Reportage
“Our corona tests came negative. Despite that, the villagers were hostile towards us”
With the arrival of migrant labourers, coronavirus is now spreading in villages. While earlier healthcare workers were attacked, now corona-positive patients are facing a boycott
Kushal Mishra
Auraiya road accident: The real tragedy unfolded after the incident. Read the full story
Twelve labourers from Jharkhand died in the freak road accident. Some bodies were dispatched from Auraiya to Jharkhand in a van. Those injured in the accident were made to sit in the same van
Neetu Singh
A girl, 5, living in Latehar in Jharkhand, died. The family didn’t have ration or a ration card
For the past two months, the mother of the child had been asking for ration from the neighbours to feed her family as the father was away stuck at a brick kiln due to the lockdown
Anand Dutta
Labourers from Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha are still trapped in Karnataka
The labourers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were sent back home. These labourers from Jharkhand are wondering what is taking the authorities so long when they have completed all the formalities
Kushal Mishra
Coronavirus is now gradually spreading in rural India. Villages are the new hotspots
On May 19, 50 people tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh’s Basti district. All of them are migrant labourers who had returned from Mumbai a few days back
Daya Sagar
Lalitpur diaries: Migrant labourers, scorching heat, a dead cow and a long wait for buses
A cow shelter has been converted into a shelter home for these migrants. The government is plying buses from here. However, the problems of labourers don’t seem to be ending
Arvind Shukla
Education on hold: Amid the COVID lockdown, children in rural India will suffer the most
While teachers and students in urban areas have resorted to distance learning, children in rural areas have missed out on education as they don’t have the luxury of attending online classes
Shivani Gupta
Super Cyclone Amphan weakens to an extremely severe cyclonic storm. But, still remains strongest cyclone ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal
Cyclone Amphan intensified from a category-1 cyclone to category-5 within 18 hours. Meteorologists attribute this to record high sea-surface temperatures and ocean heat content. As oceans heat up, intense cyclone formations are expected
Nidhi Jamwal
During the lockdown, more than 10 people have died every day due to non-COVID reasons
As many as 516 migrant labourers have lost their lives; most met with accidents while walking on the highways. Starvation, financial stress, suicides, and police atrocities are some of the other reasons
Mithilesh Dhar Dubey
Monsoons: Compounding the COVID crisis
People who live in flood-prone parts of eastern India could soon face the threat of COVID-19, alongside flood-induced displacement. How would these people cope if COVID-19 were to spread at flood shelters? How will they practice physical distancing? Where will they wash their hands other than in flood water contaminated with human waste?