India coronavirus dispatch: 'Lives vs lives', not 'lives vs livelihoods'

Here is a selection of important articles on Covid-19 from across Indian publications. From making labour systems work, to post-Covid-19 economic models, and why cities have become epicentres of coronavirus outbreaks – read these and more in today’s India digest.

Expert Speak

Covid-19 lockdown debate is ‘lives vs lives’, not ‘lives vs livelihoods’: The debate on easing or extending lockdown restrictions in the wake of Covid-19 is a matter of ‘lives versus lives’, and not of ‘lives versus livelihoods’ as currently being framed. Read this interview with Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford University to understand