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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicLockdown

Topic: lockdown

This is how India’s Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan spent his Good Friday

Online & offline meetings with health ministers & global experts, daily briefings - no rest for Dr Harsh Vardhan during Covid-19 pandemic.

‘Red, hot, spicy thing to do’: Airlines connect on social media as planes stay grounded

The playful banter began when IndiGo poked fun at fellow airline Air Vistara asking 'not flying higher these days we heard?' with the hashtag #StayingParkedStayingSafe.

Case against DHFL’s Wadhawans & 21 others for violating lockdown to travel outside state

The Wadhawans and others were detained by civic officials Thursday for travelling from Khandala to Mahabaleshwar despite Pune and Satara districts being sealed.

Lockdown may contain Covid-19, but it can’t curb the virus of Islamophobia in India

If 2018 and 2019 were the years India communalised rape, 2020 will go down as the year this country viewed a global pandemic through a Hindu-Muslim lens.

PM Modi to interact with CMs on Saturday, call on extension of lockdown expected

PM Modi Wednesday had made it clear that the lockdown cannot be lifted in one go on 14 April, and several states favoured the extension

IPS officer sent on compulsory leave over DHFL promoters’ travel during Covid-19 lockdown

The Maharashtra bureaucrat had issued a letter exempting DHFL's Wadhawans from the Covid-19 lockdown norms citing a family emergency.

Patnaik right to extend lockdown. Other CMs can learn from his effective crisis management

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Reruns of 1980-90s classics Ramayan, Shaktimaan, Byomkesh make DD most-watched channel

The jump in the week of 28 March-3 April is significant as DD National was not even among the top 10 channels in the Hindi GEC category the previous week.

Spain, Italy to extend lockdowns as Covid-19 cases show persistent rise

The persistent increase in cases complicates efforts by European leaders to gradually ease rules that have been put in place to slow the spread of the virus.

Odisha extends Covid-19 lockdown till 30 April, urges Centre to follow

CM Naveen Patnaik has requested Centre not to start train and air services till April 30, and has extended closure of educational institutions until 17 June.

On Camera

Caged parrot or fearless eagle? India should give the Shastri formula a try

While the CBI has built its reputation as a premier crime investigation agency by cracking high profile cases, many other cases have remained unresolved or resulted in acquittals.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

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

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.