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Sunday, November 16, 2025
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

Tamil Nadu extends lockdown till 30 April

Chief Minister K Palaniswami Monday said the move was in accordance with the recommendations of medical and public health experts.

US, UK speed up repatriation of citizens from locked down India, Germany, France halt process

Amid uncertainty over lockdown extension, US, UK & Brazil ramp up process to send back citizens stuck in India. Germany, France, Russia put temporary halt.

Govt extends visa, e-visa of stranded foreigners in India till 30 April

Foreign nationals are stranded in the country due to the 21-day lockdown announced on 24 March to curb the spread of the disease.

BJP gives ‘full marks’ to PM Modi for lockdown citing Oxford study, but stands corrected

The Blavatnik School of Government says the stringency index should not be interpreted as measuring the appropriateness or effectiveness of a country’s response.

More than 300 Indians have died of the coronavirus, and nearly 200 of the lockdown

A cost-benefit analysis of India’s coronavirus lockdown must take into account the deaths caused by the lockdown itself.

Maharashtra extends lockdown till 30 April

The official notification extending the lockdown was issued by the state's revenue and disaster management departments.

Online university exams a ‘remote possibility’ as UGC officials highlight host of concerns

UGC committee is studying the issue of online exams, but it has received ‘serious concerns’ on India’s ability to conduct them for all university students.

Dharavi is a ticking bomb in the Covid-19 challenge, nothing being rolled out will be enough

The police deployed is finding it very difficult to contain people in the small rooms and keep them from moving around, especially when toilets are common.

Govt package a relief measure, tax-break stimulus ideal to fight Covid: RBI panel member

Tax breaks may have a greater multiplier effect on the economy than govt spending, says RBI's monetary policy committee independent member Chetan Ghate.

Saturday Night Live returns with surprise host Tom Hanks and a remote episode on Zoom

Latest episode of Saturday Night Live, late-night comedy show, had cast perform sketches on Donald Trump & Bernie Sanders from their homes.

On Camera

Modern lovers are trapped in ‘chalta hai’ relationships. Breakups are a lost art

Women, with their sixth sense, aka female intuition, keep hearing an internal announcement: ‘Leave this man.’ And we’re hitting snooze every time.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

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.