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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
TopicCovid lockdown

Topic: Covid lockdown

2020 marked the beginning of a new decade of fear, uncertainty and fight for survival

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

India’s Covid crisis now makes global oil demand recovery by July impossible

The combined consumption of diesel and gasoline in India this month is poised to plunge by as much as 20% from March, as streets in major cities like Mumbai & New Delhi go quiet.

SC takes suo motu cognisance of Centre’s Covid management, appoints Harish Salve amicus curiae

Supreme Court also indicates it may withdraw some of the Covid-related issues being taken up by different high courts across the country and instead take them up itself.

Jharkhand imposes lockdown from 22-29 April, to mark it as ‘health safety week’

CM Hemant Soren said selected offices of the central & state govt and private sector have been exempted from the total shutdown while others will remain shut.

Between ‘Covid is over’ and universal vaccination cheer, India lost sight of strategy

India won't achieve vaccination-assisted herd immunity by July end, the mortalities and serious hospitalisations need to be reduced.

Kejriwal appeals to people to stay home, says lockdown decision taken for people’s health

The Delhi CM had announced the lockdown, saying the health system was under extreme pressure due to a large number of Covid patients & might collapse if strict action was not taken.

Centre, AAP govt failed to think about migrant workers during 2020 lockdown, says Delhi HC

The high court said lessons should be taken from the past lockdown as reports show migrant workers are again going back as Delhi govt announced a six-day lockdown.

Fear of Covid & another lockdown pushes migrant workers to start the journey home again

Last year's lockdown left migrant workers stranded without livelihood or the means to return home. They are eager to avoid the same fate this time.

How not to ‘Kumbh’ amid Covid spike — this Gujarat town shows the way during Navratri

The town of Unjha is on a mission to break the Covid transmission chain. To that end, it has voluntarily closed an important temple & its spice market, the biggest in Asia.

Many deaths, not enough hearses: Raipur’s Covid toll sees hospitals truck bodies to funerals

With hearses running out, hospitals such as Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital are being forced to use trucks to transport as many as 10 bodies at a time to the cremation.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.