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You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM ‘Don’t think Covid will end soon, but trying to build confidence’ MLKHATTAR HARYANA CHIEF MINISTER PAGE 11 THE EDITORIAL PAGE COLLABORATIONS KEYINCOVIDTIME VIKRAM SMEHTA PAGE 8 INDIA-CHINA STANDOFF THE WORLD Fifthroundof SPACEX CREW DRAGON ASTRONAUTS ONTHE HILL RETURN TO EARTH talksheldamid PAGE 12 As Delhi continues to reportlow dailycase countsofCovid-19, alarge number of cyclists and walkers returnedtoVijay Chowk on Sunday. AbhinavSaha stalematein Amit Shah positive for TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE As cases surge,Covid Covid-19, TN Gov and 153 CASES: RECOVERED:11,45,629 health claims jump PangongTso DAYSSINCE 17,50,723 DEATHS:37,364 PANDEMIC BEGAN | BSY too have the virus TESTS: 1,98,21,831 DOUBLING RATE: 21.18** 240 pc over amonth Focus on intrusiononnorth bankof lake, access to Depsang patrol points DEEPTIMANTIWARY GEORGEMATHEW BUSINESSASUSUAL NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 MUMBAI,AUGUST2 Since their lastround of dis- BY UNNY KRISHNKAUSHIK cussions, lasting 15 hoursonJuly UNION HOME MinisterAmit AS COVID-19cases climb NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 14,therehas notbeenmuchofa Shah announcedonSunday steadilyacross the country, breakthrough on the ground as evening that he has tested posi- KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING touching 17.50 lakh on August1, THE FIFTH round of talksbe- disengagement has notbeen tivefor thenovelcoronavirus. TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* RATE** general insurance companies, tween the Commander of XIV completedattwo of the four fric- “Following the appearance of ■ Maharashtra 4,31,719 9,601 2.37% 30.35 including standalonehealth in- Corps Lt General Harinder Singh tion points. initial symptoms of Covid-19, I ■ Delhi 1,36,716 1,118 0.77% 93 surers, have reportedanover and his Chinese counterpart Thetwosidesbeganamutual got myself tested andthe report 240per cent jumpinclaimsfor MajorGeneral Liu Lin,Comm- pullbackatall thesepoints after Tamil Nadu 2,51,738 5,879 2.85% 25.23 is positive.Myhealth is fine but ■ treatment forthe disease over ander of the South Xinjiang the thirdround of militarytalks on the advice of doctors Iamget- Amit Shah at Medanta ■ Karnataka 1,29,287 5,172 5.15% 13.97 the previous month. MilitaryRegion,beganon Sunday onJune30 butthe stalemateper- ting admitted to hospital. Ire- Hospital on Sunday. PTI ■ AndhraPradesh 1,50,209 9,276 7.82% 9.21 As of Julylastweek, 71,423 to tryand find aresolution to the sists in the GograPostsector and questall thosewho cameincon- people had claimedRs1,145.87 stalemateatthe Line of Actual on the north bank of Pangong Tso. tact with me in the pastfew days INSIDE *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days**Calculatedover7-day growth crorefrominsurancecompanies Control (LAC)ineastern Ladakh. Topsources in the Armysaid to isolatethemselvesand get CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT towardsCovid treatment,accord- The meeting—continuing that around 50 soldiers continue tested,” Shah postedonTwitter U.P.MINISTER DIES ing to figures compiledbythe until lateevening —took place on to remain within a1-km dis- around 5.30 pm. 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY GeneralInsuranceCouncil, the number of people infected with the Chineseside of the Chushul- tance of eachotheroneither side Besides Shah, Karnataka OF COVID; ANOTHER 2.31 8.50 54,735 apexbody of all general insurers. the virus so far(17.5 lakhcases Moldo BorderPersonnel Meeting at Patrolling Points17A (PP17A) Chief MinisterBSYediyurappa CABINET MINISTER, NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: On June 22, only20,965people as on August 1). The average (BPM), which is south of the in theGogra Post sector. and Tamil Nadu Governor STATE BJP CHIEF 2.13 8.83 51,255 hadmadeclaimsforRs323 crore. claim per person worksout to Pangong Tsolakethat has be- In Pangong Tso, Chinese Banwarilal Purohit alsotested Despitethis jumpininsur- Rs 1.60 lakh. come amajor pointofcontention troops had come up to Finger 4 TEST POSITIVE Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs positive forthe virusonSunday. positivecases (in %); number tested recovering; more ance claims, in asign of the low While therehavebeen over betweenthe forces. on the north bank,8kmwestof “I have tested positive forcoron- AMITABH BACHCHAN indicatorofprogress (in%); indicator of recoveries for 14 days insurance penetrationinthe 