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The Time Machine · 2020

The first lockdown

21 days announced with four hours' notice

How the Indian press covered it, 2020-03-24 to 2020-04-12

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Coverage, side by side
National · 10 outlets

Coronavirus: Long walk home for migrant workers returning to villages on foot amid lockdown

10% Left80% Centre10% Right
Left Photos: Lockdown on, and a long walk home for India’s migrant workersHindustan Times
Centre The Long Walk Home: COVID-19 Lockdown and Migrant Labour in Indiaisas.nus.edu.sg
Right Thousands Of Indian, Nepalese Migrant Workers Stranded At Border Amid LockdownNDTV
National · 5 outlets

‘Better to die with families’ — no food or money, Delhi migrants prefer the long walk home

Andekha · 0% Right
40% Left60% Centre
Left Kerala: Migrant workers say they want food, ask to be taken back homeIndian Express
Centre India COVID-19 lockdown means no food or work for rural poorAl Jazeera
National · 3 outlets

Chaos in India during coronavirus lockdown

100% Centre
Centre India’s migrant workers are facing the brunt of COVID-19 chaosThe Leaflet
National · 3 outlets

Noida’s migrant worker exodus is more about their notions of ‘home’ than coronavirus: Study

100% Centre
Centre Noida’s migrant worker exodus is more about their notions of ‘home’ than coronavirus: StudyThePrint
National · 3 outlets

In pics: Thousands of migrants throng to take govt-organised buses for hometowns

100% Centre
Centre PHOTOS: Thousands of migrants throng to take buses back homeRediff
World · 3 outlets

Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples with migrant workers’ exodus

100% Centre
Centre Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples with migrant workers’ exodusAl Jazeera
National · 2 outlets

India’s coronavirus lockdown will hit women and migrant workers hardest

100% Centre
Centre ‘Future is scary’: Poor hit hardest by India coronavirus lockdownAl Jazeera
Civil Society · 2 outlets

COVID-19: Trapped in Lockdown, Sex Workers Forced to Depend on Civil Society Assistance

100% Centre
Centre Civil Society and COVID–19 in India: Unassuming HeroesMiddle East Institute
National · 2 outlets

Fear and mistrust on way, at home: Migrant workers bear the brunt

100% Left
Left Migrant labourers bear the brunt of the coronavirus lockdownDeccan Herald
National · 2 outlets

India faces mass migration during lockdown

100% Centre
Centre Long Read: India’s coronavirus mass migration: How we’ve misunderstood the Indian migrant labourerThe London School of Economics and Political Science
National · 2 outlets

Migrant fish workers stranded during COVID-19 lockdown, need more government support

50% Left50% Centre
Left Government has committed all support to migrant workers during lockdown: Amit ShahIndian Express
Centre Migrant fish workers stranded during COVID-19 lockdown, need more government supportThe Caravan
National · 2 outlets

Stranded migrants, lack of food in Indian lockdown, poor suffer

100% Centre
Centre Poor migrants in India suffer in lockdown with no foodCatholicPhilly
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