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TopicLockdown extension

Topic: lockdown extension

Reader View: Schools, colleges can be divided into two shifts – morning and afternoon

YourTurn is our new weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

‘Playing with fire’: Parents oppose Modi govt suggestion to reopen schools from July

An online petition on change.org, which has garnered over 2 lakh signatures, urges the government to not start school until there are ‘zero Covid cases’.

How Modi govt plans to reopen schools once lockdown is lifted 

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

How Kerala’s Left govt is using lockdown to wriggle out of UDF’s curbs on liquor

The Left Front govt opened up liquor sales on 28 May, after nearly two months of lockdown, but only after it took a number of decisions to push sale and, by extension, revenue. 

Worst yet to come, Centre will realise nothing’s left for poor as economy reopens: Owaisi

In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi says lockdown enforced by PM Modi was unplanned and unconstitutional.

‘Surviving on naan and hope’: Delhi’s Hauz Rani is filling up with stranded foreigners

Delhi's Hauz Rani village has turned into a temporary home for stranded foreigners who came to India for medical treatment but have been unable to leave due to the lockdown.

What ‘Lockdown 4.0’ allows, govt’s final stimulus boost leave BS & Mint disappointed

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

Early reaction to Modi’s massive Rs 20 lakh-crore stimulus is broadly positive

The measures are impressive in size & should boost investor confidence in India’s ability to deal with the economic impact of coronavirus, market experts say.

WFH, online classes, binge-watching during lockdown have started another ‘outbreak’

It’s a collective burden for students and workers who find themselves spending more and more time on screens and gadgets to keep up with life.

In UP’s Bareilly, district officials bank on MGNREGA to ensure jobs for returning migrants

Around 47,000 workers are currently employed under MNREGA, which also includes migrant labourers who have returned to their native villages.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.