LOCKDOWN

Lockdown in Maharashtra: Hotels to reopen, trains within state to resume

Hotels, food courts, restaurants and bars can operate from October 5 with capacity not exceeding 50 percent or as prescribed by local autho...

Australia shares slip on fears of lockdowns in Europe

"The virus numbers are pointing to a second wave globally. This may lead to more severe shutdowns and lower economic activity," said Brad S...

Merely parroting lockdown language

For unpolished pollies, it’s not about beaking bad but getting a rise out of us.

Ireland is first EU country to re-enter lockdown

Ireland will be the first EU country to return to coronavirus lockdown, prime minister Micheal Martin said on Monday, issuing a nationwide ...

Australia eases lockdown in its coronavirus epicenter Victoria

The state at the epicenter of Australia’s Covid-19 outbreak announced an easing of restrictions on Sunday, but left many businesses shutter...

Imposing coronavirus lockdown unconstitutional: Donald Trump

Defending holding public events during the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19 early this mon...

Wage relief for those who lost jobs in lockdown

The move is seen as an outreach to those displaced by the lockdown and blunt the criticism that the government did not take care of migrant...

Lockdown not an attack on coronavirus, but on poor: Rahul Gandhi

"The lockdown was an attack on labourers, farmers and small shopkeepers. It was an attack on our unorganised sector. We have to understand ...

Covid-19: India reports 54,044 new cases in 24 hours; tally crossed 76 lakh mark

With 54,044 new COVID-19 cases, the infection has now affected 76,51,108 people in India on October 21. As many as 717 deaths were reported...

Decentralised Covid management: Odisha shows way with Ganjam turnaround

A second wave hit Ganjam when migrants ended their quarantine period to join families, thereby bringing in milder viral loads to villages. ...

View: How jobs were impacted due to lockdown

While salaried jobs have taken the biggest hit during the lockdown, it is not that this form of employment is more vulnerable compared to o...

Lockdown, visa expiry hold up return of Sindhi men from Pakistan

Their families originally hail from Pakistan but they are now settled in different Indian cities though they are yet to be granted citizens...

Virtual hearings: Govt procuring 1500 additional video conferencing licences for courts

From the day the nationwide lockdown was imposed to check the spread of coronavirus till the end of September, high courts and district cou...

Covid-19: India reports 55,722 new cases in 24 hours; tally crosses 75-lakh mark

India crossed 75 lakhs mark with 55,722 new COVID-19 cases and 579 deaths in last 24 hours on October 19. The total number of cases now sta...

Sharad Pawar targets Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari over his letter to CM

Koshyari recently wrote to Thackeray on reopening places of worship in the state and asked if the Shiv Sena president had "suddenly turned ...

Rajya Sabha: Opposition slams government on lockdown, Covid deaths

Sharma asked the government to share the latest figures of those infected by the virus and the number of casualties. He further said the ra...

View: Amid fear giving way to carelessness, a look at what India's public Covid policy should (and shouldn't) be

"Ram bharose can be a personal philosophy. Alas, it cannot become public policy. Yet, the reality is that a helpless world is hoping that s...