The shopkeepers are facing a lot of difficulties in their work due to the lockdown. NOIDA: The pandemic has largely affected the shopkeepers in Delhi and NCR in many ways. Most of the shopkeeper’s business has decreased by 50%, some shopkeepers have removed their workers as they don’t have money to give to them and […]
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Customers say it is easy to get things delivered sitting at home Pune: Home delivery apps like Dunzo and Swiggy Ginie see an increase in demand across India by 60 percent during the lockdown. Mr Aditya Reddy, a Dunzo partner from Pune says, “There is a lot of demand during the lockdown and we have […]
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Bank loans, money borrowing are the major struggles faced by auto drivers Bangalore: Venkatesh is an auto driver who has recently lost his auto. The bank he took a loan from has seized his auto, “I don’t have money to pay the loan so my auto got taken away by bank,” he said. He is […]
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Studies have suggested that the Human Development Index (HDI) of which education dimension comprises of a third will see a striking decline. BENGALURU: The overnight announcement of a country-wide lockdown altered the purview of education of many who were going to school. By January 2021, schools have been shut for around 300 days now. While […]
Continue ReadingCancer patients were afraid to visit a hospital because of the fear of COVID-19 which led them into an advanced cancer stage Nearly 20% of the newly diagnosed patients are coming up late for the follow ups after entering the advanced stage of cancer which sometimes becomes hard to cure and sometimes even incurable. Recently […]
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Salons and beauty parlours struggle to survive in Coronavirus. After the government announced a lockdown due to the pandemic, barbers were also affected by the immediate chaos. Since people had to maintain strict social distance, barbers had no option as their nature of job was to be in close proximity to the people. “People were […]
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Right when everyone thought India’s battle with covid-19 was a success story, the second wave struck the country turned it into a cautionary tale and left the future of garment works in the dark. Bengaluru: With wages she earned as a garment worker at one of the manufacturing units, in Bangalore, Rajama said she normally […]
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Bengaluru – The 22-year-old Rajan Kumar from Bihar came to Bengaluru for his livelihood. Bengaluru is estimated to have more than 3 lakh migrant workers like Rajan, with 70% of them from the north and north-east India. The last census and migration data, stated that over half of Bengaluru’s population consists of migrant workers. The […]
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Those with other sources of income not very badly hit. New Delhi: Cricket umpires across India are struggling to make ends meet as matches and tournaments are suspended due to lockdowns imposed due to Covid-19. “All tournaments have been suspended and I have been sitting at home for the past two months. April, May and […]
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In Karnataka, there is little clarity on what essentials are. New Delhi: Restricted logistics because of Covid lockdowns has badly affected the business of e-commerce platforms and vendors. Ritik Varma, assistant marketing manager, e-commerce operations, at the Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, informed, “We aren’t getting goods from vendors on time. We have large operations in […]
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