Tag: lockdown
Why are medical students from Bengal left out of Operation Vande Bharat?
Kolkata/Dhaka: Even as the first batch of 167 medical students from Jammu & Kashmir stranded in Bangladesh were airlifted from Dhaka, under Operation Vande...
Better late than never: Bringing back Odia migrant workers
Odisha government’s proactive steps in the ongoing nationwide lockdown for the containment of the outbreak of contagious virus Covid-19 has been applauded nationally, like...
A Rabindra Jayanti like never before!
Kolkata: There is a young boy, a student of Class IV, who lives in the apartment next to mine. My study table faces his...
We are working on our resources so that people do not migrate from Jharkhand in search of work – Hemant Soren
Ranchi: As the migrant workers from different parts of India are returning back to Jharkhand, its Chief Minister Hemant Soren has a clear vision...
Chaos continues outside liquor shops, police lathi charge not dampening spirit of buyers
Kolkata: Since Monday, Kolkata woke up to a new type of chaos. Like several other cities, it too witnessed serpentinous queues of men defying...
Rebooting Ramadan for COVID-19 times: With tech but without Iftar parties
The lockdown edition of Ramadan 2020 in Islamic year of 1441 Hijri offers unique challenges and opportunities. For the first time perhaps, Ramadan in...