As the country battles against COVID-19, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Bhopal struggle to meet their fixed costs. Rhythima Agrawal The lockdown in the country has paralyzed the operations of the medium and small scale industries. This has made it difficult for the manufacturers because they have to meet their fixed costs such […]
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As the country continues its battle against the pandemic, auto-drivers in the city are left in a hand to mouth situation By Rhythima Agrawal Bengaluru: It is eight in the morning and Hemesh Peter, an auto driver waits with a cell phone clasped tightly in his hands with a bleak hope that a customer might […]
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The mobile cash-vans initiative, that was launched to help Gurugram residents with mobile ATMs, proves ineffective as the residents are unaware about it. Rhythima Agrawal | April 13, 2020 It is 10 am and the doorbell rings. Mrs. Rama Bhargava opens the door and finds the ‘phoolwala’ standing outside. He has come for his payment, […]
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Women in villages of Sirwar taluk do not have access to basic menstrual hygiene. On the way to Murkigudda, there was a mud house with thatched roofs and bare concrete walls. In the hot afternoon, Jinamma was washing clothes while her daughter was playing nearby. As I reached there, she turned around and asked me […]
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