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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

Nitish govt gets to work to bring 27 lakh migrants, students back but says it’ll take months

Bihar has been reluctant to evacuate its migrants and students, and while it has drawn up a plan to get them back, it is yet to shed its hesitance.  

Is Raghuram Rajan a well-meaning economist or partisan critic?

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan discussed the economic effects of Covid lockdown in a video chat.

Mirror says rich’s disease now poor’s burden, Mint’s ‘mutual crisis’, ET on restaurant woes

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

Raghuram Rajan bats for quick reopening of economy, says India can’t support poor for long

Speaking to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, RBI ex-governor Raghuram Rajan stressed India needs to manage reopening well, said further lockdowns after reopening could be devastating.

India Sensex set for best month since 2009 as lockdown nears end

The BSE Sensex climbed 2.8% to 33,605.99 while NSE Nifty 50 Index added 2.7%. Both gauges have rebounded by more than 20% from March lows.

PMO asks ministries to submit reform plans for next 6 months as Covid hits routine work

The Prime Minister’s Office has also asked the National Disaster Management Authority to document every work carried out by ministries and states to fight Covid-19.

Can’t lock down Delhi’s speed devils, police issue 4.5 lakh speeding challans in lockdown

Many of Delhi's 'violators' took to Twitter to complain that they hadn't even stepped out of their homes but were being challaned for traffic violations.

July exams, classes from August, 6-day week — here’s India’s post-lockdown college calendar

The UGC has issued fresh guidelines for colleges and universities on restarting sessions after the coronavirus lockdown, and a jam-packed calendar awaits students.

Punjab sees spike in Covid cases, 4 students brought back from Kota among fresh cases

As pilgrims and students returning to Punjab contribute to the spike in Covid-19 cases, CM Amarinder Singh has extended the state's lockdown to 17 May.

India’s R0 lowers further to 1.29, say scientists, predict Covid cases at 30,000 by 3 May

The R0 calculations made in the first week of April had predicted 1 lakh active Covid cases by 27 April. However, now, a lot depends on lifting of lockdown.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

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.