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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

Trikon does not summarise what happened. It shows what each side of the press published at the time, side by side, and marks where one side published nothing at all. In this window, 2 stories had no coverage from one side.
Coverage, side by side
National · 7 outlets

India’s migrant workers face long walk home amid COVID-19 lockdown

29% Left71% Centre
Left COVID-19: After long walk back home, migrant workers get food and shelterIndian Express
Centre Coronavirus Lockdown Sends Migrant Workers On A Long And Risky Trip HomeNPR
National · 3 outlets

India: Coronavirus lockdown sees exodus from cities

33% Left67% Centre
Left Coronavirus: Anger as migrants sprayed with disinfectant in IndiaBBC Hindi
Centre India: Coronavirus lockdown sees exodus from citiesAl Jazeera
National · 3 outlets

In India, the world’s biggest lockdown has forced migrants to walk hundreds of miles home

100% Centre
Centre Coronavirus: Lockdown triggers desperate scramble as Indians walk hundreds of milesSky News
National · 3 outlets

Coronavirus lockdown: 'How long will we survive with no work, little money?', ask migrant workers

Andekha · 0% Right
33% Left67% Centre
Left 'No work, no money': Thousands of stranded migrant workers walk back home as India under 21-day coronavirus lockdownIndian Express
Centre Coronavirus lockdown: 'How long will we survive with no work, little money?', ask migrant workersThe Economic Times
National · 3 outlets

Modi apologises for coronavirus lockdown as migrant workers struggle

33% Left67% Centre
Left Coronavirus: India defiant as millions struggle under lockdownBBC Hindi
Centre Modi apologises for coronavirus lockdown as migrant workers struggleSouth China Morning Post
National · 3 outlets

India faces mass migration during lockdown

100% Centre
Centre India faces mass migration during lockdownDW.com
World · 3 outlets

Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples with migrant workers’ exodus

Andekha · 0% Left
67% Centre33% Right
Centre Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples with migrant workers’ exodusAl Jazeera
Right Coronavirus: Exodus of migrant workers chokes Delhi-UP borderTimes of India
National · 2 outlets

Coronavirus in India: Migrant workers returning to villages in Bihar handed over to police, medics

50% Left50% Centre
Left Coronavirus: Villagers in Bihar, UP report returning migrant workers to the policeScroll.in
Centre Coronavirus in India: Migrant workers returning to villages in Bihar handed over to police, medicsIndia Today
National · 2 outlets

Coronavirus lockdown: Migrant workers in Kerala stage protest, want to go back home

50% Left50% Centre
Left Kerala: Migrant workers say they want food, ask to be taken back homeIndian Express
Centre Coronavirus lockdown: Migrant workers in Kerala stage protest, want to go back homeThe Statesman
National · 2 outlets

Indian migrant workers flee New Delhi in crowded buses amid coronavirus lockdown

100% Centre
Centre Massive crowds of migrant workers try to flee India's coronavirus lockdownCNBC
National · 2 outlets

Photos: India’s Coronavirus Lockdown is the Largest in the World

50% Left50% Centre
Left Not China, not Italy: India’s coronavirus lockdown is the harshest in the worldScroll.in
Centre Photos: India’s Coronavirus Lockdown is the Largest in the WorldU.S. News & World Report
National · 2 outlets

Chaos and hunger amid India coronavirus lockdown

100% Centre
Centre Chaos in India during coronavirus lockdownReuters
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