Articles by Anuja Sirohi

Anuja Sirohi works at the non-profit development organisation Youth For Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA). She has completed her Masters from Tata Institute of Social Sciences and has over 5 years’ of work experience in the Urban Impact sector focusing on issues of children’s education, community development and developmental research.

Mumbai youth group urges support for the poor as they face starvation, job cuts along with COVID risk

by April 2, 2020

With close to 2000 active COVID-19 cases reported across the country, India is under a total lockdown for 21 days that started March 24th. Prime Minister Narendra Modi strictly called upon citizens to stay at home to contain the spread of the novel virus through social contact. Maharashtra, with one of the highest reported positive cases, has imposed Section 144 in order to fight the virus, banning the gathering of five or more people and closing down everything with only the exception of essential services. However, the testing rates remain worrying in India with only around 21 people tested per…

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Mumbai youth group urges support for the poor as they face starvation, job cuts along with COVID risk

by April 2, 2020

With close to 2000 active COVID-19 cases reported across the country, India is under a total lockdown for 21 days that started March 24th. Prime Minister Narendra Modi strictly called upon citizens to stay at home to contain the spread of the novel virus through social contact. Maharashtra, with one of the highest reported positive cases, has imposed Section 144 in order to fight the virus, banning the gathering of five or more people and closing down everything with only the exception of essential services. However, the testing rates remain worrying in India with only around 21 people tested per…

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