Newspaper Headlines: Manoj Sinha Appointed As Jammu And Kashmir Lieutenant Governor & Other Top Stories

Hindustan Times: India on Thursday became the third country in the world, after the US and Brazil, to report more than two million coronavirus cases. Former Union minister Manoj Sinha, the newly appointed lieutenant governor of Jammu & Kashmir, hit the ground running on Thursday, receiving a briefing on the situation in the Union Territory soon after reaching Srinagar.

The Telegraph: Six days into August, teachers and staff of two central universities dedicated to Sanskrit education are yet to receive their salaries for July. Private schools say they can't pay teacher salaries because parents are refusing to pay the school fees, citing the coronavirus-induced classroom closure. Many private colleges are sending their teachers on unpaid leave. An official document acknowledging China had "transgressed" into eastern Ladakh was quietly removed from the defence ministry website on Thursday.

The Asian Age: Hours after China raised the Kashmir issue for deliberations in the 15-nation UN Security Council at the behest of all-weather friend Pakistan, India on Thursday said it rejected China's interference in India's internal affairs, adding that the Chinese attempt once again "met with little support from the international community". The Centre's decision to appoint Manoj Sinha as Jammu and Kashmir's lieutenant governor sends a clear message that it wants to restart the J&K's political process.