Reportage
A disease that needs more attention than coronavirus
While the world comes to a standstill because of coronavirus, there is an urgent need to focus on another highly infectious disease considered one of the top 10 killers in the world — tuberculosis. These two survivors of TB want you to know that the TB Community in India has been, for long, facing the same challenges that are being posed by COVID-19 now
Nandita Venkatesan
The Uttar Pradesh government announces relief for daily wage earners, but experts are divided
The state government’s move has been welcomed by trade unions. But they have questioned the number of labourers who have been included as the number of unregistered labourers spills into crores
Daya Sagar
Coronavirus Outbreak: How prepared are our ASHA workers?
In India, ASHA workers, the frontline health workers, are going door-to-door to spread awareness about Coronavirus. But how safe are they, considering they have not been provided with masks or sanitizers
Neetu Singh
How to deal with children during the Coronavirus lockdown?
They may have many questions. Probably, they are scared but are not able to put their fears into words. So, what should you tell your children about Coronavirus?
Swati Subhedar
“We are nowhere even close to what happened in Italy, but take social distancing seriously”
Kavya Sanghvi managed to get out of Italy in the nick of time. He is touched he is getting calls from the state, central government health authorities who are checking on him on a regular basis
Swati Subhedar
Communities most vulnerable to climate change have the lowest access to clean water
The government has committed to provide piped water to every household by 2024. But climate crisis threatens the viability of this promise. Poor and marginalized communities without access to clean water are expected to suffer the most as climate change puts more pressure on already stretched water services
Nidhi Jamwal
“I could have taken the first flight back to India, but I chose to stay back in Italy because …”
Aishwarya Rathore is a service designer based in Milan, Italy. At times she feels she is going insane as because of the lockdown she hasn’t interacted with a real human in forever
Swati Subhedar
“For two months, we were locked up in a building at Wuhan. The situation was very, very scary”
Gaurav Shukla, 34, from Uttar Pradesh, was working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Wuhan University in China. He flew back to India with 112 others and landed at an isolation camp
Ranvijay Singh
“The usual banter was missing at all the airports. There were 30 passengers on our Kochi flight”
When this couple residing in New Zealand decided to come back to India, Coronavirus had started spreading its tentacles. But they were positive as “India was taking preventive measures”
Swati Subhedar
It’s not right to create a sanitary landfill along the banks of the Yamuna river. This is why
Apart from being illegal, such a facility is an environmental disaster. The Yamuna river floodplain should not be made a sacrificial goat at the altar of short-sighted developmental needs