-ThePrint.in Our research in Noida for the past two years shows many poor migrant workers do not think of city of work as their home. They are treated as outsiders and live in cramped spaces. Thousands of migrant workers began walking home from Delhi and adjoining areas of the NCR within just a few days of the 21-day Coronavirus lockdown, alarming the central and state governments. They ignored calls to stay put...
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Hope in Kerala model
-The Pioneer It was because of organised testing that Kerala, a State with one of the best healthcare infrastructure, could effectively treat the patients infected with Coronavirus In Kerala, god’s own lush green country, it is as real as it can be. Some students belonging to this State, studying in Hyderabad, were stranded at the Karnataka-Kerala border last week. They wanted to come back to their State but were stuck and in...
More »India lockdown: There’s enough food, but India is struggling to get it to people
-The Indian Express As far as the availability of food is concerned, the country has more than adequate stock. Also, thanks to a surplus monsoon, a bumper rabi crop is on its way. With markets shut, farm labourers absent from fields, and transportation services at a halt, is India likely to face a food crisis because of the Coronavirus-induced lockdown? Possible, if steps are not taken in some key areas. As far as the...
More »India’s anti-COVID strategy is premised on a mistaken idea and a pretence -Sanjay Srivastava
-The Indian Express Epidemics are social dramas whose plots are made from the bricks and mortar of local material. An understanding of this will tell us who lives, who dies and what kind of society emerges. The odd thing about an epidemic is that though it might be global in nature, it is impossible to understand its impact without paying close attention to the local conditions within which it circulates. Calls for...
More »Recession To Hit Developing Nations, May Spare China, India: UN Report
-United Nations/ PTI/ NDTV With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries facing unprecedented economic damage from the COVID-19 crisis, the UN is calling for a USD 2.5 trillion rescue package for these nations. United Nations: The world economy will go into recession this year with a predicted loss of trillions of dollars of global income due to the Coronavirus pandemic, spelling serious trouble for developing countries with the...
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