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"This is the right time to work with 'zero effect, zero de." fect' policy Speaking on the last Baat' Ki 'Mann episode of this year, Modi said this is the opportune moment to work with the ethos of 'zero effect, zero defect'. "I urge manufacturers and industry leaders of the country that the people have taken a firm and bold step forward and vocal for local is reverberating in each and every household." # Govt extends validity of docus like DL, RC, permits till March 31 NEW DELHI: The union transport ministry on Sunday extended the validity of motor vehicle documents like driving licence (DL), registration certificate (RC) and permits till March 31, 2021, in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) had earlier issued advisories dated March 30, 2020, June 9, 2020 and August 24, 2020 in connection with extension of validity of documents related to Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. "The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has extended the validity of vehicular documents like DLs, RCs, permits etc till March 31, 2021 in the light of need to prevent spread of COVID-19. Ministry has today issued a directory to the states and Union Territory administrations in the regard," a MoRTH statement said. Earlier through various notifications, it was advised that the validity of fitness, permit (all types), licence, registration or any other document(s) concerned may be treated to be valid till December 31, 2020. The latest advisory says, "Taking into consideration the need to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it is further advised that the validity of all of the above referred documents may be treated to be valid till March 31, 2021. 'Oxford/Astra vax should be effective against new variant' The coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca “should be” effective against the highly transmissible new strain of the virus, a UK media report said on Sunday . The Oxford vaccine, which also has a tie-up with the Serum Institute of India, is expected to win approval in the UK before Thursday, speeding up the provision of the jab to the most vulnerable groups. “The first priority is to vaccinate the 12 to 15 million people who would need hospitalisation if they caught COVID. Approval for the AstraZeneca vaccine would mean we are well on course to do that by the spring,” a senior government official was quoted by The Sunday Times as saying. The source warned that the new strain of COVID19 had overtaken the old and was “running rampant” in the UK. “The latest figures are not good, but the guidance is the MHRA [the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency] will give the Oxford vaccine the goahead by midweek,” the source said. AstraZeneca's chief executive, Pascal Soriot, said that new data will show the vaccine is as effective as the Pfizer and Moderna jabs that have already been approved, protecting 95 per cent of patients, and is “100 per cent effective” in preventing severe illness requiring hospital treatment. He said that it "should be" effective against the new highly transmissible variant of the virus, which put England under complete lockdown again after its rapid spread was detected. In the first trials of the Oxford vaccine, it was found to be 62 per cent effective overall, though one group accidentally given a half-dose first was 90 per cent protected. “We think we have figured out the winning formula and how to get efficacy that, after two doses, is up there with everybody else,” Soriot told the newspaper. # ration of BJP office in Bhopal, thousands of people participated. On Sunday itself, Congress's 'Youth Conclave' was held and large number of members , Similarly participated. shopping malls and markets in the state are opened and the government also lifted night curfew. In all these political and social gatherings, corona did not find harmful, but when it comes to Assembly session, it is always there to pose dangers to the law makers. This is not for the first time when the Session was extended. Earlier in the current year the session was extended three times. All party meeting was called at the assembly to discuss the business being done in the three day sesPro tem speaker sion. Sharma Rameshwar chaired the meeting and Lop Kamal Nath, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Home Minister Narottam Mishra and other leaders were pres, ent. Initially leaders of both the parties did not agree for postponement. Finally it was decided to defer the session. While talking to media, Nath stated that the session has been deferred because of corona and all the party leaders agreed to the decision. # Bureaucratturned politician Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, better known by his initials RCP, owes his rise to become the president of the Janata Dal (United) to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Singh, a close confidant of Kumar, was on Sunday chosen as the new president of the JD(U). At the party's national executive meeting, Kumar proposed the name of Singh for the top post and it was then approved by other members. The chief minister, who was re-elected as the JD(U) president in 2019 for three years, gave up the post in favour of Singh, its leader in the Rajya Sabha. The man who prefers to keep a low profile was so far the general secretary (organ. isation) of the regional party The 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre has been with Kumar since his stint as the Railway minister in the government led by late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. When Kumar returned to the Bihar politics becoming chief minister in November 2005, Singh too came to his native state and became Principal Secretary to the CM. Months before retirement from service, he quit the job and joined politics in 2010. Kumar soon made him a member of the RS and he continues to be part of the Upper House. % ) $" % ! BJP, Oppn target each other as farmers’ stir enters second month The war of words between the BJP and opposition parties intensified on Sunday as the stir by thousands of farmers who are camping on Delhi's borders braving the harsh winters to press for the repeal of three new central agriculture laws entered the second month. A day after protesting farmer unions proposed December 29 for the next round of talks but put forth several conditions for the agenda, Union Minister of Agriculture for State Kailash Choudhary expressed the hope that a solution will be reached in the meeting, even as several BJP leaders decried alleged attempts to politicise the farmer issues. However, farmer leader and CPI(M) politburo member Hannan Mollah said there has been no response to their proposal for talks and dismissed claims that the Left parties were behind the agitation. "The government till now said that we did not want a meeting, now that we have them told specifically when, where and what of the meeting, there is no response from them. Now, it is for the people to decide who are liars. We acknowledge that there cannot be a resolution without a dia- I appeal with folded hands to Centre to repeal farm laws: Delhi CM Kejriwal logue with the government," the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) general secretary said. Mollah said the farmer unions have proposed four specific talking points for the December 29 meeting -the government stating the procedure for repealing three farm laws, procedure to make minimum support price (MSP) for crops a legal right, release of Punjab farmers arrested in pollution-related cases, and repeal of the Electricity Amendment Bill. The government had earlier objected to the raising of issues not related to the three farm laws. #