-Hindustan Times Mumbai: Fearing a lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, citizens have started to throng supermarkets and grocery stores to buy provisions, with many shops running out of stock on Sunday and Monday. Local groceries and supermarket chains said they had to refill stock MEAnt for an entire week on one day or source it over the next two days. Among the commodities that are most in demand are...
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Coronavirus: They cannot work from home. Or follow social distancing. Here is why -Aarefa Johari
-Scroll.in For those in the unorganised sector, staying off work could MEAn having no food on the table for several days. Raju Kamble has not heard the phrase “social distancing”, but he is aware of the government and media advisories urging people to work from home, avoid crowds and maintain a safe distance from others to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Ask him if he practices any of it, and...
More »Chickens come to roost -Jaideep Hardikar
-The Telegraph Poultry business dithering, seed supply may hit kharif season A week is a long period in the time of pandemics. Around Holi, India was besotted with other issues, including New Delhi’s insinuated communal riots and the Madhya Pradesh political crisis. Late last week, finally, Covid-19 drew full attention of the authorities as it rightfully deserves. While these are still early days in India and the number of Covid-19-infected people is a...
More »No meetings of SC, ST committees held in 25 States in 3 years -Damini Nath
-The Hindu The panels are MEAnt to monitor the implementation of SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act The State-level committees MEAnt to monitor the implementation of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 of 25 States and Union Territories had not met even once in three years — 2016, 2017 and 2018, according to information provided by the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry to Parliament on Tuesday. Please...
More »COVID-19: Anganwadis shut, Kerala govt home delivers mid-day MEAl supplies to kids -Neethu Joseph
-TheNewsMinute.com Raw materials of food, including oil, rice and rava, are being delivered to the students’ homes. In a gesture of goodwill, the Kerala government has started MEAsures to deliver ingredients for mid-day MEAls to over three lakh children studying in anganwadis, which have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is to ensure the undisrupted supply of MEAls to the students. Since Tuesday, schools, colleges, educational institutions and anganwadis have been...
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