-NDTV/ Inputs from ANI With all public transport stopped, many left without food, shelter and income had been forced to undertake journeys for hundreds of kilometres on foot New Delhi: Amid the chaos, fear and uncertainty spreading across the country because of the COVID-19 outbreak, a distressing narrative emerged from Delhi on Saturday, when thousands of migrant workers, left without jobs, shelter or money after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 21-day nationwide lockdown,...

-TheWire.in A Centre for Policy Research ground report points to a mass hunger crisis among migrant workers in Delhi post-COVID-19 lockdown. It highlights the current disconnect between the government’s well-meaning responses to the crisis of hunger and health among the most vulnerable populations. The much-awaited relief package for the poor announced by the Union finance minister on March 26 in the wake of the COVID-19 related lockdown in the country has entirely...

-The Hindu The effectiveness of our response will be judged by what we do to protect the weakest sections of our society The human dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic reach far beyond the critical health response. All aspects of our future will be affected — economic, social and developmental. Our response must be urgent, coordinated and on a global scale, and should immediately deliver help to those most in need. From workplaces, to...