After being closed for nearly seven months, cinemas outside containment zones in various Indian states reopened on October 15. But things will never be the same again. India, where movies are a major social event and entertainment medium, now has to get…
read moreOn the sixth month anniversary of the largest national shutdown linked to Covid-19, the pandemic scenario ends; strange night curfews, Ukalo state approved distribution, color-coded India in red, yellow and green dots on nothing, the Covid-busting apps that were supposed to liberate…
read moreAbout 1.06 crore immigrants left their cities of work and returned to their home countries during the national lockdown, the government said Tuesday. This number includes those who have traveled on foot, said Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, V…
read moreIn what the Jharkhand government says is the first such step by a state, the Ministry of Rural Development has begun to capture the demand for labor under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), thanks to its Social Audit…
read moreThe testing data suggests that there is no strong link between test rates and death rates across countries. However, the analysis suggests that countries that have been able to test more have also been able to loosen the lockdown restrictions sooner or…
read moreIn the course of fighting against the COVID19 pandemic, our government imposed a stringent nationwide lockdown from March 24 midnight. Our high population density makes us more vulnerable to infection. As we know India’s population density is thrice that of China. In…
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