![]() The AQI data obtained from the Central Pollution Control Board was assessed for four lockdown phases. Utilizing the air quality index (AQI) data recorded during this adverse time, the present study is undertaken to assess the impact of lockdown on the air quality of Ankleshwar and Vapi, Gujarat, India. ![]() The lockdown has led to colossal economic loss to India however, it has come as a respite to the environment. Doctor G box office collection Day 2: Ayushmann Khurrana’s film sees a marginal jump.On January 30, 2020, India recorded its first COVID-19 positive case in Kerala, which was followed by a nationwide lockdown extended in four different phases from 25th March to 31st May, 2020, and an unlock period thereafter.Last chance for Delhi University aspirants to change their college-course preferences today, first list of allotments on Tuesday.SSC CGL 2021 (Tier-II) result declared here’s how to check.All eyes on JP Nadda’s Ramlila Maidan rally today as speculations around Delhi MCD polls grow.Expert Explains: As crucial Congress begins in China, a guide to the CCP’s structure and what to expect from meeting.JBL Tune Flex TWS review: Designed for bass-heavy music.Behind the Art: Why are Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ so famous and what meaning do they hold?.Chennai, Tamil Nadu News Live Updates: From Tamil Nadu to Delhi, DMK warns of agitations against ‘Hindi imposition’.Sunday Long Reads: Orhan Pamuk on his novel, Rima Das on how pandemic influenced her film, Antara Nandy on her playback debut in PS1 and more.Twelve shot dead in Mexico bar attack in gang-plagued state.‘Negroni sbagliato with prosecco’ has become the signature drink for many, and a trending meme.ISL: An all-Indian forward-line takes Mumbai forward.ED is ‘completely independent’ in what it does not used for vindictive purpose: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.Technology JBL Tune Flex TWS review: Designed for bass-heavy music.Lifestyle Behind the Art: Why are Vincent van Gogh's ‘Sunflowers’ so famous and what meaning do they hold?.Explained What is Global Hunger Index and why is India trailing?.Opinion Will Hindi and Hindu own India?.Sports Long Read: Braving collisions and storms, Abhilash Tomy keeps the India flag flying high on the Atlantic.Sports Biomechanics of the big-hitting of Pandya, Buttler and Livingstone, and what works for them.Trending 'The smile at the end!': Watch how basketball players help specially-abled woman ace a shot.Trending Meet 'mobile wale doctor from Barsur' who is encouraging institutional deliveries.Entertainment Happy Birthday Prithviraj: The star who's always been unapologetically himself.Entertainment Meg Ryan on the hilarious fake orgasm scene in When Harry Met Sally: 'Comedy of Sally is so behavioural, it wasn't hard.'|Scene Stealer.Day ahead of Cong president's polls, Sandeep Dikshit says: 'Shashi Tharoor attracts people who want to do well'.Is Dravidian a purely Tamil identity? In the TN churn, Guv Ravi now chucks a pebble.In India, for weeks there was no sign of any effort to handle the problem of migrant workers huddled and hungry far away from home”. “In most countries, after the lockdown announcement, minimal transportation was kept open letting people go home. “I do not have enough information to know what plans there were, but the total absence of any supporting action, to ramp up testing, expand the medical sector and to help the millions of stranded poor workers, was baffling,” he writes. ![]() But there was no evidence of any of these ancillary actions. At the time of the announcement, with a four-hour notice of complete lockdown, there was a natural expectation that the government had plans of how to handle the sudden stoppage of work and movement of people, and the break in supply chains. India’s lockdown has been described widely as the most stringent in the world. ![]() Two weeks after the start of the lockdown, the infection rate picked up and it has been an alarming upward climb since then,” he argues. “India’s economy is spiralling down and the pandemic is spiralling up… The lockdown, announced on March 24, far from controlling the spread of the pandemic, seems to have made it worse. “There clearly had to be a lockdown, but it should have been carefully targeted and curated for our region,” he opines. ![]()
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