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TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

In Covid-19 lockdown, many of Delhi’s poor and homeless are being forced to starve

A number of the homeless and daily wagers have flocked to Delhi's night shelters but they say supplies have been erratic there too.

NEET postponed amid Covid-19 lockdown, new exam date could be end-May or June

The exam has been postponed till the last week of May or first week of June and the date to issue admit cards will be announced after April 15.

Food after lathicharge in Covid-19 lockdown, and the Mahabharat war against coronavirus

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

‘Too much uncertainty’ — Anxious NEET aspirants want exam postponed amid Covid-19 lockdown

While the NTA has delayed the release of NEET admit cards, it has given no indication of whether the exams will be postponed. 

Real social distancing: Special planes for India’s rich, police lathis for working-class poor

Thousands of working-class poor are on the move due to the coronavirus lockdown imposed by Modi with only four hours' notice, only to face a brutal police crackdown.

These are the schemes that will be covered under Modi govt’s Rs 1.7 lakh crore package

As Modi govt looks to provide relief to 80 crore poor, migrant workers and other Indians, here is a list of the schemes whose beneficiaries will get covered.

RBI’s mega financial package will work only if Modi govt plans for life after lockdown

Govt will need to get both production & consumption back on track quickly after the lockdown is lifted and also have adequate health safety norms in place.

DGCA extends pilots’ licences nearing expiry by 90 days in view of coronavirus

DGCA has also extended the validity of medical assessment certificates, aircraft rating certificates, skill test certificates due to the lockdown.

Not enough grains to manufacture atta, maida, sooji as lockdown hits supply chain

Stakeholders say lack of labour and disruption in supply chain have led to shortage of raw materials to manufacture essential commodities like atta, besan and other products.

Back from Singapore, Kerala IAS officer & wife jump home quarantine

Kollam District Collector Abdul Nasar says Sub-Collector Anupam Mishra, who had been asked to be home quarantined, left for Bengaluru without informing anyone.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.