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The celebrated Goan Jazz Musician who some called Inda’s Louis Armstrong

The state of limbo created by the pandemic has given the President invaluable time and space to build his own support base. The parliament is in abeyance. The cabinet exists only in a caretaker capacity. Even the prime minister is a caretaker prime minister. In this grey landscape, the President remains the sole figure of certainty. . . . Unsurprisingly, the military seems to be the mainstay of the power base the President is building for himself.

Watch writer, and activist Arundhati Roy on the Covid19 pandemic the inhumanity of the lockdowns, We cannot return to) this horrifying injustice we call business as usual.

The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on June 8, 2020) deploring the Delhi government’s move reserving Delhi hospitals for Delhiites

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted millions of migrant workers in destination countries, many of whom have experienced job loss or non-payment of wages, been forced by employers to take unpaid leave or reduced wages, been confined in poor living conditions, and with little or no engagement in the work options before them. Many migrant workers also struggle with the dilemma of exercising their right to return in these circumstances, while others remain stranded in cities without access to services or support, or in border areas, living in precarious conditions posing as quarantine facilities.