Topic: corona lockdown

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the coronavirus pandemic is likely to bring Asia's economic growth to a standstill for the first time in 60 years.

Forum for IT Employees (FITE), a Chennai based organization has raised serious concerns to the immediate attention on the central and state governments for allowing the IT industry to function with 50% of the workforce during the corona outbreak lockdown which is extended till May 3rd across the country.

The Indian American Muslim Council, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, on Sunday joined hands with Hindus For Human Rights, an organization dedicated to advocating for an inclusive and egalitarian Hinduism in condemning the escalation of Islamophobia in India following the spread of COVID-19 across different parts of the country.

On 7 April 2020, students of the Pondicherry Central University took to twitter the issue of online classes and assignments, which created a divide amongst the students. They trended the hashtags #StopDigitalDivide and #SuspendOnlineClasses which were retweeted by hundreds of twitter handles include students, faculties and activists.

Here I tell the tale of two kinds of lockdowns, seen through the eyes of Marianne and Bharti - both imaginary - but recounting real-world scenarios.

The Congress urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to be bold in declaring a financial package of at least five to six percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for ensuring economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic controlled lockdown.