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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicContainment zones

Topic: Containment zones

1,114 Mumbai buildings sealed, double since March, as Covid spreads across city

The surge in the number of sealed buildings was accompanied by a spurt in active Covid cases in the city. Mumbai has so far recorded 6,40,507 Covid positive cases and 12,990 deaths.

4,501 containment zones but little is contained — story of Delhi’s faltering Covid fight

ThePrint visited 13 areas with containment zones across seven of Delhi’s 11 districts and discovered that the protocol hasn’t been implemented properly in many places. 

‘Agra model’ to 7% death rate in 3 months — how Covid spiralled in city of Taj

Agra administration & doctors admit death rate is a concern, have increased testing to ensure patients come for treatment before reaching advanced stage.

‘You cannot be rigid’: SC asks ICAI to allow students to opt out of CA exams at any time

The three-judge bench said that since Covid-19 is an evolving situation, students should be given the option to opt out of exams until the last day.

PM Modi asks states to follow Punjab’s micro-containment strategy to handle Covid crisis

Modi also said ‘green shoots’ are visible in the economy, and that the states and union territories must strive to protect lives as well as livelihoods.

Govt could now home deliver mother & child care drugs, contraceptives in containment zones

The health ministry’s plan is part of a larger attempt to plug loopholes in mother and child healthcare under the Covid-19 lockdown.

Discrepancy in Delhi Covid data: Is Arvind Kejriwal govt being transparent enough?

Delhi health secretary Padmini Singla has highlighted the unusual trend of rising Covid cases in the national capital and decreasing number of containment zones.

What states want from Modi govt to fight coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout

Since the lockdown began in March, there have been five interactions between Prime Minister Modi and the states.

Are Indian states capable of marking Covid zones and planning their own exit strategies?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday held a video conference with chief ministers to discuss the Covid lockdown exit strategy.

Why some IAS parents could pull kids out of Sanskriti School, but won’t fight fee hike

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New Delhi prefers to look at Manipur as a horizontal problem, not vertical

‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.

RBI opens door to urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.