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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

How Maharashtra and southern states are celebrating Gudi Padwa, Ugadi in lockdown

Celebrations in urban Maharashtra were elaborate but low-key in rural areas, while in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, the mood was sombre.

21-day coronavirus lockdown: Should Indians be punished for violations or persuaded more?

Telangana CM KC Rao has said that if people do not follow government orders, then he will seek 'army deployment' and 'shoot-at-sight order will be issued'.

Video gamers have the last laugh as e-sports industry booms during Covid-19 lockdown

Social distancing enforced by coronavirus will increase the market value of the e-sports industry which is already estimated to touch $2 billion by the end of 2021.

This is how Modi govt plans to help MGNREGA workers during Covid-19 lockdown

States and UTs told to focus on individual asset creation under MGNREGA that requires 4-5 workers and allows for social distancing. DBT payments to be expedited.

Spreading fake news, rumours on Covid-19 can land you in jail for a year

In its lockdown order, National Disaster Management Authority has referred to Section 54 of Disaster Management Act 2005, which proposes jail time for those causing ‘false alarms’.

21-day lockdown: ABP says ‘aap ghar, corona beghar’ & Navika wonders if we will abide by it

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

India’s perfectly-timed lockdown & wartime efforts to find Covid-19 cure

In episode 426 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta elaborates on India's lockdown and the ongoing research to develop a treatment plan from existing drugs.

For Modi, the 21-day shutdown is an unprecedented gamble

Modi may have felt he was left no choice & his instincts are always to go as big as possible. Shutting down 1.3 billion people for 21 days is as big as it gets.

Home Ministry issues 21-day lockdown guidelines, essential services to remain functional

The govt has also invoked Sections 51 to 60 of Disaster Management of Act which mandates up to 2 years of imprisonment if the guidelines are violated.

On Camera

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.