India
Experts question right-wing government’s low COVID-19 death toll claims in India
September 17, 2020When Narayan Mitra died on July 16, a day after being admitted to the hospital for fever and breathing difficulties, his name never appeared on any of the official lists put out daily of those killed...
Read moreIndia’s Communist youth raise $1.4 million for COVID relief with recycling drive
August 31, 2020The youth organization’s initiative comes as the state deals with the third wave of the pandemic.
Read moreIndia’s workers desperate after right-wing government’s promised COVID aid never came
August 28, 2020The state governments condescended to a sporadic dole of a few kilograms of rice and some vegetables each week, a starvation diet. Cash grants never came. Farm implements were promised, but never materialized.
Read moreIndia’s food delivery workers strike over drastic cuts in pay
August 25, 2020Food delivery workers say they can’t survive on 20 cents per delivery.
Read moreCOVID-19 death march: India’s migrant workers head home, heralding virus surge
June 26, 2020With infection spreading and a rising death toll, they would rather go home and die among their own than starve in the far-off places where they've struggled to eke out a living.
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