India struggles to work and learn online

Ankita Mukherjee Kolkata: The lockdown caused by the threat of Covid19 caught everybody unawares. Schools and colleges were suddenly forced to switch to online classes and employees compelled to work from home. But India wasn’t ready for this drastic changeover. “On Thursday we faced a twelve-hour power cut which affected my work,” says Akhil Jain, […]

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COVID-19: FROZEN FOOD SHELVES EMPTY AS PEOPLE PANIC BUY

Most of the grocery shops in Coonoor are running out of frozen foods as people are panic buying. The delays in transportation are making it difficult for shopkeepers to keep up to the demand. Most of the grocery shops in Coonoor are running out of frozen foods as people are panic buying meat products and […]

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Khandsa Road vegetable vendors defy all rules of the lockdown

Vendors in Khandsa Road vegetable market, Gurgaon, continue to challenge social distancing, despite the country-wide lockdown that has been imposed by the Home Ministry. Hundreds of vegetable vendors at the Khandsa Road vegetable market defy the lockdown by not following social distancing while buying vegetables early in the morning. Sunil Sharma, a vegetable vendor, said, […]

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The elderly bear the brunt of lockdown

Managing essential services like visiting the bank, post offices and market for livelihood has become difficult for the elderly population of Leninnagar. The nationwide lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic has left Indians in distress. Managing essential services like visiting the bank, post offices and market has become difficult for the elderly population of Leninnagar in […]

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The lockdown phase—a toothache for dentists

The nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus has hit people of all professions and dentistry is no different. Private dental practitioners are facing financial crisis with no primary income.      By Manasvi Gupta Chandigarh || April 14, 2020 The Indian Dental Association had issued preventive guidelines before the lockdown for dental professionals on […]

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Informal workers hoping for the lockdown to end early

Lack of wages, drained savings put the informal sector at risk. By Arghyadeep Dutta Kolkata, April 14, 2020 As India fights against the deadly coronavirus, the informal workers, with no wages in hand and half drained savings accounts, are hoping for the lockdown to end soon. “As the lockdown started on March 24, we did not […]

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Digital Education: a far fledged dream for rural India during COVID-19

With schools shut due to the pandemic of coronavirus, learning has just become a dream for the students of rural India. By Yumna Ahmed Bengaluru Online classes are being held all over the world through different digital platforms due to the coronavirus lockdown while the students of rural India go without studies since digital education to […]

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