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Homelockdown in India

lockdown in India

A smoggy Delhi neighbourhood
Environment

“COVID lockdown shows air quality can improve in a matter of weeks”

April 13, 2020 Siddhant Kalra

Over 90 Indian cities showed minimal air pollution since they were locked down, with many recording their best AQI in months. A briefing paper that examines the impact of COVID lockdown on background pollution across cities and industrial clusters concludes that informed measures and stricter rules can enable cities to achieve their clean air goals.

Health

Cancer patients take shelter in the footpaths of Mumbai during lockdown

April 10, 2020 Aakanksha/PARI

With their money running out and little food and water available, cancer patients living on footpaths near the Tata Memorial Hospital are caught in the lockdown, with no way home.

Governance

Phased exit from lockdown: What does the Centre’s containment plan say?

April 10, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

As coronavirus positive cases near the 6000 mark, an immediate end to the nationwide lockdown on April 15th is very unlikely. Instead, states are looking at containment strategies to keep ‘hotspots’ under total lockdown. Here are the basic guidelines from the Ministry of Health that will drive such containment strategies.

Society

16 ways to volunteer from home during the COVID lockdown

March 26, 2020 Rinku Mecheri

More often than not, volunteers are people who are lead from the front on ground zero, setting a trail for others to follow. However, with a lockdown imposed for 21 days, how can people still pitch in to volunteer for the causes they hold dear?

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