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Coronavirus: Centre concerned over polarisation on religious lines -S Vijay Kumar

-The Hindu Ensure safety of health workers, it says Chennai: The Centre has expressed serious concern over the “polarising public opinion on religious lines” against the backdrop of a particular community being targeted as being responsible for the spread of COVID-19 in the country. In a note issued to all States on Tuesday, the Union Government said a sizeable number of non-Muslims was getting a perception that a particular community was not taking...

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India was Never Close to a 7-Day Doubling Growth Rate of COVID-19 Cases -Aravindhan Nagarajan

-Newsclick.in “If we compare Tablighi Jamaat congregation and if that had not taken place, our doubling rate is 4.1 days and had those cases not happened the doubling rate would be 7.4 days right now,” the MoHFW had claimed. On April 5, officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) of the Government of India made a claim: “If we compare Tablighi Jamaat (TBJ) congregation and if that had not...

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Punjab: Muslims Families Hide in Riverbed After Being Driven From Hoshiarpur Villages -Prabhjit Singh

-TheWire.in After three days, the families were brought some ration by the authorities. However, no case has been filed against those who beat and abused them. Hoshiarpur: Several children, women and men on Wednesday continued to hide themselves in the Swan riverbed, without for the food for three days now, on the Punjab side of the state’s marshy borders with Himachal Pradesh. They were allegedly abused, beaten and chased away from their...

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Explained: Sampling bias drove sensationalist reporting around Tablighi coronavirus cases -Shoaib Daniyal

-Scroll.in The large proportion of Tablighi positives is simply due to the large number of people who were tested from the event, even as overall testing remains low. Like the rest of the world, India is battling the coronavirus pandemic. However, here the public conversation over the past week has focussed inordinately on only one facet of the disease: its link with the Tablighi Jamat, a Muslim religious group. A Tablighi Jamat event,...

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Strengthened Class Segregation in India -Harish S. Wankhede

-TheWire.in Both the government and middle-class society have left the country's migrant workers to their own devices. As citizens bearing equal rights, migrant workers, Dalits, tribals, Muslims and sexual minorities are a substantial part of the modern nation-state. However, the actual story of India’s economic growth has showcased their persistent marginalisation and exclusion. These groups survive in isolation and have often been treated with disdain, mistrust or even as a threat to...

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