-Scroll.in While younger daily-wage earners were able to make the journey, the more elderly are stranded far from home with no work. On Tuesday evening, Dashrath Yadav sat at a bus stop in Ahmedabad, listening keenly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation. The 32-year-old daily-wage earner gathered that there was to be 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, the strain of coronavirus that has claimed 10...
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Explained: Why Africa still has lesser cases of coronavirus -Kajol Rustagi
-The Indian Express What we know so far is that the coronavirus severely affects the elderly but Africa has a younger population than Europe. This is reassuring for the continent despite its high mortality rates. As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread around the world, the African continent seems to be less-affected at the moment compared to other parts of the world. The coronavirus outbreak, which appeared in China in late December, had...
More »Virus, on balance -Anand Krishnan
-The Indian Express Dealing with COVID-19 requires a clear public health focus while addressing fears at the individual level. My friend, whose daughter is in the US, rang me up for advice. A coronavirus case has been reported from her city. Should he get his daughter to India? Is air travel safe? Everyone is worried about the way the COVID-19 outbreak will play out. In today’s networked world, heightened sensitivities make it...
More »No pension for 5 months, Delhi's elderly construction workers stare at hunger, debts -Bharat Dogra
-TheWire.in Caught in a quagmire of legislations, most construction workers of a particular colony have had no money to deal with illnesses and daily needs. New Delhi: Mariam spent her younger days toiling as a construction worker. When she could no longer work as an elderly person, she got the benefit of a special pension meant for construction workers. This pension of Rs 3,900 per month became the main source of her subsistence...
More »'Will they take me away?' -Tora Agarwala
-The Indian Express As the narrative moves on to CAA and a possible nation-wide NRC, the Assam list hangs in a limbo. So does the fate of children out of it. The Centre has assured the Supreme Court, Parliament that such children, whose parents are on the list, won’t be taken to detention centres. But that hasn’t lessened their dread, of being sent away to “a place called Bangladesh”. Bongaigaon, Morigaon (Assam):...
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