Top LET commander India to get 7.5mn among two killed shots from Moderna

A top Lashkar-e-taiba (LET) commander, who deserted the ranks of Jammu and Kashmir Police about four years ago, was among the two terrorists killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said on Monday. Kashmir police chief (IGP) Vijay Kumar said Ishfaq Dar alias Abu Akram was one of the top LET terrorists active in the region since 2017 and was neutralised in the joint operation launched on Sunday by the police, army and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The second killed terrorist was identified as Majid Iqbal. Both were residents of Shopian, Kumar said. “He (Dar) was very instrumental in planning and executing terror attacks on security establishments, civilian killings and misleading the gullible youth by motivating them to join terrorist folds,” a spokesman said.

India will receive 7.5 million doses of US pharma major Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine as part of the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) programme, the World Health Organization’s regional director for South-east Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh told news agency ANI on Monday. On June 30, India approved the import of Moderna’s MRNA technology based Covid-19 vaccine, paving way for the entry of the first international Covid-19 vaccine into the Indian market. HT reported in its July 1 edition that about 7 million doses of the Moderna vaccine will be made available for India. On behalf of Moderna, India’s Cipla Ltd applied to Drugs Controller General of India for approval to import the vaccine. However, Cipla will not be able to retail the vaccine since its has only been given emergency use authorisation, said an official in the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation.