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The world stood in unison and applauded. Even Pope Francis gave his blessing and considers these goals as a sign of hope.
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Life is precious say Indian migrants fleeing COVID-hit cities
India s toll from the coronavirus surged past 200,000 on Wednesday with nearly 18 million people infected, according to government data, with the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Surat and Bangalore under lockdown.
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Migrants who returned from their hometown of Uttar Pradesh arrive to wait in line to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a rapid antigen testing campaign at a railway station, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, October, 3, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Amid India s COVID-19 crisis, migrant workers are abandoning cities and heading for their villages in droves in a repeat of last year s exodus when the lockdown shut industries and left them jobless - but this time they are worried about safety.
Amid India’s COVID-19 crisis, migrant workers are abandoning cities and heading for their villages in droves in a repeat of last year’s exodus when the lockdown shut industries and left them jobless – but this time they are worried about safety.
India on Thursday reported 379,257 new COVID-19 cases and 3,645 new deaths, according to health ministry data. It was the country’s highest number of deaths reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic.
With more than 18 million people infected, several cities, including the national capital New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Surat and Bengaluru have been put under lockdown.
Youths flee in droves grinding poverty in Odisha district
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Joblessness haunts people of extremely backward district of Kalahandi
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Migrant workers from the poverty-stricken district of Kalahandi in Odisha arriving in Kochi on Wednesday.
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Joblessness haunts people of extremely backward district of Kalahandi
Given a choice, Narendra Majhi, 30, (name changed) would have preferred to stay back home and mourn his two-year-old daughter who died just over a week ago.
But faced with a life of abject poverty in his native village of Thuamul Rampur block of the extremely backward district of Kalahandi district in Odisha after being forced to return from Kerala during the lockdown, he could hardly afford that luxury.