Amid nationwide lockdown, Delhi’s expectant parents struggle to reach hospitals for delivery. Where there is a will, there is a way The pandemic has not locked down babies in their mother’s wombs, they are making their way out into a world of uncertainty. With the country under strict restrictions of movement and no public transport, […]

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As funds run low amid the global pandemic, NGOs find it hard to stay afloat, even to pay their staff The lockdown enforced to arrest the spread of COVID-19 pandemic has left many jobless, penniless, leading to immeasurable suffering. The Central government itself is now depending on donations via the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and […]

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Social distancing has made social drinking an impossibility but those desperate for their daily tipple are looking to smuggle liquor to quench their thirst. A possible solution is home delivery…    The lockdown in the country has made people experience completely new scenarios, things they perhaps never imagined. One of them is the complete closure of […]

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Indian blue-collar workers in the Middle East tend to live in close proximity in congested clusters, which is why the requirement of self-isolation creates a piquant situation   The Covid-19 pandemic has affected people of all social classes but more disproportionally the lower income groups, labourers and migrants. This is not just the case in India […]

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Though the plight of migrant workers was highly visible at the Delhi-UP border, hundreds of bonded labourers are languishing unseen in brick kilns and stone quarries “A number of bonded labourers were freed just three months back — some right before the lockdown. They were just getting back to some semblance of normalcy, working as […]

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The measures for containment of Coronavirus on a war footing have paved the way for the disappearance of privacy of the infected. Public interest is riding roughshod over private interest    Three weeks ago on 22 March, I received messages revealing that Covid-19 had entered my district. The proof? Photos taken of posters pasted outside homes […]

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If all goes to plan, from Friday, 3 April, a robot will go into an isolation facility housing patients of Covid-19 to administer food and medication– a step towards providing care without putting medical staff at risk. This revolutionary move in medical care during this pandemic comes — not surprisingly — from Kerala Asimov Robotics, […]

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Amid the nation-wide lockdown, senior citizens living alone are finding it hard to manage their day-to-day activities When the Prime Minister announced a nation-wide lockdown on 22 March to keep Covid-19 from spreading, people were given only four hours time to stock up for the next 21 days. This left many senior citizens in a […]

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