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New life in the middle of the pandemic

New life in the middle of the pandemic

Amid nationwide lockdown, Delhi’s expectant parents struggle to reach hospitals for delivery. Where there is a will, there is a…

April 24, 2020

When charity gets locked down

As funds run low amid the global pandemic, NGOs find it hard to stay afloat, even to pay their staff…

April 24, 2020

Bootlegging on the rise

Social distancing has made social drinking an impossibility but those desperate for their daily tipple are looking to smuggle liquor…

April 30, 2020

Caught between the virus and the blue sea

Indian blue-collar workers in the Middle East tend to live in close proximity in congested clusters, which is why the…

April 16, 2020

They slave unseen, underpaid

Though the plight of migrant workers was highly visible at the Delhi-UP border, hundreds of bonded labourers are languishing unseen…

April 10, 2020

Surveillance for the greater good?

The measures for containment of Coronavirus on a war footing have paved the way for the disappearance of privacy of…

April 10, 2020

Robots can come to the rescue

If all goes to plan, from Friday, 3 April, a robot will go into an isolation facility housing patients of…

April 3, 2020

Elderly in a bind

Amid the nation-wide lockdown, senior citizens living alone are finding it hard to manage their day-to-day activities When the Prime…

April 3, 2020

Gasping for breath

Patriot takes a tally of the availability of ventilators in ICUs in the Capital as the threat of Covid-19 pandemic…

March 26, 2020