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Topic: Covid lockdown

Mumbai restaurants, gyms, spas open after 2 months as unlock process begins in state

Easing of curbs under level-3 category are applicable for places where the positivity rate is 5% to 10% and the oxygen bed occupancy is more than 40%.

Delhi Metro to operate at 50% capacity, malls to open on an odd-even basis from 7 June

Announcing further relaxations in lockdown, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday also said government and private offices will be allowed to reopen with 50 per cent attendance.

A community kitchen in a Bengal village is providing food to tribals during lockdown

A part of the school for tribal kids has been converted into a kitchen. It provides food to around 250 villagers, mostly tribals & migrant workers who lost jobs during the lockdown.

Death, job loss, anxiety: Pandemic pushes up sale of antidepressants by 23% in 1 year

Mental health experts and psychiatrists say more people have been consulting them now in comparison to the pre-pandemic days.

UP govt announces partial relaxation of Covid lockdown from 1 June

Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary R K Tiwari said shops and markets outside containment zones will be allowed to open from 1 June onwards from 7 am to 7 pm on weekdays.

Delhi govt to gradually lift lockdown from 31 May

Stressing that unlock process doesn't mean fight against Covid has ended, Delhi CM Kejriwal said factories will reopen & construction activities permitted for a week starting Monday.

India’s unemployment rate likely to soar to highest in a year due to second wave lockdowns

The unemployment rate is estimated to rise to much as 11% this month, while weekly unemployment numbers are now hovering above 14%, said the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.

Mobiles banned as ‘infectious,’ 100s wait for news on kin at WB Covid hospitals. Like Mr Maity

Bengal had banned mobile phones in govt Covid hospitals last year, making it difficult for patients to keep in touch. Calls to hospital landlines go unanswered, say families.

Consumer demand drop in lockdown could cut palm oil prices, Vanaspati & soap costs may fall

Palm oil is a major ingredient in restaurants and packaged foods, sectors that have taken a hit in the lockdowns induced by the second Covid-19 wave.  

Karnataka announces Rs 1,250 crore Covid relief package for those hit by lockdown

Chief Minister Yediyurappa said his government was announcing the package despite the state facing financial constraints, and is standing by the people during this difficult time.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.