21-day Lockdown

Making The Invisibles Visible, a 21-day campaign initiated by Save the Children and NDTV aims to bring focus to the lives of over 20 lakh children living in street situations

Some industries in rural areas, e-commerce, IT and farming will be allowed after April 20, the government said on Wednesday in new guidelines a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown till May 3 and said restrictions would be relaxed after a week in the least infected parts of India. The government says i...

The schools were closed by mid March, ahead of the nationwide lockdown announcement due to the spread of coronavirus. The 21-day lockdown, which was scheduled to end today, has now been extended till May 3.

The 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month has been by and large effective in containing coronavirus, especially in states that have been able to implement it properly.

The world's biggest lockdown that shut a majority of the factories and businesses, suspended flights, stopped trains and restricted movement of vehicles and people, may have cost the economy Rs 7-8 lakh crore during the 21-day period, analysts and industry bodies said.

The 21-day nationwide lockdown put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus has affected wedding plans of hundreds of people across the country. While some have gone ahead and gotten married following strict COVID-19 protocols, others have decided to postpone their big day so that they can celebrate the occasion with family and friends.

Clampdown may soon be removed from the crucial aviation sector, sources said, with the matter being discussed in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with the Chief Ministers yesterday. Passenger air traffic - domestic and international - was halted even before PM Modi announced the 21-day countrywide "curfew-like" lockdown on the evening of Marc...

In view of the ensuing festivals, the Centre on Friday asked the states and union territories to strictly adhere to the ongoing 21-day lockdown and not allow any social or religious gathering and procession.

Nearly 900 new novel coronavirus cases and 37 deaths have been reported over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said this evening. This is the largest ever single-day spike in the number of cases and deaths, the ministry added, and takes the total number of COVID-19 cases in India to 6,761 with 206 deaths linked to the virus. The surge in cases...

One of the most heart-breaking aspects of the 21-day "total lockdown", which began nationwide on March 25 to control the spread of the highly infectious novel coronavirus or COVID-19, has been the plight of millions of migrant labourers.

IndiGo will sanitise its aircraft more frequently and briefly stop in-flight meal service, the domestic carrier said today as the airline and the aviation sector prepare for the lifting of a 21-day "total lockdown"

India enters the seventeenth day of a 21-day ongoing nationwide lockdown meant to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus.

The Karnataka cabinet met in Bengaluru today to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways the state is tackling it. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said a decision would be taken on Friday as to whether the 21-day lockdown would be extended in the state or parts of it after it ends on April 14.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday the coronavirus pandemic "hangs over the future, like a spectre", and the lockdowns will impact the country's economic activity directly. The global macroeconomic outlook is overcast with the COVID-19 pandemic "with massive dislocations in global production, supply chains, trade and tourism", the cen...

The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing 21-day nationwide lockdown have proved to be a catalyst for all kinds of fake news and misinformation.

Making The Invisibles Visible, a 21-day campaign initiated by Save the Children and NDTV aims to bring focus to the lives of over 20 lakh children living in street situations

Some industries in rural areas, e-commerce, IT and farming will be allowed after April 20, the government said on Wednesday in new guidelines a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown till May 3 and said restrictions would be relaxed after a week in the least infected parts of India. The government says i...

The schools were closed by mid March, ahead of the nationwide lockdown announcement due to the spread of coronavirus. The 21-day lockdown, which was scheduled to end today, has now been extended till May 3.

The 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month has been by and large effective in containing coronavirus, especially in states that have been able to implement it properly.

The world's biggest lockdown that shut a majority of the factories and businesses, suspended flights, stopped trains and restricted movement of vehicles and people, may have cost the economy Rs 7-8 lakh crore during the 21-day period, analysts and industry bodies said.

The 21-day nationwide lockdown put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus has affected wedding plans of hundreds of people across the country. While some have gone ahead and gotten married following strict COVID-19 protocols, others have decided to postpone their big day so that they can celebrate the occasion with family and friends.

Clampdown may soon be removed from the crucial aviation sector, sources said, with the matter being discussed in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with the Chief Ministers yesterday. Passenger air traffic - domestic and international - was halted even before PM Modi announced the 21-day countrywide "curfew-like" lockdown on the evening of Marc...

In view of the ensuing festivals, the Centre on Friday asked the states and union territories to strictly adhere to the ongoing 21-day lockdown and not allow any social or religious gathering and procession.

Nearly 900 new novel coronavirus cases and 37 deaths have been reported over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said this evening. This is the largest ever single-day spike in the number of cases and deaths, the ministry added, and takes the total number of COVID-19 cases in India to 6,761 with 206 deaths linked to the virus. The surge in cases...

One of the most heart-breaking aspects of the 21-day "total lockdown", which began nationwide on March 25 to control the spread of the highly infectious novel coronavirus or COVID-19, has been the plight of millions of migrant labourers.

IndiGo will sanitise its aircraft more frequently and briefly stop in-flight meal service, the domestic carrier said today as the airline and the aviation sector prepare for the lifting of a 21-day "total lockdown"

India enters the seventeenth day of a 21-day ongoing nationwide lockdown meant to curb the rapid spread of coronavirus.

The Karnataka cabinet met in Bengaluru today to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways the state is tackling it. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said a decision would be taken on Friday as to whether the 21-day lockdown would be extended in the state or parts of it after it ends on April 14.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday the coronavirus pandemic "hangs over the future, like a spectre", and the lockdowns will impact the country's economic activity directly. The global macroeconomic outlook is overcast with the COVID-19 pandemic "with massive dislocations in global production, supply chains, trade and tourism", the cen...

The coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing 21-day nationwide lockdown have proved to be a catalyst for all kinds of fake news and misinformation.