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Year after lockdown, NCW still gets over 2,000 complaints every month on crimes against women 

According to the NCW data, 25,886 complaints of crime against women have been received from April, 2020 till now which includes 5,865 complaints of domestic violence

Published on 25th March 2021
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How this 29-year-old kept her business and her employees afloat during the lockdown

N Apoorva and her team know the value of jute and the products made from this wonder fibre. That's why this Hyderabad-based entrepreneur uses it to make contemporary products that can be used by all

Published on 23rd March 2021
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50,000 students who left during lockdown return as Kota delivers best results amid lockdown

More than 50,000 students were sent home safely to their parents during this phase in a healthy and clean environment. This was the biggest homecoming of students

Published on 22nd March 2021
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More than 50,000 students return as Kota delivers best results amid lockdown

Students studying in Kota also topped the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Fellowship 2020 Result

Published on 22nd March 2021
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#ThrowBackToday: Coronavirus sends India into a tizzy, Janta Curfew announced

In today's #TBT, we recall that not too long ago, exactly a year back to be precise actually, a stringent lockdown was declared which kept people indoors and aspired to keep COVID-19 in control

Published on 22nd March 2021
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How serial entrepreneur Riki Biswas made the best use of Kolkata's e-rickshaws during the lockdown

There are opportunities everywhere, one just has to look really hard. And looks like entrepreneur Riki Biswas has nailed the art of spotting opportunities. And this is his TEDx-talk worthy story

Published on 17th March 2021
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IIT-M feels like a prison: What the extended lockdown feels like for researchers inside India's top-ranked institute

The researchers tell us that they are not allowed to step out of the campus and that the lockdown restrictions are yet to be eased

Published on 4th March 2021
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No Lockdown on Caste Atrocities: This book documents the crimes that even a social distanced pandemic could not prevent

The Dalit Human Rights Defenders Network has documented 60 of these crimes in a book titled ‘No Lockdown on Caste Atrocities: Stories of Caste Crimes during the COVID-19 Pandemic’

Published on 3rd March 2021
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With board exams looming, Govt school teachers in Tamil Nadu turn to rushed rote learning, excessive testing to help kids pass

Classes for +2 students only started on January 19 and now a month later, the government announced the board exam dates, so instead of teaching, the teachers are conducting test after test

Published on 26th February 2021
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Lockdown effect: Over 82 per cent children lost at least one mathematical, language ability during pandemic, finds APU study

Azim Premji University conducted a study in January 2021 to analyse the learning losses that students have suffered due to the long drawn break from physical classes

Published on 23rd February 2021
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This 26-year-old from Odisha recounts working at the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh during the lockdown

Baisali Mohanty hails from Odisha and currently, she works for the United Nations. She is also credited to have started the Oxford Odissi Centre while studying at Oxford. We listen in to her story...

Published on 23rd February 2021
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How Makkala Jagriti kept their holistic development lessons ticking over for Karnataka's Govt School kids during the lockdown

Thousands of students studying in government schools across Karnataka are getting access to super-fun personality development lessons courtesy these programmes by Makkala Jagriti

Published on 10th February 2021
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This Bengaluru girl has mastered ventriloquism during the lockdown and is raring to enthrall kids with dear old Dakota

Sharanya Eshwar, a budding ventriloquist is telling stories and entertaining schoolkids with her puppet Dakota. She says that the lockdown period was one of the best time to work on these skills

Published on 10th February 2021
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In Denmark, schools resumes for younger children from pre-school to the fourth grade amid lockdown easing

At schools, children should avoid contacts with others, staff will undergo regular COVID-19 tests and parents are required to wear face masks on school sites

Published on 8th February 2021
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How art journaling made the COVID-19 lockdown 'therapeutically' bearable for art lovers across India

Art journaling goes way beyond creativity and also helps in self-care therapy. We find out more about how some artists across the country used this to sail through the lockdown in 2020.

Published on 8th February 2021

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