Lockdown

Hadijah Neamat, a Malaysian mother, placed a shred of white fabric outside her window as an appeal for assistance during the coronavirus lockdown. The #benderaputih (white flag) movement has gathered traction on social media in an effort to urge people to help others in need amid Malaysia's ongoing lockdown. Fortunately, a neighbor came over immediately after 73-year-old Neamat, raised the flag to help her with food and other supplies.

With the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, the Assam government has declared a complete lockdown in 7 districts. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, the seven districts that will be put under lockdown are Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Biswanath, Lakhimpur, and Morigaon. The lockdown restrictions will come into effect from July 7 and will continue until further instructions are issued, as per the mandate.

A huge number of people in Dhaka have raced to ports in an attempt to leave the city before a nationwide lockdown takes effect. Effective from June 28, a strict nationwide lockdown will be imposed in Bangladesh to combat the surge of the delta variant. According to the rules of lockdown, no one will be allowed to leave their homes unless it is an absolute emergency.

A study found nearly 27.5 crore Indians have suffered eyesight damage due to increased screentime during the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The screentime potentially increased as education, work, entertainment moved online due to the pandemic. The average screentime of the people is 6 hours and 36 minutes in the country while Philippines topped the chart with around 11-hour screentime and China was at the lowest with 5 hours and 22 minutes… read-more

Akshay Kumar’s 'Bell Bottom' will be the first movie to hit theatres after lockdown 2.0. Sharing the release date Akshay wrote on his Instagram account, “Arriving on the big screens worldwide #BellBottomOn27July.” The movie also stars Lara Dutta, Vani Kapoor, and Huma Qureshi and is directed by Ranjit M Tewari. Earlier, filmmakers had also rejected the speculation that the movie will be released on OTT platform.