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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com eye THE SUNDAYEXPRESS MAGAZINE THE GATHERING NEWDELHI,LATECITY STORM JULY5,2020 What afolktheatre form 18PAGES,`6.00 from Sundarbans tells us (`8PATNA&RAIPUR,`12SRINAGAR) about human fragility DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH,DELHI,JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM PAGE 14, 15, 16 Geelani’s resignation blows lid offPakistan medical NO WORDONCALL FOR ‘STRATEGICREASONS’ collegeracket and the shadow war withinHurriyat Astensionssoaredafter of hardline Kashmiri separatist of Islamabad, as his successor. linked to thisissue. NIRUPAMA leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani The unravelling of this um- Forclose to twodecades— SUBRAMANIAN& lastweek as “chairperson for brella group of separatists is a beginning with the détentein Galwan,Pompeomade BASHAARATMASOOD life” of the APHC has causeda high-stakes political thriller still the Musharrafyears—Pakistan MUMBAI,SRINAGAR,JULY4 near implosion in the Hurriyat. awaiting adenouement. Howit rolledout the redcarpetfor In his resignation letter,he ends could have far-reaching Kashmiri studentswanting to TWOYEARS ago, fewwould accusedHurriyat representa- consequences giventhe politi- study medicine and engineering. have imaginedthat questions tivesofcorruption and cosying calvacuum in the Valley. Until lastyear,studentswho quietcalltoJaishankar raisedwithin the All Party up to powerstructuresin Itsroots go backtothe could notget admissionlocally Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Pakistanwhich, ironically, is the 2018 controversy over med- would head to Pakistan, where about an alleged racket in med- shadowpatron of the Hurriyat Islamabad would likehim to ical seats, sources have told seatswerereserved forthemin Information sharing helping, good ical seatsinPakistan would and whose voice he wasinthe withdraw resignation but The Sunday Express.Geelani’s colleges in PoK, Islamabad, Facing long come to suchapass. Valley. He also nominated thelineshavebeen drawn reference to an “internal in- Karachi andLahore. Mostseats sense on Chinese build-up: Officials The bombshell resignation AbdullahGeelani, no favourite vestigation,” in his letter is CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 haul at LAC, SHUBHAJITROY Army’s big 2-weekhalt NEWDELHI,JULY4 AT THE height of tensionsbe- challenge: on flights to tween India and China following the June 15 incident in Galwan Logistics Kolkatafrom Valleywhere 20 Indian Army personnel were killedinclashes with Chinese troops, US 6citieswith SecretaryofState Michael SUSHANTSINGH RPompeo spoketoExternal NEWDELHI,JULY4 big case load Affairs MinisterSJaishankar, The Jaishankar, Pompeo spoke Sunday Express has learnt. about 10 days ago. File “AMATEURS DISCUSS strategy. The phone call by Pompeo, Professionals talk logistics." That sources said,was made about10 well-worn militarysaying is PRANAVMUKUL days agoand the conversation re- forces along the Line of Actual playing out forthe Armyonthe NEWDELHI,JULY4 volved around Washington’s Control. We note the Indian mil- disputed Line of Actual Control supporttoNew Delhi at thattime itaryhas announcedthat 20 sol- in Ladakh whereitprepares it- RESPONDINGTOthe West of crisis. diers have died, and we offerour self foralong-haul deployment Bengal government’s requestto Since March, Jaishankar and condolences to their families. againstthe Chinesearmy. curtail flightstothe state, the Pompeo had spoken to each Both India and China have ex- Adecision will have to be MinistryofCivil Aviation on other on at leastthree occa- pressedadesiretode-escalate, takenbythe Armywithinthe Saturdayasked airlines to sus- sions, but this wastheirfirst and we supportapeacefulreso- next six weeksonthe numberof pend flightstoKolkatafrom conversation afterthe Galwan lution of the current situation,” troops that can be supportedlo- Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Valleyincident. aspokesperson forthe US State gisticallyinthe remote area dur- Chennai and Ahmedabad —all Sources said information Department had said. ing the winter months by the cities with high Covid caseload VISITING THE FAMILY about the call wasnot made But US statementsinthe last militarysupplychain. —between July6and July 19. publicfor “strategic reasons” 10 days have seencalibration,re- The Armyisreported to have This is the firsttime since the IGP,Kashmir,Vijay Kumar on Saturdayvisitedthe familyofBashir Ahmad Khan, who waskilledinashootout between since India and China were in the flecting amorevocalsupport. nearly three division-strengthof