-TheWire.in In the 19th century, fierce oppoSITion from Indians to epidemic control measures forced British officials to reach out to community leaders for help. This could help India tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many terrains where public health and religion cross paths, but epidemics are certainly the most bumpy. Contemporary examples include the large gatherings of people at several religious SITes in India, including the Nizamuddin markaz and an Akkalkot temple,...
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As schools switch to online classes, students from weaker sections get cut off from learning -Abha Goradia
-The Indian Express Amid the lockdown, Vaishali, whose parents are construction workers, has been living out of a half-built construction SITe in Tilak Nagar. Mumbai: A couple of days ago, a teary-eyed Vaishali, a student of class VI at Maharashtra Aikyavardhak Mandal in Tilak Nagar, called her school teacher Sangita Patil. Amid the lockdown, Vaishali, whose parents are construction workers, has been living out of a half-built construction SITe in Tilak Nagar. “She...
More »Seema Kulkarni, Senior Fellow at Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management-SOPPECOM (Pune), interviewed by Renu Deshpande Dhole (Hindustan Times)
-Hindustan Times Seema Kulkarni of the Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management (Soppecom), Pune speaks about supporting 500 single and widowed women who do not have ration cards or bank accounts, access food supplies * What is the SITuation of agricultural village economy in Maharashtra after the lockdown? Maharashtra has been facing an agrarian crisis for some time now. Post-Covid-19 and the lockdown the SITuation has only worsened. Harvesting operations have come to...
More »Look Into Reports of Nurses Contracting COVID-19 Due To PPE Shortage: Kerala CM to Modi
-PTI/ TheWire.in Pinarayi Vijayan said 46 nurses from Kerala working in Mumbai have contracted the deadly virus and more than 150 nurses are under observation there. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into reports of nurses from the state getting infected with COVID-19 in Delhi and Maharashtra allegedly due to lack of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE). Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written a letter to Modi...
More »What Does the COVID-19 Lockdown Mean for Food Security? -Gurpreet Singh
-TheWire.in At a time when the Rabi crop is ready for harvest and the Kharif crop will be sown, quick and effective policy responses are required. Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, India has announced a nationwide 21-day lockdown, shutting down all businesses except essential services. The government has assured that the supply of food items and other necesSITies won’t be hindered during this period. While social distancing has been adopted as a measure...
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