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CORONAVIRUS INDIA LOCKDOWN
The great Indian lockdown survey: The good, bad and the uglyThe virus has brought the Indian economy to new low after new low over the past six weeks.
India coronavirus count, April 27: Cases near 28,000, toll jumps to 872Till 5 pm yesterday, Maharashtra had 7,628 cases in total — a tally as high as the combined numbers of Gujarat, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh, t...
Shops selling educational books, electric fans, prepaid phone recharge allowed during lockdownThe orders were issued by the Home Ministry on Tuesday night after receiving some queries with regard to exemptions of specific services an...
What happens when bread is scarce and grain exporters speak upIn the throes of a once-in-a-century pandemic, the headlines in many wealthier nations scream of empty supermarket shelves, of panic buying...
India Covid situation, April 20: Cases cross 17,000 mark, 543 deadThe new count comes amid preparations for a graded lifting of the lockdown that was put in place on Mar 25 and later extended till May 3. A...
Stranded labourers to be allowed to move within state during lockdown with conditionsThe govt order made it clear that there will be no inter-state movement of workers.
India's Covid death toll touches 308, confirmed cases at 9,152 nowMaharashtra has by far the highest confirmed cases at 1,985, followed by Delhi (1,154) and Tamil Nadu 1,075, official records showed. The n...
Lockdown may have to be extended: PM Narendra Modi to oppositionIt comes amid raging speculation of a likely 2-week extension of the lockdown being on the cards.
India's Covid-19 death toll about to touch 200, total case count at 6,41215 states and Union Territories account for more than 95 pe cent of India's total coronavirus cases. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, where case...
Coronavirus India: Total case count crosses 5,000, death toll 149The rise in numbers comes amid reports that the Centre could be looking at extending the lockdown beyond April 14 based on suggestions from...
India may go for 'staggered' exit post 21-day Covid lockdown, PM Modi asks states to come up with a planStates were asked to "work on war footing, identify virus hotspots and encircle them".
View: For India, winning the war against Covid will just be a temporary reprieveIt is now clear that the state’s lack of administrative capacity is complemented by its lack of imaginative ability. The lockdown was bound...
View: India's gains from the drastic lockdown will outstrip its costsOn balance, and despite many local cockups, India has responded spectacularly to an endeavour that has involved both personal sacrifice and...
An unwanted shipment: The Indian experience of the 1918 Spanish fluWhile some realities have only marginally changed over the last century, the nature of the administration has drastically transformed from ...
Arvind Kejriwal announces Rs 1 crore for kin of healthcare staff who die dealing with Covid casesEarlier, the chief minister said 1,548 people have been evacuated from Nizamudddin markaz, of which 441 were hospitalised after they showed...
Labour Ministry allows EPF withdrawal amid lockdownThe decision is taken in view of lockdown across the country to fight COVID-19. The COVID-19 has been declared pandemic and therefore emplo...
View: Modi's unprecedented gamble could change India irrevocablyThe govt was too slow to roll out testing, and the self-quarantine system for travelers had giant holes in it.
Shops selling essentials, medicines will remain open throughout 21-day lockdown: GovtHe said there were sufficient legal provisions available to deal with black marketeers and hoarders. He was referring to the lockdown annou...
Lockdown’s success in China offers hope for world’s virus fightNew cases of the virus transmitting within the country dropped to zero about eight weeks after the government’s massive quarantine of some ...
Pharma companies in panic mode as lockdown hits supply chainThe ban on public transportation is making it difficult for labourers to reach manufacturing plants. All the ancillary goods required for m...