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Saurabh Sharma
COVID-19: Sportspersons in UP Forced to Take up Other Jobs to Tide over Expenses
13 Jul 2020
In Lucknow, former international powerlifter, 50-year-old Shatrughan Lal, has set up a small vada pav shop in the last week to meet family expenses.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: Government Removes Names of Returning Migrant Workers from Second DBT List
13 Jul 2020
However, those that were provided with Rs 1,000 as part of direct benefit transfer in mid-June have also been hard to find.
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: With Starvation Threatening Households, Migrant Workers Return to Mumbai
08 Jul 2020
The state government has claimed that 51 lakh people had got jobs in the state under MGNREGA. However, the ground reality tells a different story.
Mohammad Sajjad
Vikas Dubey: Just One Ripple in Deluge of Small-Town Gangsters
08 Jul 2020
Organised crime has taken off in rural and small town North India and nobody is paying attention.
Saurabh Sharma
COVID-19: How Lockdown has Pushed Rural Wedding Dancers in UP to Verge of Starvation
06 Jul 2020
“This wedding season we did not see the face of the stage, not even a single time. I personally have lost more than Rs 50,000 due to this coronavirus disease and today I am under a debt of Rs 20,000…
Abdul Alim Jafri
UP: 181 Women Helpline Worker Dies by Suicide; 351 Workers not Paid for 11 Months
04 Jul 2020
The Uttar Pradesh government’s 181 helpline for women, launched on March 8, 2016, in 16 districts, by then CM Akhilesh Yadav, was later extended to 64 districts by current CM Yogi Adityanath.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Weavers in Varanasi Pawn Jewellery, Houses for Survival
03 Jul 2020
Weavers in Prime Minister Modi’s constituency, reeling under the triple blow of demonetisation, GST and lockdown, are on a week-long token protest against hiked electricity bills.
Abdul Alim Jafri
COVID-19: Ambulance Workers Protest in Varanasi Over Unpaid Salaries, Termination Notices
29 Jun 2020
The workers wrote a letter to their employer – GVK EMRI – which said that no ambulance operator will work if their demands are not met. The state government has told them that GVK is responsible for…
Saurabh Sharma
‘Food is a Priority, Not the Internet’: India’s Schools’ Rush for Online Education Runs into Digital Divide
29 Jun 2020
With low internet penetration among the economically weaker sections, the absence of a smartphone in the house has led to another unforeseen set of problems.
Newsclick Team
Let’s Talk: Infections in Kanpur Shelter Home; UN Public Service Day
23 Jun 2020
In this episode, we talk to journalist Saurabh Sharma on the recent incident of 57 girls testing positive for COVID-19 in a shelter home in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.