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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

Teachers to stand in for police? Even ministers differ as big debate rages in Punjab

In two controversial orders issued and revoked since 21 May, Punjab govt teachers were deployed to check illegal liquor smuggling and illegal sand mining.

The eyes have it — worst. Work from home and increased screen time is ruining our vision

WFH has been bad news for necks and backs as well as our eyes. It now seems to be only a matter of time before most of our body parts give up and go on a strike.

How this Andhra village paid a very heavy price for ignoring the lockdown

Gollala Mamidada in East Godavari had at least one birthday party and wedding. It has now seen two Covid-19 deaths and has been linked to over 208 cases.

This is how govt plans to trim Class 10, 12 syllabus to ease lockdown blow for students

Modi govt is looking to reduce the syllabus for academic session 2020-21 because the Covid-19 lockdown has eaten into the school year.

Poultry revival begins but industry faces ‘doom’ with Rs 30,000-crore loss this year

Demand for poultry products has risen in June, but the hospitality, restaurant and catering sector — crucial to the industry — is yet to pick up pace.

With Rs 6,000-crore lockdown loss, ice-cream industry faces meltdown in peak summer season

A viral rumour linking ice cream to increased coronavirus risk hasn’t helped matters for the industry, which usually celebrates its best sales months from March to June.

55 journalists were targeted for reporting on Covid pandemic, says Delhi think tank report

The RRAG report listed states and cases that were registered against journalists for their stories on PPE shortage, food distribution and alleged corruption among others.

Tribute to Sushant Singh Rajput and PM Oli’s cartography lessons

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

Special effects & social distancing: How Ram Gopal Varma shot India’s first ‘Covid film’

In an interview with ThePrint, Ram Gopal Varma discusses his latest production Coronavirus, shot entirely during lockdown, and the big cinema shift underway. 

No industry can survive without workers: SC bats for negotiations on lockdown wage payment

The bench also directed that its order barring coercive action against employers who failed to pay wages during lockdown will continue to operate.

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.