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TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

Covid peaked in India in Sept, can be controlled by Feb if safety norms followed — govt panel

At a virtual press conference, Covid-19 Supermodel Committee said India's Covid peak would have been 15 times worse without March lockdown.

29,415 road accident deaths during lockdown, but no separate data on migrants, govt says

The govt presented the figures in Lok Sabha, responding to a query on the number of migrant workers who died in road accidents during the exodus triggered by Covid lockdown.

How India’s strict lockdown choked gold smuggling routes to country

Illegal shipments of gold are estimated to have slowed to a trickle of about 2 tons a month, and may total about 25 tons this year, compared with an estimate of 120 tons last year.

97 migrants died on-board Shramik special trains, government tells Rajya Sabha

Shramik special trains were started by the government to ferry migrant workers to their native states during the lockdown period.

‘Missing’ data on migrant workers, and the 11-lakh page mountain against Umar Khalid

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Migrant exodus triggered by panic created by fake news on lockdown, govt tells Lok Sabha

Home ministry was replying to unstarred question from a TMC MP, who asked why thousands of labourers started walking home as soon as the lockdown kicked in.

Delhi pubs reopen with no loud music, AC at 24°C & WhatsApp menus but Delhiites cry ‘freedom’

Turnout was low as pubs and bars across Delhi reopened Wednesday. They will function at 50% capacity until 30 September, when the authorities will review the 'trial'.

On International Literacy Day, a look at how teachers in India trying to keep kids in school

Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the education sector with many students unable to access online classes due to the lockdown and digital divide.

Caught between Covid & hunger, women at Imphal ‘mother’s market’ are struggling to survive

The iconic mother’s market has been shut since lockdown. Though the govt promised loans to the vendors, they say only 100 of the over 4,000 traders got the loans so far.

Unlock 4 brings Metro back, but schools, colleges and cinema halls to stay shut

The MHA Saturday released guidelines for the fourth phase of Unlock, which comes into effect from 1 September or Tuesday.

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Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.