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COVID-19: ‘Contactless’ Payment Methods Still Unavailable

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Although the government is stressing on maintaining social distance, people who go out for buying groceries have to deal in cash.  By Shalu Chowrasia Howrah: At 7’oclock in the morning, when Shambhu leaves his house to buy groceries, he makes sure he is wearing a mask. He says he is worried that social distancing norms […]

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COVID19: Citizens Still Rely on Local Milkmen

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Braving the COVID-19 scare, people go out to buy milk from the local milkman instead of using packaged milk. They say they are afraid that they will contract the virus from packaged milk. By Shalu Chowrasia Shambhu walks two kilometres daily from his home to the local milkman’s to buy milk even during the lockdown. […]

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