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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com eye THE SUNDAY EXPRESS MAGAZINE BlackDeath and NEWDELHI,LATECITY Other Colours JUNE7,2020 Howpast pandemics 16PAGES,`6.00 have reshaped art and made (`8PATNA&RAIPUR,`12SRINAGAR) space forlossand suffering on the canvas DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD,CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR,KOLKATA,LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGES 13, 14,15 TALKS ON LADAKH SITUATION Ganga Ram hospital LineofActualControl:Marathonmeeting fightsCovid —and betweenIndianandChinesecommanders FIRbyDelhi Govt Kejriwal says ‘some private hospitals XIV CorpsCommander to briefArmyChief on meeting, After Bill on new map, Nepal lying’ about beds, makingmoney no immediatewordfromDelhi,Beijing onoutcome tells India: Let Foreign Secys ASTHASAXENA NEWDELHI,JUNE6 ‘Will not KRISHNKAUSHIK talk, even if meeting is virtual allowblack NEWDELHI,JUNE6 Thisiskeyto THE FAULTLINESbetween the marketing diplomatictalks Delhi government and Sir Ganga of beds’ INDIAN ANDChinese army com- SHUBHAJITROY RamHospital deepenedon manders sat across the table for NEWDELHI,JUNE6 SaturdayasanFIR wasfiled morethan three hours Saturday THE MEETINGbetween Nepal Prime againstthe hospital’sMedical aftercharginghim Rs 2lakh...I to find ways to resolve the tense the Leh-basedCorps DAYS AFTER itsgovernment MinisterKP Superintendent forallegedly vi- am notsaying all private hospi- situation along the Line of Actual Commanderand his sought parliament’s backing for Sharma Oli olatingdirections issuedunder tals arebad. Private hospitals in Control in eastern Ladakh. Chinese counterpartsig- aBillonthe country’snew polit- theEpidemicDiseasesAct. The the city have playedanimpor- LtGeneralHarinderSingh,XIV nals twothings: the situa- icalmap that includes territories FIR, filedonJune 5, wasbased on tant role in our battleagainst CorpsCommander,ledtheIndian tion calls forhigh-level at- on Indian maps, Kathmanduhas Secretaries can meetinperson acomplaint by Deputy Secretary coronavirus. But thereare some delegation to theChinese border tention,and the realisation conveyedtoDelhi thatitisopen or hold avirtual meeting to dis- (Health) Amit Kumar Pamasi. hospitals whichare asking for meeting pointatMoldonear Afile photo of Indian and Chinese personnel on the LAC. ANI on either side that engage- to theideaofavirtual meeting cuss the issue of Kalapani, The developmentcame on a moneyfrompatients to provide Chushul. The Chinese armyteam ment is key. Reports on betweenthe ForeignSecretaries Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, the dayDelhi Chief MinisterArvind them abed.This is calledblack wasled by MajGeneralLiu Lin, what transpired at the to resolve the border issue that Indian territoriesitisclaiming. Kejriwaltookaimat“someprivate marketing of bedsand we will commanderof theSouthXinjiang beganonlyafter 11 am. Sources brief Armychief General MM meeting will feed thenext is threatening relations. Lastmonth, Delhi said that hospitals” in the Capital without notallow it,” the CM said. MilitaryDistrict,whichisrespon- said the talkscontinued formore Naravane on whattranspiredat diplomatic approach, and The SundayExpress has learnt the Foreign Secretaries, Harsh naminganyparticularfacility,say- His commentscome against siblefor the border with Ladakh. than three hours, with abreak themeeting.Untillatenight,there shapenegotiating strate- that the Nepal government, via Vardhan Shringla and Shankar ing theywere“lying” about not the backdrop of rising Covid Scheduledtostart early forlunch. wasnowordonthe meetingfrom gies over the standoff. anote verbale (a diplomatic Das Bairagi, will discuss the havingvacantbeds,andindulging cases in the Capital—1,330 cases Saturdaymorning,the meeting LtGeneralSinghisexpectedto CONTINUEDONPAGE2 note), said that the Foreign CONTINUEDONPAGE2 in “blackmarketeering”. in thelast24hoursalone —and a “A fewdays ago, aperson CONTINUEDONPAGE2 came to me and informedmehe wasdeniedabed by aprivate hospital, and aftermanyre- RELATED REPORTS Half of Covid deaths quests,theygavehim admission PAGE 3 in last fortnight —but TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE LOCKDOWN fatality rate still low DAY CASES: RECOVERED:1,14,072 |DEATHS:6,642 74 2,36,657 TESTS:45,24,317 | DOUBLINGRATE:15.96** Over 80%ofdeaths concentrated in 26 districts,key Covid hotspots cent. Globally, theCFR is 5.8 per KARISHMAMEHROTRA cent. In the US, it is 5.7 per cent, NEWDELHI,JUNE6 in Brazil it is 5.5 per cent, and in Russiaitis1.2 per cent. SINCE THE firstdeathinthe mid- Even though cases and KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING * ** dle of March,Covid fatalities in deaths aremostlyconcentrated, TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH RATE the countryhavemoved to 6,642 theyare spreading. In the last ■ Maharashtra 80,229 2,436 3.70% 19.48 in sevenweekswith almosthalf fortnight,districtsreporting at ■ Gujarat 19,119 510 2.63% 27.39 of them (3,059) occurring in the leastone death have risen from 6.11% lastfortnight. roughly230 to about 320. ■ Delhi 26,334 1,330 11.78 These deaths remain concen- About 90 districtsthat had no ■ Tamil Nadu 28,694 1,438 5.11% 14.10 trated—over80percentin26dis- deaths as of May22now have at ■ Bihar 4,598 146 4.59% 15.69 tricts,the Covidhotspots.Indeed, least one. Most of these districts West Bengal 7,303 427 6.14% 11.73 Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, seeing their firstCovid deaths are ■ Thane, Pune, and Chennaiwere in Uttar Pradesh (18) and Bihar *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth the only districtswithmorethan (13) —reflecting the spread. CONCERN CAUTION A GLIMMER 100deathsthesepast twoweeks. Similarly,thereare around WAITING TO OPEN ASSAM: KARNATAKA: HIMACHAL: Theysaw 1,964deaths over this 700districtsinthe country(out No let-up in rising Has been growing Second wave seems period,almost halfoftheir total of atotal 736) that have reported Aworkersprays disinfectant inside amall in NewDelhi on Saturday. Whilethe Centre has allowedshopping malls, numbers, cases rapidly over last to have abated. 4,055 Covid deaths. at leastone Covid case. That restaurantsand places of worship to open starting Monday, the Delhi government is yettocomeout withguidelines.The double in the last few days, now in Growth falls below But India’s case fatality ratio number was630 on May22, Delhigovernmenthad earlier writtentothe Centreasking that malls be allowedtoreopen with onlyathirdofthe shops on one week. top 10 national rate (CFR, number of deaths per 100 right afterthe countryentered anygiven day. Officials said guidelines areexpected on “SundayorMonday”. Praveen Khanna Based on daily data by Centre, ICMR, stategovernments cases) still remains low—2.8 per CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SUNDAY Khwaja Yunus custodial Safeguards for workforce lost in Pregnant woman dies, STORY death:Four suspended clatter of powerlooms in Malegaon family says turnedaway PAGE 10 Mumbai cops reinstated TEST by 8hospitalsin12hours REP RTS Sunday Express that he took his SADAFMODAK FROM THE AMILBHATNAGAR sisterNeelam,her husband &SAGARRAJPUT NOIDA,JUNE6 Vijendar Singh, and another fam- MUMBAI,JUNE6 FIELD ilymember to at least six hospi- TRACKINGTHEVIRUS, A30-YEAR-OLD woman, who tals in his autorickshawand ap- SIXTEEN YEARS afterbeingsus- waseight months pregnant with proachedtwo moreinan pendedfor their allegedinvolve- LOCKDOWN her second child and had com- ambulance they“had to hiresince ALONG ment in the custodial death of plainedof“breathlessnessdue she neededoxygensupply”. 27-year-old KhwajaYunusin to risingblood pressure”, died Mostofthe hospitals said RECESS January2003, four policemen Khwaja Yunus wasarrested ZEESHANSHAIKH Fridayafter shefailedtoget ad- theydid nothavebedstospare, were reinstatedonFridayand on December 25,2002 MALEGAON,BHIWANDI,JUNE6 mission in eight hospitals across he claimed. This season, resumed duty on Saturday in the Noida in aspan of about 12 The hospitals listedbythe admissions to coaching city’s policeforce. IT FELTlikeafurnace inside the Afteralmosttwo months, MohammedZahid stepped intothe hours, her familyhas alleged. familyincluded Sharda Hospital, centres are down to Assistant police inspector destruction of evidence. tin-shedpowerloom unit in one powerloomunitinMalegaon where he works. Zeeshan Shaikh The Gautam Buddh Nagar adedicatedCovid facility, which half as institutes tryto Sachin Vaze and policeconsta- KhwajaYunus,aParbhanires- of Malegaon’sbylanes, but district administrationhas or- said that the patient was“admit- reinvent their bles Rajendra Tiwari, Sunil Desai ident, wasanengineer and MohammedYunus, 63, was dered aprobe into the alleged in- tedbriefly”, stabilised using a classrooms fora resumedduty in the local arms workedinDubai.Hewasarrested happyand reassuredon Monday. my employerpaid Rs 700aweek, TheMaharashtra government cident.The woman, aresident of ventilatorand referred to an- unit. Constable Rajaram Nikam underthePreventionof Terrorism He wasatworkafter almost two and socialorganisations helped had allowedpowerloom units Khora in Ghaziabad, is survived other hospital. post-pandemic world wasreinstatedinthe motorve- ActonDecember