Topic: Nationwide lockdown
Fake websites, UPI hacking — Delhi saw 190% rise in cyber frauds during lockdown, police say
According to Delhi Police, 62% of all cyber complaints were related to financial fraud, 24% involved social media while the rest were cases of extortion, hate speech and others.
India tops in Asia with most sugar daddies, unemployment, inequality cited as reason
According to a leading sugar dating website, India has 3,38,000 sugar daddies, followed by Indonesia at 60,250.
Covid lockdowns are spreading a year after China shocked world
When the first lockdown was implemented in China last year, it was then deemed unproven & unthinkable. Yet foreign countries found themselves doing much the same just months later.
From Covid to Ladakh to Ayodhya, the best of ThePrint Opinion in 2020
These are the top 10 most read and debated Opinion articles from ThePrint in 2020.
India’s Covid calendar — a month-by-month look at how pandemic progressed in 2020
From nationwide lockdown, coronavirus hotspots and vaccine race — ThePrint looks back at India's journey against the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Why would you want food for ten days? What Sonu Sood asked migrant labourers at Kalwa Chowk
In 'I Am No Messiah', Sonu Sood writes with Meena Iyer that migrant labourers didn't believe him first but his plea had an impact like Shah Rukh Khan’s dressing-room speech in Chak De! India.
The unspoken words that help Modi retain public approval
Public disenchantment against the government — or against anything — needs articulation. That articulation has been wanting.
Increased testing makes more economic sense than lockdowns to tackle Covid, says study
Researchers from AIIMS, IISER cite examples of South Korea and Taiwan to establish the importance of increased testing over lockdowns that cripple the economy.
There’s light at the end of the Covid tunnel — the glimmer of a vaccine needle
With Pfizer, Moderna as well as developers of Sputnik V and CoronaVac citing over 90% efficacy of their vaccines, the world finally has a reason to hope 2021 will be different.
Joe Biden’s Covid advisers say national lockdown not on agenda, will be US’ last resort
Vivek Murthy, former US surgeon general, says locking down the whole country will increase ‘pandemic fatigue’, hurt jobs and economy. Targeted effort is needed.
The science behind the Sputnik V vaccine & decoding India’s disastrous second wave
Shekhar Gupta explains how the Russian Sputnik V works and sheds some light on India’s Covid ‘disaster’.
Deserted roads bring back nightmare of demand slump for Indian fuel companies
It’s an ominous sign for India, where fuel consumption still hasn’t fully recovered from last year’s national lockdown that saw oil demand fall to the lowest since 2007.
Defence
China changes stance, wants de-escalation before disengagement in Ladakh. India disagrees
De-escalation before disengagement could give China an advantage as it can move troops back much faster than India due to its better infrastructure.
Why mosques in rear view mirror, like Kashi’s Gyanvapi, can crash India’s drive into future
Court’s order to ASI to survey Gyanvapi Mosque for remains of old Kashi Vishwanath Temple questions the optimism that Ayodhya wouldn’t be repeated.