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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicLockdown

Topic: lockdown

Five Pakistanis stranded in India, return home via Attari-Wagah border crossing

The Pakistani citizens, in India on medical visas, were stranded in Delhi and Noida following travel restrictions due to the coronavirus lockdown.

Centre committed all support to migrant workers during lockdown: Home Minister Amit Shah

The home ministry asked states and union territories to immediately set up relief camps for migrant workers, pilgrims, who are returning to their domicile states.

Lockdown violators to take care of coronavirus patients, says Rajasthan admin

SDM Nawalgarh, Murari Lal Sharma also urged people to click photographs of those loitering on roads without any reason and send to the district authorities.

Facebook re-prioritises to adjust to changing user behavior during Covid-19 lockdowns

Facebook is building new features to help users and small businesses to make money despite the prevailing restrictions.

Clapping to slapping — India did everything other than social distancing this week

When PM Modi imposed a lockdown to flatten the coronavirus curve, little did he know how difficult social distancing would be for Indians.

Behind Imran Khan’s reluctance to lockdown, lies interests of Pakistan business lobby

The business lobby who stand to be most hurt by such decisions finds ways to disguise its vested interests under the garb of some overriding national priority.

Herd of deer not lounging on Ooty-Coimbatore road amid coronavirus lockdown

The image of Sika deer herd, which has been shared by several verified handles on Twitter, was shot 6 years ago in Japan's Nara Park.

India shouldn’t struggle with Covid-19 lockdown. It organises Kumbh Mela much better

Days into PM Modi’s national lockdown to fight coronavirus, there was chaos in India. Doctors didn’t have gears, people panicked and essential supplies were being stopped.

Friday prayers suspended in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar records first Covid-19 death

The religious clergy across the region said the move is aimed at arresting the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus.

A lockdown is the health response to fight coronavirus, but where is the economic plan?

It might be worth having a time-bound, govt-controlled special purpose vehicle like a National Health Finance Corporation to coordinate the action plan.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.