In the aftermath of the coronavirus-forced lockdown, distribution networks are choked and states are clueless on how to move the food to where it is required
Despite the early COVID-19 scare, the traditionally staggered paddy cultivation pattern went uninterrupted after workforce attrition was tackled by bringing labour from other districts
Even as food scarcity haunted every migrant worker who was rendered jobless by the COVID-19 inflicted shutdown, the Tablighi Jamaat event was a clear case of ‘intelligence failure’ if not an administrative one
Several methods are being employed to segregate migrant workers from village folks but can India’s rickety rural healthcare system cope with a global pandemic?
India has one of the lowest COVID-19 testing rates in the world. Experts reckon testing will have to be ramped up to know the success of lockdown. Will locally made kits help?
Experts warn that reverse migration will have a debilitating effect on the rural sector and the Bihar government has no plan to accommodate workers returning from big cities
The G20 Summit, held for the first time over video conferencing, admitted the globe faced the biggest challenge it has since World War-II over 70 years ago
Franz Gastler and his wife Rose run Yuwa, a school in Ormanjhi that uses football to empower marginalised women against illiteracy, child marriage and poverty
We see them as pits of despair, but, as this book shows, government schools and their unjustly derided teachers give both shelter and alphabet to millions
Even by conservative estimates, Bollywood stands to lose a minimum of Rs 500 crore in the first few weeks of the lockdown and it is just the beginning of a dark spell, something unprecedented in the industry
In this exclusive piece for Outlook, Sachin Tendulkar says the lockdown period is a test of acceptability and adjustment. The cricket legend and his family are finding happiness in the simple exercise of just staying at home