37,000 Coviddeathssofar,Life The militarystandoff began Finger 8whichIndia says marks avirus. WhilstIamfine, Iambe- DISCHARGED in avertingdeaths thespreadofdisease may signal the peak country, thehealth insurance Insurance Corporation (LIC), the early Mayafter Chinese and the LAC. As partofthe disen- inghospitalised as aprecaution DataasonAugust1,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbersinclude claims receivedsofar amount to nation's largest lifeinsurer,has Indian troops came to blows on gagement process, the Chinese PAGE 6 datafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive CONTINUEDONPAGE2 just4.08 percent of the total CONTINUEDONPAGE2 the north bank of the lake. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Beforesuicide, Rajput’s Google IPL dates are in, so are search: his name,manager, illness China-linked sponsors: this speculation might reachthe first game September 19 MOHAMEDTHAVER media. That is whyhemay have MUMBAI,AUGUST2 been searching online. These is- clash on June 15. The actor sues seem to have exacerbated SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY “Wedon’t have the time to ACTORSUSHANT Singh Rajput diedon his condition.He had Googledhis KOLKATA,AUGUST2 makeany changes at this mo- had searched on Google three June 14 ownnameafew hoursbefore the ment,” agoverning council items repeatedly in the week suicide,” the officer said. THE INDIAN Premier League member told TheIndian preceding his suicide: his own The police also recordedthe (IPL)willbeheld in the UAEthis Express. name in news reports,the name from the Kalina Forensic statement of three psychiatrists time from September 19 to The IPL’s Chinese linksin- of his former manager Disha Laboratory, theofficersaid. and one psychotherapistlast November 10,and will continue clude smartphone maker Vivo Salianwho had committed sui- Investigators have also ob- month. “Theyconfirmedthat with sponsors linked to China, as title sponsor and Paytm, cide theprevious week,and in- tainedbankaccountdetails of Rajput had consulted themfor accordingtoadecisiontaken by with investmentsfromAlibaba, formation about amental illness, the actor.“All the accountswhere treatment. Theyalso told us the the tournament’s governing as umpire partner.Theyalsoin- atop policeofficeroverseeing moneyhad been transferred medication theyhad pre- council during avideo-confer- clude Dream 11,asonline fan- the probetold TheIndian Express. were known. The largest transfer scribed,” the officer said. ence Sunday. The decision is tasy league partner,and The officer said thatonJune wasRs2.8 crorelastyear,which Further, fromthestatement of subject to approval from the Swiggy,asassociatesponsor — 14,evenafewhours before com- wasfor GST,”the officer said. Siddharth Pithani, Rajput’s friend government. both have linkstoChinese mitting suicide, he had Googled MumbaiPolice hasrecorded who had been living in the same The BCCI had said that it Internetgiant Tencent. his ownname. over 40 statementsinthe case,so house, the police came to know would reconsider the sponsor- These details have emerged far. “Wefound that Sushantknew that the actor had been pre- ships in the wake of border ten- from forensic reports of hismo- therewas talk linking him to scribedmedicines by his doctors. sions with China, whichled to 20 FULLREPORT bile phone and laptopreceived Salian’sdeathand he wasworried CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Indiansoldiers being killedina PAGE 14 Whatcameratraps sawduring survey:More domestic dogsthan tigersinmajor reserves PAGE 1 lem.Livestock and dogs are ANCHOR ED New found in certain fringeareas close threatin to villages. In viewofthreatssuch PLAIN E as canine distemper virus, etc., ● theforest EX we aretrying to minimise the in- JAYMAZOOMDAAR teraction between these domes- NEWDELHI,AUGUST2 The increasedpresence of tic species and wildlife,” saidSP dogs and livestockpres- Yadav, membersecretary, CAMERA-TRAPS usedinthe lat- entsthe risk of predation NationalTiger Conservation estall-India tiger survey cap- and disease transmission Authority,whichconductsthe tured morefree-ranging domes- to wildlife. But the silver quadrennial all-India survey. tic dogs thantigers in 17 tiger lining is their presence The 2018 tigersurvey data reserves. Presence of bothdogs has nowbeen officially showthatmoredogs were cam- and livestockinsignificant num- recorded, and measures era-trappedthan tigers in 17 tiger bers wasrecordedinatleast30 Dogs chasingasambar. Free-ranging packs hunt both can be devisedtocurb the reserves. This includes sevenma-