Reportage
Varanasi’s good samaritan aids those scrambling for medical supplies, cremates unclaimed bodies too
Aman Yadav ferries sick people to hospital on his motorbike and performs the last rites of those who have died of COVID 19 and who have no one to perform their last rites.
Anand Kumar
International Nurses Day: 12 hours shift and only two nurses for 40 COVID patients
Sneh Singh, a staff nurse at a community health centre in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, shares what it means to be an indispensable, yet an unsung part of a patient’s journey to recovery.
Mohit Shukla
We asked for 67 lakh Covaxin doses, vaccine company said cannot provide: Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia
The Delhi government had asked for 13.4 million vaccine doses. Of these, it had asked for 6.7 million from Serum India’s Covishield and 6.7 million from Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.
Latter has refused to supply, said Sisodia.
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COVID19: EC, courts, govt couldn’t fathom disastrous consequences of allowing elections, says Allahabad HC
While granting an anticipatory bail to an accused who cited the risk to his life because of the possibility of contracting COVID19 following his arrest, the Allahabad High Court stated that the EC, the higher courts and the government could not fathom the consequences of allowing elections during the pandemic.
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With an emphasis on oxygen plants, medical aid for children, UP CM issues fresh directives to combat ‘third wave’ of COVID19
In a set of directives issued to the state officials, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also took note of the door-to-door screening exercise in the rural areas and stated that this ‘campaign of mass publicity should be conducted with full readiness’.
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Lockdown 2021: Which states have imposed complete lockdown, curfews and restrictions? Details here
At least 10 states and UTs in the country — Haryana, Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Bihar, Mizoram and Delhi — are under a complete COVID19 lockdown whereas Punjab and West Bengal are observing partial lockdown/curfews.
Shivani Gupta
High food prices worsen citizens’ worries amidst a raging COVID19 pandemic
At a time when the second wave of the COVID19 pandemic has been a constant source of anxiety in India, to make things worse, the citizens have been struck by the high prices of food commodities as well.
Mithilesh Dhar Dubey
COVID19 impact: 15 million salaried workers lose job permanently, women workers suffer worst
Between December 2019 and December 2020, around 230 million people across India dived below the minimum wage threshold, finds a recent report by the Azim Premji University. Several people in rural India have lost their jobs since the lockdown last March.
Pratyaksh Srivastava
Coronavirus creeps up the Uttarakhand hills; villages in Chamoli and Rudraprayag sealed
Residents of several villages in Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts of the state found COVID19 positive. Administration swings into action by sealing them. Villagers and experts blame Kumbh Mela, weddings and other festivities for the sudden spike in the cases.
Deepak Rawat
There’s more to India’s COVID19 death toll than meets the eye
In the past two weeks, several villages in the country have reported loss of life due to COVID-19 like symptoms. With no testing, district administrations dismiss these as ‘natural deaths’, even though villagers say otherwise. Experts claim India is underreporting COVID deaths.