Topic: Nationwide lockdown
India faces a hunger crisis as lines for free food and rations grow amid pandemic
More than 15 million Indians lost their jobs in May during 2nd wave. The daily average wage for about 230 million dropped below Rs 375. All of this is leading to an increase in hunger.
2020 lockdown shut 11% women MSMEs, only 1% got back on feet with govt help, finds study
Krea University researchers surveyed 2,083 non-agricultural enterprises in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha to examine the impact of Covid-19 on women-led MSMEs.
New book chronicles a 1,232-km journey home by migrants during 2020 lockdown
‘1232 km: The Long Journey Home’ by filmmaker Vinod Kapri, published by Harper Collins, will be launched on 31 May on ThePrint's ‘SoftCover’.
Only one state prioritised health post-lockdown as India rushed to open economy, finds study
In the fourth quarter of 2020, Indian states were preparing for a post-pandemic world, without improving the readiness for a future Covid-19 wave.
Lockdowns by more & more states could make investors cautious about Indian markets
More than two-thirds of states are shut if assessed by their contribution to national output, analysts at Jefferies calculated last week.
Your govt’s Covid failures have made another lockdown inevitable, Rahul Gandhi tells Modi
In his letter to PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi said the human cost of allowing Covid to continue unimpeded will result in more tragic consequences than any economic calculations.
Fake websites, UPI hacking — Delhi saw 190% rise in cyber frauds during lockdown, police say
According to Delhi Police, 62% of all cyber complaints were related to financial fraud, 24% involved social media while the rest were cases of extortion, hate speech and others.
India tops in Asia with most sugar daddies, unemployment, inequality cited as reason
According to a leading sugar dating website, India has 3,38,000 sugar daddies, followed by Indonesia at 60,250.
Covid lockdowns are spreading a year after China shocked world
When the first lockdown was implemented in China last year, it was then deemed unproven & unthinkable. Yet foreign countries found themselves doing much the same just months later.
From Covid to Ladakh to Ayodhya, the best of ThePrint Opinion in 2020
These are the top 10 most read and debated Opinion articles from ThePrint in 2020.
If Quad doesn’t start biting soon, India must look at newer partners that would
Nothing should deter the Modi govt from seriously pursuing India-France-Japan trilateral as a security framework in the Indo-Pacific. It will only strengthen the AUKUS.
Data hegemony by digital companies may lead to attention economy: CCI chief Ashok Gupta
Gupta noted that in an 'attention economy', big tech players work to capture users’ attention, build profiles of their choices and habits, then sell those profiles to advertisers.
Defence
CDS Bipin Rawat attends SCO military exercise in Russia’s Orenburg
The exercise has provided an opportunity to the armed forces of the SCO nations to train in counter-terrorism operations in a multinational and joint environment, officials said.
Modi at 71 has zero challenge. But one CM is emulating him, a divisive, rising BJP star
Yogi has put high command in a tough situation. If he doesn’t win UP next year, it will set back BJP’s prospects in 2024. If he wins, it will be seen as his win as much as theirs.