India will be under total lockdown from September 25.

The Indian government has clarified that it will not reimpose lockdown from September 25, 2020.

The Indian government has clarified that it will not reimpose lockdown from September 25, 2020.The central government issued unlock guidelines that have entered the fourth stage in September, and businesses have mostly resumed in a graded manner. India's COVID-19 cases have recently crossed the 5 million mark, and rumors of fresh lockdown are being spread on social media.

A message has been circulating on social media that the central government is going to implement the lockdown again across the country starting from September 25, given the rising number of corona cases. But the government's fact check team tweeted that the purported order is fake and the NDMA has issued no such order.

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