Tag: Covid lockdown

I’ve had enough of connectivity being arbitrarily taken away and with it, access to a whole host of other things. Enough of that to last a lifetime. So last week, I left Kashmir as soon as phones went down with the death of veteran separatist leader Syed Ali Shah ...

Legendary Sachin Tendulkar and World T20 winner Irfan Pathan hailed the 19 Rashtriya Rifles of the Indian Army’s Northern Command for successfully organising a Women’s Cricket League in Dooru Town of Anantnag district.NGO Aseem Foundation partnered with the Indian Army which was held with an aim to promote women’s ...

At least three U.S. Senators tested positive for COVID-19, a day after President Donald Trump was admitted to a military hospital after contracting the virus. Amidst conflicting reports of his health, President Trump said in a video from his hospital room that he felt “much better” and hoped to ...

There was not a single meeting of any parliamentary committee in the four months following the national lockdown imposed on March 24, 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the 24 departmentally-related standing committees, not one met virtually either during the lockdown. Departmentally-related standing committees are committees ...

‘Our Families Have Rejected Us And We Have Nowhere To Go’For the transgender community, the 5 August lockdown coincided with the marriage season. The community has been without work since the past one year, and the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown has added to their economic burden.For their livelihood, the community ...

As India’s surging coronavirus caseload becomes an increasing worry for the globe, another health disaster is silently unfolding. The world’s strictest lockdown crippled both routine and critical health services. More than a million children have missed crucial immunizations and hospital births have shown a sharp decline, indicating many women ...

The wearing of face masks is causing a cacophony of human argument around the world. Here, a selection of voices from the global debate.“To the best of my knowledge, the face mask has spread faster and wider than any other item in the history of dress.” — Valerie Steele, ...