-TheWire.in Most sugarcane farmers usually sell a part of their produce at local jaggery producing units, but these remain closed at the moment. Meerut: Ankur Kumar is a small farmer with a four-acre farm in Muzaffarnagar’s Vahelna. Like every year, he has sown sugarcane on his field and like every year, he is struggling to get his Dues from the sugar mill. “I have deposited 500 quintals so far this season and have...
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India lost more jobs Due to coronavirus lockdown than US did during Depression -Yogendra Yadav
-ThePrint.in New CMIE data shows mind-boggling rise in unemployment since India imposed a nationwide lockdown Due to the coronavirus pandemic. Modi government must step in. While we wait to get a clearer picture of the health coronavirus curve in India, we already have the first estimate of the job-destruction caused by the nation-wide lockdown. The numbers are staggering, worse than anything the world has ever known. More jobs were lost in India...
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-PTI/ NDTV The International Labour Organization (ILO) in its report titled 'ILO Monitor 2nd edition: COVID-19 and the world of work', describes coronavirus pandemic as "the worst global crisis since World War II". United Nations: About 400 million people working in the informal economy in India are at risk of falling deeper into poverty Due to the coronavirus crisis which is having "catastrophic consequences", and is expected to wipe out 195 million...
More »Farmers are among the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic -Akila Kannadasan and Chitradeepa Anantharam
-The Hindu Amid stories of farmers struggling to sell their produce Due to the lockdown, there is also a ray of hope in those who sell locally, creating more self-sufficient communities Vegetables are the new gold. Whoever thought one would dream of roasted potato and carrot raita? These are strange times. After we venture out to buy them, mask and gloves on, we (hopefully) return triumphant, our bags bulging with carrots, beans,...
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...
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