, a recombinant replication defi- BHARAT BIOTECH’S TWIN-DOSE VACCINE ■ iNCOVACC will be avail- able for use soon ■ Easy nasal delivery makes it a major tool in mass vaccinations ■ Phase III trials conducted in over 3,100 persons across 14 sites ■ Heterologous booster dose studies done in 875 subjects at 9 sites ■ Stable at 2-8°C for easy storage and distribution cient adenovirus vectored vaccine with a pre-fusion stabilised spike protein. The vaccine candidate was evaluated in phase I, II and III clinical trials with successful results and has continued on page 10 Over two years on, Shimla-Delhi flight stays a non-starter Shimla, September 6 The much-awaited ShimlaDelhi flight, which was to be resumed today after two and a half years, failed to take off as Alliance Air postponed the flight indefinitely citing inclement weather. WEATHER TO BLAME ■ Alliance flight put off indefinitely IN BRIEF Learn to share: SC tells Punjab, Haryana CMs to sort out SYL Satya Prakash ED arrests NSE ex-CEO Narain in laundering case NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested former NSE CEO and MD Ravi Narain in a money laundering case. BACK PAGE Honour killing? Karnal youth beaten to death KARNAL: : A 22-year-old youth was allegedly beaten to death at Dayanagar Basti in Taraori when he went to meet his girlfriend's family. INSIDE Rear seat belt rule to be enforced strictly: Gadkari NEW DELHI: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the seat belt rule for all passengers would be enforced strictly. BACK PAGE Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 6 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana to meet and negotiate an amicable settlement to the vexed issue of Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal that has defied any solution for decades despite several rounds of litigation. Punjab not cooperating, says Centre CAN’T SPARE WATER Punjab has no water FIX DEADLINE FOR EARLY RESOLUTION to spare for Haryana. We’ll The people of Haryana have right over argue our case with facts river waters… A deadline to resolve issue at the in the Supreme Court. earliest must be fixed. ML Khattar, HARYANA CM Malwinder Kang, AAP SPOKESPERSON ❝ A three-judge Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul asked the Union Jal Shakti Ministry to call a meeting of the two CMs for the purpose. Seeking a report on the ❝ progress, it posted the matter for hearing in January 2023. “Water is a natural resource and living beings must learn to share it — whether individuals or states. The matter cannot be looked at from the point of view of only one city or one state. It is natural wealth to be shared and how it is to be shared is a mechanism to be worked out,” the Bench said. Attorney General KK Venugopal said Punjab was not continued on page 10 ■ DGCA nod must to restart ops “The flight has been postponed due to bad weather around the Shimla airport. As per the forecast, the weather will not be appropriate for flights for a couple of weeks,” said Alliance Air. “Since the flight from Shimla will not be operating for some time, passengers may either opt for a full refund or do a date change free of cost,” said an continued on page 10