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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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GMAT to be conducted online from 20 April due to Covid-19

PTI -
GMAT head Vineet Chabra said GMAT Online will maintain the standard of offering a valid and rigorous assessment, with critical security practices.

Districts in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune in Red Zone as Modi govt divides country to fight Covid

Sanya Dhingra -
Govt identifies 170 districts as hotspots classifying them under Red Zone, 207 districts as non-hotspot or White Zone and 353 unaffected districts as Green Zone.

No matter how you look at it, India’s lockdown-2 can cost as many lives as it will save

Yogendra Yadav -
In the kind of lockdown extension PM Modi has announced, the costs outweigh the benefits. And it could claim many more lives over time. Government must assure food and security.

No regular income for 74% low-earning families in Ahmedabad since lockdown, finds IIM survey

Unnati Sharma -
A survey of 500 households by students and staff from IIM-Ahmedabad has found that 40% families were facing food or medicine supply-related issues.

Govt addressing only the ‘balconied’ classes, overlooking labourers, is arrogant & dangerous

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Duvvuri Subbarao wants govt to borrow, Niranjan Rajadhyaksha wants RBI’s help

Taran Deol -
Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from JVR Prasada Rao, Anurag Agrawal, Rajeev Bhargava and many more.

How well lockdown has worked so far, & bizarre case of a virus-hit state with one-man cabinet

ThePrint Team -
In episode 444 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta explains how the nationwide lockdown worked and delves into the political crisis in MP.

Amul to SpiceJet to Railways — Supply chain heroes are making sure India runs in lockdown

Kaveree Bamzai -
How do you ensure sex workers in Sonagachi get food and a crucial hazmat suit gets to Coimbatore? India’s lockdown is seeing many unlikely heroes.

Hundreds of migrants gather at Bandra railway station, demand transportation to go home

PTI -
The daily wage earners, who majorly hail from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, said they are not happy with the announcement of extending the lockdown.

At Haryana epicentre Nuh, officials fighting virus with help from Muslim priests, panchayats

Jyoti Yadav -
Nearly 34 villages and two towns in Nuh are in complete lockdown as 45 of Haryana’s 185 Covid-19 cases are from the district. 
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Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

Shailaja Bajpai -
News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

Dogs matter more to Indian middle class than people

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Nehru and Jinnah made Indian politics their personal quarrel. Partition was a consequence

Economy

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Akanksha Mishra -
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Defence

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

Javaria Rana -
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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