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TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

Privilege of social distancing, different lockdown ‘truths’ & Modi’s ostrich move

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

Good news from Bhilwara: No new Covid-19 cases in 2 days. But don’t rejoice yet, say experts

Experts say it’s too early to say if the ‘slowing infection’ is the result of the curfew imposed in Bhilwara soon after one hospital reported 6 Covid-19 cases.

Covid-19: Suhas Palshikar sees end of old politics and Najeeb Jung on a Muslim rethink

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Sanjay Kirloskar, Harsh Mander, and many others.

Overburdened Supreme Court can use Covid lockdown period to change Indian judiciary for good

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for Supreme Court to reassess how it plans to go about its functioning once this health crisis goes away.

How private labs are going out of their way to protect staff testing coronavirus cases

With ICMR giving approval for Covid-19 tests, private labs are training phlebotomists — field staff who collect samples — to ensure their own safety.

Kejriwal’s minister’s complaint led to Modi govt action against top Delhi civil servants

Modi govt Sunday took action against 4 officers — 3 IAS and one DANICS — for their alleged role in the surge of migrants at a Delhi bus terminal Saturday. 

Modi emerged from poverty but his govt is blind to the poor

The Modi govt seems to have worked harder on its own public-relations battle than on figuring out how lockdown would affect India’s poorest people.

Govt has no plan for poor workers without bank accounts, can only provide free meals

The Rs 1.7 lakh crore relief package announced last week covers 80 crore poor with bank accounts, but officials say there’s no strategy in place for others.

Modi govt allows pharma firms to tweak clinical trial rules during Covid-19 lockdown

Over 2,500 active trials are said to be underway in India for drugs aimed at patients suffering from cancer and hepatitis B, among other things.

Only home ministry can issue lockdown orders, says govt, tells other ministries to stop

The message was conveyed to ministries and departments through a letter written by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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?