COVID-19 lockdown

A dredger at work in the Ganga river. Photo: Mayukh Dey

CPCB Says No ‘Significant Improvement’ in Water Quality of Rivers During Lockdown

The Wire Staff 24/09/2020

A report released by the body found that the...

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Surviving Insecurity: Mental Health Through a Riot, a Pandemic and an Apathetic State

Meera Viswanathan and Varna Balakrishnan 30/06/2020

The loneliness of riot survivors in Mustafabad is not...

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How Kachchh’s Nomadic Pastoralists Are Dealing With COVID-19’s Challenges

Natasha Maru 28/06/2020

What has the lockdown meant for pastoralists like the...

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Airport Surveillance Is About to Reach a Whole New Level of Ridiculousness

Natasha Frost 19/06/2020

What’s most worrying is that, like many post-9/11 security...

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Can We Co-Opt the Fight Against COVID-19 With That of Tuberculosis?

Sayan Das, Ramila Bisht and Yasir Hamid 21/05/2020

The considerable overlap between TB and COVID-19 in terms...

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Coronavirus: Why Frequent Hand Washes Are Not Feasible for Millions of Indians

Kabir Agarwal 30/04/2020

Around 800 million people in the country face high...

Coronaviru: Lockdown in Ghaziabad

Lockdown Helped Minimise Virus Spread, But Much More Testing Needed: Govt

While asserting that the growth of coronavirus cases in...