India Coronavirus Dispatch: Focus needs to shift to rural hinterlands

Made-in-India sanitiser pumps soon, work-life balance uprooted for women, and Delhi's testing method raise concerns--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Digital learning: The impact of Covid-19 on education has been severe. This is especially true for India, where 70 per cent of children attend government schools. These schools are a major hinderance to nationwide learning. Digital learning, however, seems to offer some hope. There are some benefits to online learning, too: teachers noticed better attendance than they would for physical classrooms. However, these gains are few in rural hinterlands where issues of power supply and internet connectivity are prevalent. This may negatively effect these students when they enter the job market. Covid-19, above all, has highlighted the fact that education