Beyond doctors: Neglected frontline workers need coronavirus safety gear

In Maharashtra, the worst-affected state, nurses, sanitation workers and community health workers say they do not have adequate protection from virus exposure.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Yesterday · 12:30 pm

‘Don’t be revolutionaries’: Doctors protesting coronavirus safety gear shortage warned by hospitals

Fear has gripped Indian doctors as infections rise and hospitals are unable to provide them gowns and masks.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Apr 03, 2020 · 05:00 pm

These migrants did not walk back home. They stayed and are now running out of food

Falling through the cracks of the public distribution system, they fear stepping out, even for food.

Vijayta Lalwani

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Ipsita Chakravarty

· Mar 31, 2020 · 09:00 am

Coronavirus: Amid lockdown, how is doorstep delivery of food and medicine working in urban India?

E-commerce firms are facing several challenges. In many cities, impromptu volunteer groups are trying to ensure those in need get what they require.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 30, 2020 · 09:17 am

Coronavirus: ‘Why has Modi done this?’ Rajasthan workers walk back home from Gujarat

While younger daily-wage earners were able to make the journey, the more elderly are stranded far from home with no work.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 26, 2020 · 06:30 am

Coronavirus: ‘How do I reach a hospital?’ Cancer and kidney patients worry about 21-day lockdown

As public transport is suspended, many patients with life-threatening diseases have been left stranded.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 25, 2020 · 09:00 am

When acid became a weapon: One month after Delhi violence, revisiting three horror stories

All three said they heard mobs chanting ‘Jai Shree Ram’ in the prelude to the attack.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 23, 2020 · 09:00 am

Coronavirus: Old age homes bar entry of outsiders in bid to keep disease at bay

Senior citizens are especially susceptible to Covid-19, warns the World Health Organisation. But many do not have pensions and continue to work.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 22, 2020 · 09:00 am

Coronavirus: States are using coercive measures to curb disease spread. Will this be effective?

A human rights approach is needed, say experts.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 17, 2020 · 08:43 pm

Scroll impact: Toddler reunited with her family – days after Delhi violence tore them apart

Here’s how the reunion happened.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 05, 2020 · 06:30 am

She escaped mobs but could not save her home – and Delhi government was nowhere to offer her shelter

The local community stepped up to provide homes, food and clothes to those displaced in Delhi’s communal violence.

Ipsita Chakravarty

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Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 03, 2020 · 09:00 am

Why Delhi government's relief camps are empty – despite riot-hit people desperately needing shelter

Scroll.in visited three night shelters. Here is what we found.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Mar 02, 2020 · 06:30 pm