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Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Strawberries Rot and Watermelons Wither as Lockdown Hits Fruit Farmers in the State
08 May 2020
After unseasonal rains and hailstorms, the lockdown due to COVID-19 now leaves farmers worrying about debt with mandis closed and a fall in the demand for fruits.
Aoun Hasan
Lakhnawi Andaaz: Making Paper Dreams Soar Over Isolated Streets
20 Apr 2020
Unlike everything else, this pleasurable pastime hasn’t been sent into self-isolation for the sake of physical distancing; not yet at least.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Medical Staff, Nurses in Lucknow’s Balrampur Hospital Demand 14-Day Quarantine
09 Apr 2020
The protesting staff alleged that the authorities forced them to go back to their homes despite the fact that they were in direct contact with COVID-19 patients, exposing their families to risk.
Abdul Alim Jafri
PPE, Mask Shortage: Nurses, Doctors on Edge in Lucknow’s KGMU, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
24 Mar 2020
If UP government can arrange huge facilities, including a lavish hospital at the Kumbh Mela, why can’t it arrange the same here in hospitals where the life of patients are at stake? asked a nurse.
Saurabh Sharma
COVID-19: FIR Filed Against Singer After Her Party Diary Puts Lucknow Under High Risk
21 Mar 2020
A close relative of the singer said that she had attended back-to-back parties from March 13 to 15, and also stayed at the Taj hotel from March 14 to 16. The singer tested positive on March 20.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Police Violence on Women Protesters at Lucknow’s Ghanta Ghar Leaves Three Critical
20 Mar 2020
The security forces allegedly manhandled women protesters and tried to remove them from the protest site
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: 2 Congress Workers Arrested for Posters Displaying Criminal Records of CM and BJP Leaders
16 Mar 2020
It may be noted that Congress's posters have come up as a reaction to the UP government’s hoardings--put up on the CM’s order--displaying personal details and names of the 57 anti-CAA protesters.
Abdul Alim Jafri
‘Their Purpose, However, has been Fulfilled’: Deepak Kabir on Lucknow Anti-CAA Hoardings
12 Mar 2020
Activists S.R. Darapuri, Sadaf Jafar and Deepak Kabir, however, welcomed the SC’s decision to refer the matter to a larger bench.
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Anti-CAA Protests: ‘Yogi Govt Using Police as a Tool For Brutal Repression’
18 Feb 2020
Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey, nine others prevented from carrying out anti-CAA-NRC march in Lucknow.
Saurabh Sharma
UP: Community-based Kangaroo Care Is Helping Improve Mortality Rate
12 Feb 2020
Earlier, it was presumed that giving Kangaroo Mother Care was duty of the mothers, but now, more than 500 fathers have saved the lives of their newborns in the last one year through this therapy.