Vijaya Ramachandran
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When borders close, who will pick the crops?
Lockdowns to curb covid-19 disrupt Europe’s food supply
Louisiana governor says state will run out of ventilators on April 9
New York is the only state in the country with a worse per-capita death rate from coronavirus than Louisiana.
What’s common to the lockdown and demonetisation? Modi govt’s lack of planning
The national lockdown should have been accompanied by more generous, universal pay-outs, starting immediately and not a week later.
Indian power grid operators scramble to prepare for Modi's 'lights off' plan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to citizens to switch off lights across India on Sunday to mark the coronavirus fight is generating a lot more work and some tough challenges for India's power sector workers.
Covid vs. US Daily Average Cause of Death
A Flourish data visualisation by Robert Martin
A German Exception? Why the Country’s Coronavirus Death Rate Is Low
The pandemic has hit Germany hard, with more than 91,000 people infected. But the percentage of fatal cases has been remarkably low compared to those in many neighboring countries.
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‘Muslims Are Foreigners’: Inside India’s Campaign to Decide Who Is a Citizen
Tribunal members in the state of Assam say they felt pressured to declare Muslims noncitizens as the government seeks to expel illegal migrants. Some politicians have vowed to take the process nationwide.
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This is frightening. @narendramodi and ethnic cleansing.
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Some African governments are enforcing lockdowns brutally
Stay home or be whipped
Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury
As the virus continues to spread throughout the nation, an analysis of cellphone data shows that those in the wealthiest areas have been able to reduce their movements more than those in the poorest areas.
Masks and Handwashing vs. Physical Distancing: Do We Really Have Evidence-based Answers for Policymakers in Resource-limited Settings?
As more governments grapple with the immense difficulty of bringing their country to a halt, leaders from low- and middle-income countries are increasingly skeptical of mimicking policies that may have worked elsewhere because of radical differences...
Vijaya Ramachandran
Masks and Handwashing vs. Physical Distancing: Do We Really Have Evidence-based Answers for Policymakers in Resource-limited Settings?
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Nairobi’s fight against Coronavirus gets violent
Kenyans in Nairobi are trying to avoid catching coronavirus by day and avoid beatings at night from police during the curfew.
The new inequalities and people-to-people social protection
The pandemic has created a new, brutal inequality: between those who have a steady source of income and those who do not. This column provides some examples of how the plight of the latter is
Handling of lockdown brings back DeMo memories: Economist Jean Dreze
Dreze was part of academicians and activists who recently wrote to the Centre about the situation of the migrant workers
Pardhis in lockdown – begging the question
Some Phanse Pardhi Adivasis in rural Maharashtra, especially older ones in their late 70s, depend on begging to be able to eat at all. What happens now, when they cannot enter the villages that feed them? #RuralIndiaOnline
Pardhi school bulldozed by Prosperity Highway
A school in Amravati district, Maharashtra, started by a Phanse Pardhi teacher for kids from his long-stigmatised and impoverished community, was demolished on June 6, leaving them anxious and uncertain #RuralIndiaOnline
‘We’re here, we’re ready.’ Thousands of foreign-trained doctors, nurses eager to help in the COVID-19 crisis. Why isn’t Canada acting?
It’s frustrating for the doctors in question to be on the sidelines at a time like this. All that is required is a nod from the Ministry of Health, Sh...
Delhi Isn’t Buying Beijing’s Coronavirus Hero Act
Anti-Chinese sentiment is sweeping the country amid fears that Covid-19 will soon do the same.
Trump’s ‘Industry First, Science Last’ Agenda Is Costing Lives
The president’s ongoing war on science has significantly weakened researchers’ ability to respond to COVID-19 and other looming public health and environmental crises.