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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

3,763 people detained, 200 cases registered for violation of lockdown in Delhi

According to data shared by the Delhi Police, 239 cases were registered for disobeying orders until 5 pm Tuesday, while 546 vehicles were also impounded.

Govt prescribes ‘Yoga with Modi’ for foreign envoys battling stress of Covid-19 lockdown

The MEA has shared a YouTube channel link with all diplomatic and UN missions, saying it will promote good health and help reduce stress.

Raja Mohan on China’s Covid propaganda, Ruchir Sharma says loosen restrictions post lockdown

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Mahesh Vyas, Ruchir Sharma, John B Taylor, and many others.

Virus lockdown is forcing finance ministry to embrace technology

Finance ministry is practicing 21-day lockdown by moving all communication online, while keeping minimum staff on roster to attend to critical work.

India against Covid: Express on ‘10 hotspots’, ‘bleak’ economy in Mint, HT on PPE shortage 

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.

India must get last mile right, direct cash payment is better than freezing loan repayment

When increase in fiscal deficit or debt should be last worry, pumping more funds to people may be the better way. Putting finance on ice will only store up trouble.

‘Mishti essential for Bengalis’: After appeal to Mamata, sweet shops to run for 4 hrs daily

The Mamata Banerjee govt said sweet shops will be allowed to operate only for take away from 12 noon to 4 pm everyday.

Give migrant workers Rs 5,000, offer counselling, RSS-affiliated trade union tells Modi govt

BMS hints that ‘vested interests’ are behind mass exodus of migrant workers, thousands of whom are walking back to their homes amid the Covid-19 lockdown.

China’s Covid-19 ‘Long March’ & migrant workers say ‘abide with me’ while beating retreat

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

Govt health experts recommend lockdown extension as migrant exodus ‘undermines’ containment

21-day lockdown will help, but top health experts working closely with PM Modi’s Covid-19 team recommend it should be extended due to exodus.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.