resumption of domestic flights militantsand security forces in SoporeonWednesday. He promised aprobe intothe incident. ANI REPORT,PAGE7 middle of militaryand diplo- And Pompeo has been leading troops in thesector,with twodi- on May25thatastatehas de- matic talks—the second meet- from the front. On July1,briefing visionscoming from outside the cidedtocompletelycurtail in- ing of the Corps Commanders reporters in Washington DC, he theatre. coming flight movementsto took place on June 22 and the welcomedthe Indian govern- One of these divisions, which managethe spread of Covid-19 . Working Mechanism for ment’s decision to ban59 did nothaveadesignatedoper- Earlier,statessuchasKarnataka, TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE ICMR dials down on Consultation &Coordination on Chinese apps. ational role in the area, is likely Goa, Maharashtraand Delhihad India-China Border Affairs “WewelcomeIndia’s ban on to be logisticallymorecon- imposedrestrictions on trav- CASES: RECOVERED:3,94,226 (WMCC) metonJune 24. certain mobile apps that can strained. The situation is likelyto ellers in the form of quarantine 124 Aug 15 vaccinedate: Washington’s statement on serveasappendages of CCP’s be similar forother additional and self-isolation norms. DAYSSINCE 6,48,314 DEATHS:18,655 June 17,two days afterthe surveillance state. India’s clean unitsrushedtoLadakhfromthe PANDEMIC In alettertoCivil Aviation BEGAN TESTS: 95,40,132| DOUBLING RATE: 20.47** Galwan Valleyincident, was app approachwill boostIndia’s plains over the pasttwo months. SecretaryPradeepSingh Kharola ‘Letter to cut red tape’ seen as neutral in tone. “Weare sovereignty,will also boost Logistics supportfor addi- dated June 30, stateChief closelymonitoring the situation India’s integrity and national tional troops deployedonthe SecretaryRajivaSinha had writ- clinical trials of Covaxin, acan- between Indian and Chinese CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 ten, “…l approachyou with are- KARISHMAMEHROTRA didate vaccine. questkindlynot to scheduleany NEWDELHI,JULY4 The potential vaccine is be- flight to West Bengal from high ing developedbyBharatBiotech, prevalence places viz. Delhi, ADAY aftersome of the coun- aHyderabad-basedpharmaceu- Chinese apps banned, SUNDAY Mumbai,Pune,Nagpur,Chennai, try's topscientists andmedical tical company, in partnership SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG lndore, Ahmedabad and Surat KEYSTATES TOTAL DOUBLING experts described as “unreason- with Pune-basedNational Govt callshomegrown STORY and to stop movement of flights TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** able” and “absurd” an ICMR Institute of Virology, an ICMR from these cities to Kolkataor ■ Maharashtra 1,92,990 6,364 3.40% 21.20 timeline to produce aCovid vac- laboratory. The Sunday Express PAGE 11 Bagdografor 2weeksstarting 6 ■ Delhi 94,695 2,520 2.95% 24.38 cine “for public health use latest has learnt thatascheduledvir- ones to rise to challenge July2020. Ialso requestyou to by August15”, theCouncil has tual meeting Saturdayofthe 4,329 4.67% restrict the number of flightsto ■ Tamil Nadu 1,02,721 15.41 claimedthatits letter to clinical principal trial investigators with tech andentertainment,and Kolkata, Bagdograand Andal ■ Haryana 16,003 494 3.15% 22.89 trial sites, whichmentionedthe ICMR and Bharat Biotech was AASHISHARYA& speechtranslation, among from other cities to afrequency ■ Telangana 20,462 1,892 7.48% 9.62 date,“wasmeant to cut unnec- postponed. PRANAVMUKUL others. of once aweekfor eachairline essary redtape”. In astatement issued NEWDELHI,JULY4 “Todaythereisimmense en- starting 6Julytill31July, 2020.” *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculatedover7-day growth In astatement issued Saturday, ICMR said: “The letter thusiasmamongthetech &start- Though the Ministry, which CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT Saturday, ICMR said: “The aim is by DG-ICMRtoinvestigators of LESS THAN aweek afterit up community to createworld has been moving in the direc- to complete thesephases at the the clinical trial siteswas meant banned59applications with classMadeinIndiaApps. To facil- STOP tion of further reopening of do- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY earliest, so that population- to cut unnecessaryred tape, Chinese links, the Centreon itatetheir ideas and products mestic flight movement, re- 3.08 6.36 22,771 basedtrials forefficacy couldbe withoutbypassingany necessary Saturdaylaunchedachallenge @GoI_MeitY(Ministryof APP questedthe stategovernment to NOW: NOW: RECOVEREDTODAY: initiated without delay.” process, and speeduprecruit- inviting Indian developers