| Welcome to the Evening Wrap newsletter, your guide to the day's biggest stories with concise analysis from The Hindu. We hope you are staying safe. Cyclone Nivar: 1,200 rescue troopers deployed, 800 on standby The first cyclonic storm of this year's northeast monsoon is likely to bring very heavy rain to one or two places in the delta region and the northern coastal districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday and Wednesday. Named 'Nivar', as suggested by Iran according to the list prepared by the World Meterological Organisation's panel, the weather system is expected to make a landfall between Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Karaikal district in the Puducherry region. Nearly 1,200 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescue personnel have been deployed in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry, and 800 others are on standby in view of cyclone Nivar, a "very severe cyclonic storm" that is expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening. NDRF chief S. N. Pradhan also said they are prepared for a "high level of intensity and the worst form" of the cyclonic storm as it surges from the Bay of Bengal towards the southern coastline. As of now, 12 teams of national disaster response force have been readied in Tamil Nadu, three in Puducherry, and seven in Andhra Pradesh. Another 30 teams are on alert across country and ready to be moved on requirement. Allahabad HC bats for inter-faith couple, U.P. cabinet clears ordinance against 'love jihad' The right to live with a person of his or her choice irrespective of religion is intrinsic to the right to life and liberty. Interference in a personal relationship would constitute a serious encroachment into the right to freedom of choice of two individuals, the Allahabad High Court noted today, while quashing an FIR against a Muslim man and his family from Kushinagar district by the father of his Hindu wife. A Division Bench of Justices Pankaj Naqvi and Vivek Agarwal also stated that a recent single-judge order of the court, dismissing a writ filed by an inter-faith married couple seeking police protection, on grounds that the conversion just for the purpose of marriage was unacceptable, was not laying good law. In the Kushinagar case, petitioner Salamat Ansari filed a writ seeking the quashing of an FIR against him under Sections 363, 366, 352 and 506 of the IPC and Section 7 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Ansari submitted that the couple were adults and had performed nikah on September 19, 2019, as per Muslim rites and rituals. The girl, Priyanka Kharwar, renounced her Hindu identity and embraced Islam and the couple had been living together peacefully for the past one year. Ansari also said that the FIR was lodged by his father-in-law out of "malice and mischief," only with a view to bring an end to their marital ties. Counsels for the government and the informant opposed the submissions on grounds that conversion just for contracting a marriage was prohibited and that such marriage had no sanctity in law. They cited a single-judge judgment in the 2014 case of Noor Jahan Begum alias Anjali Mishra and its recent reiteration in the Priyanshi alias Shamreen case on September 23. In both cases, the girls had converted before marriage. The High Court quashed the FIR against Ansari and stressed that the courts and the constitutional courts in particular were enjoined to uphold the life and liberty of an individual guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. "We do not see Priyanka Kharwar and Salamat as Hindu and Muslim, rather as two grown-up individuals who, out of their own free will and choice, are living together peacefully and happily over a year," Justice Naqvi said.  Photo used for representation purpose only. Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government today 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. An official spokesperson said the State Cabinet gave its nod to the ordinance at its meeting chaired here by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Sputnik V vaccine reports interim efficacy of 91% Candidate Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V has shown an interim efficacy of 91% based on analysis of results from around 18,000 volunteers, some of whom got the actual vaccine while others got a placebo, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a press statement on Tuesday. The vaccine candidate is also being tested on human volunteers in India and will cost "less than $10 [₹700] for international markets," the RDIF said. Sputnik V has been developed by the GamaleyaNational ResearchCenter for Epidemiology and Microbiology and is being funded and promoted by the RDIF, Russia's sovereign wealth fund.  Sputnik V, the vaccine for COVID-19 developed by Russia The latest results, which are yet to be announced in a medical journal, were gleaned from ongoing double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trials involving 40,000 volunteers. An 'efficacy' rate differs from vaccine 'effectiveness'. The latter shows how protective a vaccine is when it is actually administered in the general population. But efficacy -- the number cited by pharmaceutical companies announcing trial results -- only shows the relative difference between the fraction of the vaccinated that fell sick versus the fraction of the unvaccinated (those who received placebos) that tested positive. If efficacy is zero, it means there is no difference between the two groups. If none of the sick had been vaccinated, then efficacy is 100%. So, an efficacy rate above 90% is pretty good. The Oxford-AstraZeneca adenovirus-based vaccine candidate was reported on Monday to have an efficacy of 70% and Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna's m-RNA vaccines reported efficacy rates in the low 90s. Like Sputnik V, these results were based on interim analyses from ongoing phase-3 trials. Govt blocks 43 more mobile apps, including AliExpress, Alipay Cashier and CamCard The government on November 24 said it had blocked 43 mobile applications, on the grounds that they were posing a threat to national security, integrity and sovereignty. Most of them were Chinese applications such as AliSuppliers, AliExpress, Alipay Cashier, CamCard and DingTalk. "The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)... today issued an order under section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to 43 mobile apps," an official statement said.  Representational image. It said the action was taken based on inputs that these apps were engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the state, and public order. "MeitY 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 Affairs," it said. The ban on the 43 applications is in addition to a total of 177 Chinese apps banned by the government till now. The MeitY first announced a ban on 59 such applications in June last. The list included popular Chinese applications such as TikTok, Shareit, Mi Video Call, Club Factory and Cam Scanner. Following this, 118 applications including WeChat Work, Baidu, PUBG, Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade and Alipay, were banned in September. Special Cabinet meeting decides to withdraw controversial amendment to the Kerala Police Act The CPI-M-led LDF government in Kerala on Tuesday decided to bring out an ordinance to withdraw the controversial amendment to the Kerala Police Act. A special cabinet, which met in the afternoon, decided to recommend to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan issue of an Ordinance to repeal Section 118-A, which got his assent on Saturday. "The Cabinet has decided to bring out an Ordinance to withdraw the amendment," government sources told PTI. Khan had signed the Kerala Police Act Amendment Ordinance brought by the Left front government envisaging addition of Section 118-A to prevent cyber attacks against women and children. However, after a political outcry across the country over the controversial amendment, the Left government had on Monday decided to put it on hold. Covid Watch: Numbers and Developments The number of coronavirus cases reported from India stood at 92,12,335 at the time of writing this newsletter, with the death toll at 1,34,577. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the State governments to set up steering committees and block-wise task forces to prepare for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines as and when they are available for disbursal, but spent much of his meeting with the Chief Ministers emphasising that the focus should still be on containing the spread of the virus. "Vaccines will be available when they pass all the tests for validation of data and regulatory frameworks. We must keep our focus on making sure there is no unmanageable surge in cases. We don't know which vaccine will pass the scientific parameters for disbursal in our country and by what date, but I want all States to set up steering committees and task forces down to the block level for preparing for vaccine disbursal," he said. In Brief: In a significant development, Google has agreed to pay six French publishers for use of their content under the "neighbouring rights" law. The signatories to the deal include Le Monde, Courrier International, L'Obs, Le Figaro, Liberation, and L'Express. We have signed several individual agreements, which reflect the principles of universality, transparency, and respect for the law on which we rely in our discussions," said Google France Chief Sebastien Missoffe. A Paris appeals court had recently ruled that Google must continue to negotiate with French news publishers over "neighbouring rights." Evening Wrap will return tomorrow. | 
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