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Friday, September 19, 2025
TopicLockdowns

Topic: lockdowns

Journalists in Europe are getting attacked for covering anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine protests

There have also been attempts to restrict journalists from covering the health crisis in Hungary, Serbia, Russian Federation and Bulgaria.

Locked gates, moss & shrubs tell tale of Covid hit at Maharashtra’s first industrial estate

Thane’s Wagle Estate was the first industrial area that Maharashtra’s MIDC took up for development in 1961. The pandemic has forced many of its units to shut down.

June slowdown, slow recovery seen pushing RBI to hold interest rates next week

There was a contraction in both manufacturing and services sectors as curbs to control the virus spread hurt consumer demand and business activity.

Covid cases are rising in Australia but people are protesting against lockdowns

Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters flooded Australia's largest cities, some clashing with police. Officials say the protests have the potential to become a superspreader event.

Muzaffarpur to Mexico City — Lockdowns reduced urban crime by over a third around the globe

This hibernation of crime in public spaces was relatively short lived. Crime levels started to creep up again a few weeks after lockdowns began.

Onion prices could make you cry again, a surge is expected before Diwali

Govt agency officials are worried that Cyclone Tauktae and then monsoon rains will increase moisture content, making a large quantity of onions useless as buffer stock.

Mini lockdowns, night curfews, migrants squeezed into trains — feels like yesterday once more

For all the steps India has taken forward since the virus first broke out, holding on to a false sense of security vis-à-vis lockdown takes us back to square one.

In second wave, Centre must avoid mistakes of the first. Not centralise control

Local authorities are better able to tailor communication strategies specific to demographic groups and ensure higher vaccination rates.

Tamil Nadu CM announces withdrawal of cases against anti-CAA protesters

K. Palaniswami said except cases related to violence, further legal action in all other cases registered during anti-CAA protests were being dropped.

Indians must have no confusion about how we reached impressive Covid herd immunity

India’s masses didn’t have the luxury to ‘work from home’ and follow social distancing, but they might have silently built India’s herd immunity.

On Camera

Maruti-Suzuki’s Victoris is full of bells and whistles — 21 trims, 64 ambient lights, ADAS

Maruti-Suzuki has shed every iota of conservatism with Victoris SUV. I drove the top ZXi+ model with the optional panoramic sunroof, priced at Rs 17.75 lakh ex-showroom.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Attack on one is attack on both’—As Pakistan & Saudi Arabia sign pact, a look at their ties since 1967

Building on long-standing ties & Islamic solidarity, Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement comes at a time of heightened regional tensions especially after Israeli attack on Doha.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.