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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicCOVID-19

Topic: COVID-19

India locks down to prevent COVID-19 spread — here are restrictions imposed in your state

Central govt announces a lockdown in 80 districts, suspends passenger trains, buses and metros. State govts come out with their own respective measures.

List of 80 districts where government announced complete lockdown from Sunday

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India rose to 387 Sunday, with the number of active cases at 329.

Twitter India launches COVID-19 page for updates from authorities

Page is updated in real time, listing tweets from official handles of the PM, union ministers, chief ministers, state cabinet ministers and state and union ministries. 

India’s lead time against coronavirus is fast eroding. We need more than Sainyam and Sankalp

February gave India a valuable lead time as no new cases were recorded while 5,000 cases were reported in over 60 countries, including South Korea, Italy and Iran.

Modi’s Janata curfew historic but govt must do these 5 things now to stop COVID-19 spread

Coronavirus travelled much of the world before coming to India. This has given us a wealth of information and empowered us with an invaluable resource — time.

Anand Mahindra offers resorts as COVID-19 hospitals, donates 100% of salary to set up fund

Industrialist says Mahindra Group will get its manufacturing units to make ventilators, amid fears that India could be in ‘Stage 3’ of coronavirus spread.

CAA protest organiser Tabrez tests positive for COVID-19, being treated at LNJP Hospital

Jahangirpuri anti-CAA protest was one of many taking place across the national capital, and has now been called off. Tabrez says he visited it twice recently.

Twitter antakshari, composing songs — how ministers & celebs are observing janata curfew

Individuals and companies have also offered free services to help pass the time during Sunday’s ‘janata curfew’, called to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Passenger trains cancelled till 31 March due to COVID-19, buses & metros also suspended

High-level committee chaired by Cabinet Secretary asks states to lock down districts where coronavirus cases have been detected, allow only essential services.

Punjab orders complete lockdown to fight coronavirus, Karnataka seals its borders

Punjab’s decision comes after its number of COVID-19 cases spiked from 3 to 13 Saturday, while Karnataka is worried about community transmission.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.