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Monday, August 18, 2025
TopicNationwide lockdown

Topic: Nationwide lockdown

Kejriwal’s ‘odd-even’ behaviour, and Amit Shah’s ‘poll bugle’

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

ReaderView: To really bring India out of lockdown, govts need to build citizens’ confidence

YourTurn is our new weekly feature in which ThePrint's readers share their views or opinions in response to the question of the week.

Covid test positivity rates, rising deaths indicate that India isn’t seeing the full picture

In episode 490 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta delves into the Covid testing data of various states to see how the pandemic is playing out in these regions.

Modi, migrants and monsoon make rural India top consumer equity bet

Experts are being bullish partly because of Modi government’s economic package to help farmers and fishermen and the timely onset of critical rains.

In India’s Detroit Sriperumbudur, Hyundai is rolling out cars again, 12,583 units sold already

Chennai’s automotive corridor slowly finds its feet after nearly 2 months of lockdown. Hyundai and many other manufacturing units resumed operations on 8 May.

Whose hospitals are they anyway, asks CNN News 18 & Zee News attacks Mark Zuckerberg

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

How one Bengal village’s Covid fear has stalled ‘Rs 2,000-crore’ India-Bangladesh trade

Nearly 2,000 trucks carrying goods are stranded at the India-Bangladesh border as Bengal govt has kept Petrapole integrated check post shut despite central govt orders to resume trade.

Chennai’s fishing industry is buzzing again as lockdown-hit lean season comes to an end

Unlock 1.0 has come as a respite to Chennai fishermen who were struggling due to the lockdown that coincided with the annual ban on large-scale fishing during breeding season.

Covid slowing in Maharashtra and MP, shows infection rate analysis of govt data

An independent analysis by a Hyderabad-based developer shows the effective reproduction rate, or Rt, in five states and 2 UTs has fallen below 1.

Circus of ‘Unlock 1.0’, and ‘atmanirbharta’ is the new unemployment

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

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

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.

Pakistan signs $1.5 billion deal to sell lethal combat weapons to Sudan’s junta

The deal, believed to be paid for by a third nation, will give the Sudanese Armed Forces access to light attack aircraft, engines, armoured fighting vehicles & unmanned aerial vehicles.

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?