Topic: corona lockdown

The university should stop pretending that things are normal, no they are not and we cannot make them normal by refusing to acknowledge human needs.

Getting some cash into the hands of the population is the best way to kickstart the economy, says Banerjee in a conversation with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

Internet Freedom Foundation, an Indian non-governmental organization that conducts advocacy on digital rights and liberties, sent a joint representation to the Prime Minister's Office that is endorsed by 45 organizations and more than 100 individuals against the mandatory use of the Aarogya Setu App dated May 1, 2020.

Millions of people were allowed to return to work in Italy on Monday as the country's longest lockdown started to ease.

The Congress on Monday termed historic party president Sonia Gandhi's decision asking all state committees of the party (PCCs) to bear the cost of the train fare of migrant workers returning home, and said its state units will work out the modalities of paying the Railways after coordinating with chief secretaries.

With people staying inside their homes, this lockdown seems to have been a boon to the infamously polluted air of Delhi. A standstill of commercial flights, passenger trains, vehicles and most of the industries have given way to a fall in the concentration of pollutants, cleaner air and clearer skies