August | 2020 | Citizen Matters

How Delhi flattened the COVID curve

August 13, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

The Delhi model, as described by the chief minister Kejriwal himself: “Testing, home isolation, transparent data, hospital beds and plasma therapy.”

Neither food nor food allowance for hungry school kids in Delhi since March

August 11, 2020 Sri Krishna

The Directorate of Education said the delay in cash transfers was due to the preoccupation with COVID. Meanwhile poor families struggle to provide the bare minimum nutrition for their children.

What will it take to nudge people towards public transport post COVID?

August 10, 2020 Abhinav Soman and Himani Jain

As cities gradually unlock, a look at interventions that could effectively quell fears of COVID transmission and revive ridership on buses and other public transport

City Buzz: How safe are our airports? | Ahmedabad hospital fire | Delhi EV policy…and more

August 10, 2020 News Desk

Important updates from cities on COVID-19, the Kozhikode air crash, Delhi’s new electric vehicles policy and more.

Strict regulation, active citizens can rein in Pune’s infamous water tankers

August 9, 2020 Harshavardhan Vasanti Mohan

Pune municipal authorities cite lack of infrastructure and geographical constraints to justify the need for tankers. But citizens claim there is a nexus between local politicians, bureaucrats and the tanker lobby.

Gaps remain, but technology is the best bet for Delhi schools today

August 6, 2020 Vijaya Pushkarna

Despite niggles over unequal access, missing interaction etc, students and teachers are trying to derive the most out of the various initiatives introduced to facilitate schooling online.

In photos: Life along Pune’s Mutha riverbank in the time of COVID-19

August 5, 2020 Abhay Kanvinde and Parineeta Dandekar

These astounding captures by photographer Abhay Kanvinde during the lockdown urges us to reconsider the need for clean urban rivers and open riverfronts.

Delivery apps, social media and innovation: Three mantras for revival of Kochi’s restaurant industry

August 4, 2020 Ann Mary Biju

Eating out had been a dominant trend in Kochi for quite some time. Till COVID-19 struck. How will food joints in the city adapt to a post-pandemic world?

When the screen is your child’s classroom and playground

August 3, 2020 Swati Amar

What is school like without peer interaction, free play and spontaneous exchanges with teachers? Swati Amar spoke to teachers, parents, children and a psychologist to find out.

Battling addiction online: How COVID-19 has changed support groups for alcoholics and substance abusers

August 1, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous — two fellowships of men and women who have a shared problem of addiction and help each other to come out of it. How has the pandemic affected them?