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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

Modi’s chloroquine ‘gift’ to Trump and lives vs livelihoods during Covid-19 lockdown

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint

Modi govt likely to extend lockdown, says Congress after all-party meet with PM

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said around 80% of the leaders who interacted with the PM through video-conferencing favoured extending the lockdown.

Shab-e-Barat, the night of forgiveness Muslims will be celebrating indoors this year

The festival of Shab-e-Barat is marked by Muslims visiting mosques and graves of their loved ones, and spending the night praying.

Delhi govt starts online lessons for Class 12 but only a handful of students are logging in

Online lessons for Class 12 students in Delhi govt schools started Monday via the Zoom app. Anchoring the effort is the private coaching centre Career Launcher. 

Is talk of lifting lockdown premature or is it necessary to allow some economic activity?

As the Narendra Modi government considers the option of extending the Covid-19 lockdown beyond 14 April, concerns around its impact on the economy are growing.

Ex-IAS officer says lockdown will cost India Rs 8 lakh crore, spells out recovery road map

Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, suggests a Rs 2 lakh crore support package from the govt for small business.

Amartya Sen wants participatory governance and CM Ashok Gehlot on Rajasthan’s success

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Amartya Sen, Rahul Matthan, R. Jagannathan, Pranjul Bhandari and many others.

Centre tells states to punish those hoarding, black marketing essentials during lockdown

Communicating to chief secretaries of states & union territories, MHA said such acts can't be ruled out due to loss of production & labour crisis because of lockdown.

Schools want summer vacations advanced, we’ll decide after lockdown: CBSE secretary

CBSE secretary Anurag Tripathi tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview that the board is in talks with states and schools on advancement of vacations.

India’s dirty air has become cleaner after coronavirus lockdown

The lockdown improved air quality index to satisfactory levels in nearly 90% of 103 cities monitored by Central Pollution Control Board on 29 March.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?