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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

Serious Covid-19 situation in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata: Home Ministry

The Union home ministry noted several incidents of violence against healthcare workers, violation of social distancing norms & movement of vehicles in urban areas.

This is what the world looks like when everyone stops driving

Enjoy the stillness. Cities around the world have become noticeably quieter with far fewer cars out on the roads.

Covid-19 cases in India climb to 17,265, death toll rises to 543

The highest number of fatalities was reported from Maharashtra with 223 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh (70), Gujarat (63), Delhi (45) and Telengana (18).

Home Ministry objects to easing of lockdown curbs by Kerala govt

The Home Ministry said Kerala's decision to allow opening of restaurants and MSME industries, and bus travel in cities amounts to dilution of its lockdown guidelines.

Rich Americans escaped to bunkers in New Zealand as coronavirus struck

For years, New Zealand has featured prominently in doomsday survival plans of rich Americans worried that, say, a killer germ might paralyse the world.

‘At least Modi is feeding us’ — migrants, poor say lockdown is tough but give PM a thumbs up

The outrage among labourers and those most affected by the lockdown across India seems to have diminished. They credit Modi for doing what he can for them.

Covid-19 does not see race, religion, caste before striking, says PM Modi

The coronavirus outbreak has changed the contours of professional life. These days home is the new office and internet is the new meeting room, he added in a post on LinkedIn.

45-day-old baby is India’s first infant fatality due to Covid-19, leaves doctors surprised

Director of Delhi’s Lady Hardinge Medical College says now the infant’s parents are being tested and their contacts are being traced.

No movement between states for labourers: Home ministry issues guidelines for return to work

The process will involve registration, skill-mapping and screening in the states where workers are located, before they are transported to work sites in buses.

Democracies will emerge stronger from Covid-19, India will ‘provide solutions’: Mike Pompeo

US Secretary of State says he’s in regular touch with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and highlights the countries’ cooperation amid the pandemic.

On Camera

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.