2021/05/06 01:15 The catastrophic wave of Covid-19 in India has prompted donors to send millions of dollars to the country, which Tuesday crossed the grim mark of more than 20 million cases of the killer disease. “The situation is desperate,” says Ashish Shah, senior director for philanthropy and community engagement at Indiaspora, a global network of people of Indian origin who work for social change. “We need to get the funds and deploy them because after a month, it’ll be too late.” During the last week of April, Indiaspora reactivated its ChaloGive website. “Chalo” means “let’s go” in Hindi. In April of 2020, donors gave nearly $1.2 million through the site to several organizations vetted by Indiaspora. The group had planned to have a giving month later this year, but decided to do it sooner because of the deteriorating situation in India.
The catastrophic wave of Covid-19 in India has prompted donors to send millions of dollars to the country, which Tuesday crossed the grim mark of more than 20 million cases
Artwork by Kuba Ryniewicz. Courtesy of Art for India.
India, the world’s second most populous nation, is in the throes of a deadly coronavirus surge that has claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people in just the past 24 hours. And according to reports from the health ministry, the number of daily infections has exceeded 300,000 every day for the past two weeks.
Now, the arts community is rallying to support overwhelmed hospitals facing dire oxygen shortages.
Art for India, which launched earlier this week and runs through May 9, is a grassroots project selling photographic prints for $140 each by 11 artists from India and its diaspora to raise money for the coronavirus relief group Mission Oxygen.
Pandemic delayed aviation sector recovery by 6 months
May 06, 2021
Higher fuel prices, lower yields reasons for setback
The Indian aviation industry is staring at sustained headwinds as Covid-19 cases are rising in India. Aviation experts said that the recovery will be delayed by six months. Higher fuel prices, lower yields, and tough competition are likely to pose obstacles for the airline industry.
So far, at least 15 countries have banned flights to and from India amid rising cases, while others have issued fresh travel norms for Indians. Back home, several States have imposed stringent rules amid rising cases.
Centrum Broking has corrected its forecast of recovery. Ashish Shah, Senior Research Analyst at Centrum Broking said, “The industry recovery forecast is likely to reach only 75 per cent of pre-Covid levels in FY22 as against 85 per cent earlier recovery that was expected.” India Ratings and Research has said that the recovery in domestic and international travel h
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