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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

Modi’s Rs 20 lakh-crore package will help India’s economy only if it reaches the states

Bulk of Rs 20 lakh-crore Modi promised to spend needs to be new expenditure, not reshuffling of existing budget. At least some of it has to reach the states.

Are Indian states capable of marking Covid zones and planning their own exit strategies?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday held a video conference with chief ministers to discuss the Covid lockdown exit strategy.

Daily drills, AC upgrade & more — how Delhi Metro is preparing for post-lockdown times

DMRC shut down Metro services on 22 March, three days before the nationwide lockdown came into effect, as India rallied to check the spread of Covid-19.

PM Modi to address nation at 8 pm, day after meeting with chief ministers

Sources in the government revealed that the Prime Minister is likely to speak on issues related to the lockdown and the economy.

Delhi CM Kejriwal seeks suggestions of people, experts on lockdown relaxations post 17 May

Addressing an online media briefing, Kejriwal said people can send suggestions and that those considered worthy will be discussed with experts and doctors.

WFH, online classes, binge-watching during lockdown have started another ‘outbreak’

It’s a collective burden for students and workers who find themselves spending more and more time on screens and gadgets to keep up with life.

This Surat man buys 150 kg vegetables, 500 kg rice to feed 12,000 people twice a day

Jignesh Gandhi has so far spent Rs 36 lakh on the initiative. Rest of the funds have come through his own non-profit called Alliance Club of Surat "Hope".

Time to see if govts have done their part in the time we’ve bought them as lockdowns ease

Lockdowns were supposed to be a stopgap to let slow-moving officials get plans in place, not a long-term solution.

Reducing transmission rate & increasing public activity are twofold challenges: PM Modi

In a video conference, PM Modi asked chief ministers to share a broad strategy on how states plan to gradually ease the lockdown by 15 May.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.