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CHENNAI: Jewellers across the city are happy as they are receiving good footfalls at their stores that opened on Monday after almost two months of lockdown. However, the industry players are worried at the same time about their uncertain future.
After relaxations in restrictions, jewellery stores have opened in Chennai and they are reporting good business. Jewellers said that drop in gold prices and pent-up demand has boosted their sales for now, but they will have to wait and watch on how things turn out in the next few weeks.
“Pent-up demand and marriage shopping is bringing customers to our shops now. We are reporting good sales too. But only after two to three weeks we will get a clear picture about our revival,” said managing director of NAC jewellers, Anantha Padmanabhan. “If people continue buying gold even after the first two-three weeks, then it will be a sign that markets are on revival mode. However, we are worried about outbreak of third wa
Rehabilitating and ensuring a healthy and secure life for the children orphaned by Covid-19 will be an uphill battle for the authorities if necessary measures are not taken immediately.
Rehabilitating and ensuring a healthy and secure life for the children orphaned by Covid-19 will be an uphill battle for the authorities if necessary measures are not taken immediately.
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CHENNAI: The sudden demise of her doting grandfather due to Covid-19 infection last December still haunts S Ananya, an eight-year-old girl. Traumatised ever since, the happy-go-lucky girl has now gone completely silent. The toll it took on her mental health is so devastating that she is now afraid of going even to her terrace. Whenever her parents are about to step out, she begins weeping inconsolably and pleads them to stay home.
Her mother Sangeetha is concerned about the girl’s behavioural change. “It has become difficult for us to deal with her. Even if I have to go out to buy vegetables, she starts crying and pleads me not to step out. She says I would also die like her grandfather if I stepped out. It is painful to see my kid so terrified,” she says. Ananya’s parents have sought help from a psychologist who visits her for counselling.