People facing shortage do not maintain social distancing while filling water in the open By Aarthi N Chennai|| April 14, 2020 Residents of Chennai who depend on roadside hand pumps and water tankers do not maintain social distancing. Standing close to each other exposes them to the risk of being infected by coronavirus. Aisha, a […]
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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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Adilin Beatrice C ‘‘You need to breathe,” I told myself a thousand times before taking a deep breath that assured me I was not dead. I knew coronavirus didn’t spread through the air. Still, the thought of getting exposed to the outer world for the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak was horrific. My mind […]
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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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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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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 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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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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A survey of 20,000 people in 10 Indian cities conducted by Lybrate online center shows that 52 percent of the people in India indulge in self-medication. By Ishika Dangayach Jaipur|| April 14, 2020 Have you been to a pharmacy to purchase non-prescription antibiotics? The reaction will most definitely be a “sure” from most people in our […]
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Social media users have come up with ways to keep themselves entertained during the lockdown period by engaging in as well as creating challenges at home. Kurian Joe After various countries were locked down due to the ongoing pandemic, there has been a surge of new trends and challenges on social media platforms like Instagram, Snapchat and Tiktok to […]
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