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All Stories for 21 Day Coronavirus Lockdown
Over 2 lakh farmers in Maharashtra sit on piles of unsold cotton due to COVID-19 lockdown; stock worth Rs 5,500 crore yet to be procured
Parth Mn • 5 years agoThe farmers stuck in this quagmire, due to the COVID-19 lockdown, are mostly from Vidarbha, a huge cotton belt, and from districts like Parbhani, Aurangabad and Jalna in Marathwada. Being a labour intensive cash crop with an investment of Rs 25,000 per acre, the delay in procurement makes cotton farmers even more vulnerable.
Truckers in crisis: Despite empty roads, drivers say it takes longer to make deliveries; police harassment throws spanner in work
• 5 years agoThe government had exempted truckers carrying food, medicine and other essential items from the nationwide lockdown that started on 25 March
In Karnataka's Boragaon, farmers suffer losses worth lakhs in lockdown merely months after damaging floods
Sanket Jain • 5 years agoAs the country shuts over a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus, farmers in Karnataka's Boragaon village stare at rotting crops and losses worth lakhs already, bringing their lives to a screeching halt.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Locals clash with medics, cops in West Bengal's Asansol over setting up quarantine centre; 5 poliemen injured
• 5 years agoFive police personnel were injured in the Charulia area of Asansol on Tuesday in clashes with locals over setting up of a quarantine centre, officials said
From captaining Himachal in Kabaddi nationals to performing police duties during COVID-19 lockdown, Priyanka Negi leads on all fronts
Shubham Pandey • 5 years agoApart from being a national-level kabaddi player, Priyanka Negi is an inspector in Himachal Pradesh Police. She and India men's captain Ajay Thakur are stationed at the same police station in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, performing their roled amid Coronavirus lockdown
For air rifle shooter Divyansh Singh Panwar, 21-day coronavirus lockdown means tales from Mahabharata, dry firing, and some cooking
Amit Kamath • 5 years agoTales from Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata, dry firing in the living room, and cooking lessons... inside the lockdown bootcamp-cum-reading club of Divyansh Singh Panwar.