coronavirus pandemic in India
With people locked in there might be a new wave of attention to art, says Sujata Bajaj
June 18, 2020
Having lived and worked in Paris for over 30 years, Sujata Bajaj is one of the leading names in the list of Indian artists overseas. Though her base is Paris, Bajaj has been regularly visiting and working in the Middle East, notably Dubai, UK and the United States and of course I...
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Mixed fortune for Indian artists during Covid-19 pandemic
June 11, 2020
While the coronavirus pandemic has meant cancellation of all art exhibitions and brought sale of art to near zero, it has boosted traditional and digital art online and enhanced creativity.
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UN warns of sharp spike in child marriages in India
May 28, 2020
Hit hard by the economic misery wrought by the lockdown, poor families in India are turning to marry off teenage girls in order to reduce the cost of running the household. A spike in child marriages is one of the most devastating side-effects of the lockdown.
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Horrors of a Covid-19 hotspot
May 21, 2020
One of the biggest challenges since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic is faced by those living inside a hotspot or containment zone.
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Modi leaves India guessing about lockdown 4.0
May 14, 2020
When yet another address to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was announced, practically everyone in India had a wish to be fulfilled. However, instead of answering prayers or laying out government’s strategy to restore the economy back to health, the speech had only p...
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Maharashtra government organises special buses for migrants
May 13, 2020
For the third day running, the Maharashtra government organised over 100 buses to ferry migrants who have been blocked in Mumbai ever since the lockdown was announced nearly two months ago. The crowds had begun gathering at the junction of highway to Nashik at Majiwada in Thane c...
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First migrant special train leaves from Mumbai to Basti
May 8, 2020
On the 44th day since the lockdown began, leaving millions of migrants stranded, Mumbai saw the first special train ferrying 1,140 migrants back to their homes in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh.
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Covid-19 & Indian economy
April 18, 2020
The additional moves by the Reserve Bank of India to ease liquidity in the markets in order to prop up the economy devastated by the coronavirus pandemic don't address demand side issues.
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