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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.
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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…
Saurabh Sharma
COVID-19: Lockdown and Financial Crises Lead to Jump in Suicide Rate in UP
30 Jun 2020
Suicide was the leading cause for over 300 “non-coronavirus deaths” reported in India due to the distress triggered by the nationwide lockdown, revealed a new set of data compiled by a group of…
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.
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COVID-19: Five Pregnant Girls Among 57 Test Positive from Kanpur Shelter Home
22 Jun 2020
According to officials, 33 girls tested positive for the virus on June 17, out of which 18 were from the women's protection home, while 15 from the girl’s protection home had COVID-19. Later, on June…
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COVID-19: Migrant Workers Back in UP Struggle to Make Ends Meet
18 Jun 2020
State’s Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi last week in a press release said that more than 25 lakhs labourers have returned to the state in Shramik Special trains and the government was…
Saurabh Sharma
UP: Journalists Protest, Hold Jal-Satyagraha, After FIR Registered Against them Following Exposé
08 Jun 2020
The scribes who resorted to Jal Satyagraha, were protesting against the district administration, which had registered an FIR against one of the journalists under sections of the IPC and the Epidemic…
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UP: How a Teacher Allegedly Withdrew Salary from 25 Schools for 13 Months
06 Jun 2020
The science teacher, Anamika Shukla, was found enrolled in over 25 campuses of the Kasturba Vidyalaya, and had been withdrawing a salary from each one of them.
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Two Journalists Pedal From Delhi to Lucknow to Cover Migrant Crisis
02 Jun 2020
In Gurugram, the duo encountered a group of 10-12 migrants who were conned by a truck driver and were left with no other option than walk to Malda in West Bengal.
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COVID-19: In Lakhimpur Kheri, Operation Chaturbhuj Proving a Boon for Migrants
29 May 2020
The district has created the highest number of person days at 8,68,000 under MGNRAGA,with approximately Rs 17.5 crore being generated for labourers in just three weeks time, the chief development…