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The Lockdown to Contain the Coronavirus Outbreak Has Disrupted Supply Chains. One Crucial Chain Is Delivery of Information and I JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESSMAGAZINE MATCH ME NEWDELHI,LATECITY IF YOUCAN AUGUST2,2020 Howmodern Indian 18PAGES,`6.00 matchmakersfind partners (`8PATNA&RAIPUR,`12SRINAGAR) forthe young and the rich DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH,DELHI,JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 15, 16, 17 R-HopNUMBERe,BELOfingersW1INMUMcrosBAI, CHEsedNNAI TOO: SharpdipinDelhicases andspreadofinfection If current trend TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE holds, active cases mayfall below 152 CASES: RECOVERED:10,94,374 DAYSSINCE 16,95,988 DEATHS:36,511 1,000come Sept: PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 1,93,58,659| DOUBLING RATE: 20.82** research group EID IN TIMES OF COVID AMITABHSINHA Social distancing measures in placeasprayers areoffered on the occasionofEid al-Adha at the JamaMasjid in Ahmedabad on Saturday. JavedRaja PUNE,AUGUST1 AS THE Covid surge continues across the country, good news is KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING coming out of Delhi, Mumbai and TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** MSME boost: credit Bhushan joins plea in Supreme Chennai, with the R-number (an ■ Maharashtra 4,22,118 10,320 2.42% 29.78 indexoftransmission) in each falling below1.For Delhi,ithas ■ Tamil Nadu 2,45,859 5,881 3.01% 23.91 linefor individual Court against ‘chilling’ effectof been the mostenduring.Ithas ■ Andhra 1,40,933 10,376 8.26% 8.72 stayed at that levelfor the whole ■ Delhi 1,35,598 1,195 0.78% 91.90 of Julyand if current trends hold entrepreneurs too contempt law on freespeech —nomajor disruptive event and ■ Karnataka 1,24,115 5,483 5.40% 13.32 people persistwithprecautions *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-day growth —the active caseload come SUNNYVERMA Seeksrecallofnotice to him; Shourie, NRam co-petitioners September can fall below1000. CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT NEWDELHI,AUGUST1 The number of active cases, 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTEDTODAY Finance lowerthe authority of anycourt.” those who areyet to recover 2.35 8.43 57,118 AIMINGTOjumpstart theecon- Minister ANANTHAKRISHNANG Bhushanalso raisedques- from the disease, has been NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: omyinthe middle of aCovid Nirmala NEWDELHI,AUGUST1 tions on the “sudden listing” of steadilydeclininginDelhi since slump, the government Saturday Sitharaman another 2009 criminal contempt reachingapeakofabout 28,000 2.15 8.76 36,569 expandedthe Emergency Credit LESS THAN 10 days afterthe matter againsthim forhearing on June27. As on July31, there Deaths as aratioof Positivesagainst Becoming sick vs positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more Line GuaranteeScheme (ECLGS) Supreme Courtissuedhim acon- Prashant in the coming week saying it were 10,705 infected people in indicatorofprogress (in %);indicatorof recoveries for 14 days to coverindividual entrepre- GSTDOWN, temptnoticefor twoofhis tweets Bhushan “smacks of malice in law” and Delhi who were still to recover. in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak neurs, who run alarge chunk of on the judiciary,advocate “reflectsthe intention...tosome- Almost90per centofover AUTOSALESUP DataasonJuly31,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude the over 6.3crore Micro, Small Prashant Bhushan has movedthe EXPRESS NETWORK howorthe other convict the 1.35 lakhwho have been in- datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive and Medium Enterprises JULYGST collections fell topcourt saying the actioncon- Petitioner forcontempt”. fected in Delhi have already re- (MSMEs) across the country, and 14.4%year-on-year to stitutes an “infringement” of his PLEA REOPENS OLD An SC benchofJustices Arun covered, the maximum in the largercompanies. Rs 87,422 cr,lowerthan “right to lifeand liberty under Mishra, BRGavai and Krishna country. Onlyactive patients can The scheme, whichprovides Rs 90,917 cr in June. Article 21 of the Constitution”. DEBATE, COURTS Murari had issuednoticeto transmitthe disease to others. Variant brought in by additional 20 per cent collateral- Bhushan, along with veteran HAVE LEANED IN Bhushan and Twitter Delhi, whichhas seen are- free credit, willnow coverindi- MARUTI SUZUKI journalists NRam andArun FAVOUR OF LAW Incorporated,USA,onJuly22 markable turnaround in its travellers from Europe vidual loans givenfor business &Hyundai saleshave Shourie, also filedaseparate plea TO PUNISH PAGE 9 taking exception to thetweets Coronavirus situation in the last purposes. touchedJuly2019levels challenging the Constitutional and stating that they“brought one month, is the brightestspark Besides, companies with out- —Maruti sold 100,000 validity of Section 2(c)(i) of the the administration of justice in in the latestround of modelling most dominant in India standing loans of up to Rs 50 cars, Hyundai 38,200. Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. publicationofany matter that disrepute”. projections made by Sitabhra croreand annual turnoverofup REPORTS,PAGE11 This provision defines what “scandalises or tends to scan- Initially, thecourttook Sinha and his research group at also suggests that thestringent CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 amountstocriminal contempt: dalise, or lowers or tends to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 the InstituteofMathematical ESHAROY nationwide lockdown that was Sciences in Chennai. NEWDELHI,AUGUST1 in place betweenMarch andMay It shows that thetransmis- “has actuallyworked’’ since the Four days after sion rate,also called THEFIRST reportinIndia on the ban on international and inter- New National Education Policy:Focusis Reproduction number,orsimply genomeof SARS-CoV-2hasfound statetravel“preventedthe entry Saibaba denied R, in Delhi had fallen below1for that aparticular variant of the of newlineagesofthe virus”. thefirsttimesince the outbreak virus brought in mainlybytrav- The report, whichwas tabled bail to meet her, on job creators,not job seekers, says PM began. It went belowone in the ellers from Europe has become before Union Health MinisterDr second week of July, andduring the mostprominentacrossthe Harsh Vardhan by the hismotherdies decide whether he wantstoei- the period betweenJuly23and country, giving rise to the hope Department of Biotechnology EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ther do ajob or service or be- 26, the R-value forDelhi was thatitmay be easiertodeal with Saturday, statesthat the A2a NEWDELHI,AUGUST1 come an entrepreneur,” he said 0.66. It meansthatevery group amore“homogenous’’entitythan haplotype has rootedout any VIVEKDESHPANDE while addressing the finale of of 100infected persons in Delhi those with different lineages. other haplotypesthatexistedbe- NAGPUR,AUGUST1 THENEW National Education the SmartIndia Hackathon. waspassing on the infection to According to scientists in- fore.Ahaplotype is agroup of Policy (NEP) is an exercise in re- The Hackathon, whichisin CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 volved in the study,the finding CONTINUEDONPAGE2 FOUR DAYS afterthe Nagpur forming the country’s mindset itsfourth year,isanevent forstu- benchofthe BombayHigh Court and approach, and focuses on job dents acrossthe country to try deniedbail to former Delhi creators instead of job seekers, and solve some of thepressing University professor GNSaibaba, Prime MinisterNarendraModi problems that people face in who is serving time forNaxal PM NarendraModi addresses the SmartIndia Hackathon via said Saturday. their dailylives. links, to meet his ailingmother, video-conference,inNew Delhi on Saturday. ANI “This policy wantstocreate Speaking to theparticipants, Amid China tension, India hails she diedatHyderabad on an independentyouth whocan CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Saturday. Saibaba’slawyerAkashSorde Taiwan’s late‘Mr Democracy’ said theyhad made alast-minute attempt on Fridaytoarrange a Cricket world’srichest board hasn’t SUNDAY ED video-conferenceofSaibaba SHUBHAJITROY Newreality, with his mother,Gokarakonda paid its star players in 10 months STORY NEWDELHI,AUGUST1 Lee Teng-hui, rethink Suryavathi, 74,after thedoctors former PLAIN E ● calls said the cancer patient would not PAGE 13 SIGNALLING Amoreproactive Taiwan EX survive morethan 48hours. “We ODIs and eight T20 games that T20 areRs15lakh, Rs 6lakh and political approachtowards President triedtocontact Anupkumar DEVENDRAPANDEY the national team has played Rs 3lakh, respectively. Taiwan, IndiaFriday condoled IN LINE with itsOne China Kumre, the Superintendent of MUMBAI,AUGUST1 since December 2019. According to the lastbalance the death of former Taiwan policy, Delhi has economic the Nagpur CentralPerson, The total retainer amount sheet made public by the BCCI, it President Lee Teng-hui and passedawayThursdayatthe age and people-to-people ties whereSaibabaislodged,sothat THE WORLD'S richestcricket due forcontracted cricketers an- hadcash and bankbalance of calledhim “Mr Democracy”. of 97. with Taipei. China’s moves hismothercouldsee him as her boardhasn't paid some of the nuallyisRs99crore,with the Rs 5,526 crore, as of March 2018, India’s statement, lacedwith An official statement by the along the Ladakh frontier
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