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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicLockdown 2.0

Topic: Lockdown 2.0

UK might impose fresh lockdown measures next week in view of Covid, says report

UK PM Johnson is expected to announce new steps on Monday. Only essential shops, 'educational settings' such as nurseries, schools & universities would remain open, The Times report said.

Europe’s second round of lockdowns reveals the Covid failures we must fix

Challenge for govts now is twofold — to convince citizens that this disruption will be worth it & take advantage of the likely dip in post-lockdown infections to strengthen system.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.