Tag: Coronavirus
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How pathogens help the powerful
Kolkata: Pandemics and politics have been shaping each other since the times of Moses to the Modi regime. The Hebrew God helped the Messiah on Sinai with plagues to tame Pharaoh Ramses II. A cosmopolitan modern God has helped our messiah on Raisina Hills to turn the tides that was increasingly flowing against him across…
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Kolkata’s designer masks to stave off virus
Kolkata: When China shut down to fight the coronavirus, it snipped the supply of raw material to the fashion designers. When India phased in a shut-down, local factories had to curtail work to maintain social distancing. Scores of small and medium factories producing designer wear, had their task cut out: Value-add the little they produce…
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West Bengal witnesses its first COVID-19 death
Kolkata: A 57-year-old man succumbed to the coronavirus infection at a private hospital in the city on Monday and with his demise the state reported its first Covid-19 death in West Bengal. The man, who was on ventilator support at the ICCU of the AMRI Hospital, Salt Lake, died following a cardiac arrest and multi-organ…
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The Pandemics that already killed billions of us
“t was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair”-Charles Dickens…
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Prices of sanitizers and masks rise astronomically since black marketing becomes rampant in Kolkata
Kolkata: On the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic scare and eve of Janta Curfew, a visit to pharmacists, departmental stores and local shops at many places of Kolkata has revealed that the city has been gripped by a fear psychosis. The local bazaars (Taltala, Beniapukur and Mullick Bazaar) too, earlier in the day encountered a similar scene,…
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Poor Indians flee to villages as coronavirus measures take heavy toll
Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Prashant Waydande Mumbai (Reuters) – Thousands of poor city migrants whose livelihoods have collapsed due to India’s coronavirus measures headed back to their villages on Saturday, raising fears that the exodus could carry the virus to the countryside. About one fifth of India’s 271 confirmed coronavirus cases has been reported in Maharashtra — home…
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Corona scares customers of Asia’s biggest brothel
Kolkata: When the city of joy goes to sleep, it’s dawn in Durgacharan Mitra Street in Chittaranjan Avenue. The place teeming with entrepreneurial life in row houses is ‘Sonagachi’ in north Kolkata. Sonagachi is known as the biggest red light district in Asia, as it is home to more than 11000 sex workers. Coronavirus and…
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Covid-19 से रोकथाम: झारखंड सरकार ने स्कूल, मॉल, सिनेमाघर वा पार्क को 14 अप्रैल तक बंद करने का दिया आदेश
झारखंड में कोरोना वाइरस (Coronavirus) या कोविद-19 (COVID-19) के पैदा हुए विश्वव्यापी हालात को देखते हुए राज्य में भी सभी स्कूल, कॉलेज, मॉल, मल्टीप्लेक्स, पार्क, चिड़िया घर, जिम, स्विमिंग पूल को अप्रैल 14 तक बंद करने की घोषणा की गयी है।
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Corona virus fear grips Kolkatans, as government announces preventive measures
Kolkata: The novel Coronavirus pandemic, which was till now grabbing headlines in other states of India, has come closer to affect people in West Bengal, more so in its capital Kolkata. The virus, which has already affected 1,52,000 people globally and claimed two lives in India, till Sunday evening, is now a real scare after…
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Citizenship issue is more life threatening than coronavirus, Kolkata protesters to continue fight against CAA
Kolkata: The number of women participants at the Park Circus Maidan on Sunday was much stronger than what it had witnessed during the weekdays. A similar turnover was witnessed at Shireen Bagh (Raja Bazar Tram Depot), Nawab Ali Park and other sit-in protest sites in Kolkata, amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) scare. The protesters, present at…