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Reporting India鈥檚 Covid-19 crisis

Meet the team living and reporting in the eye of India鈥檚 coronavirus storm.

We take a journalist's eye view of reporting the current Covid-19 crisis in India, with stories from Delhi-based team leader Jugal Purohit, 大象传媒 Gujarati's Roxy Gagdekar Chhara, 大象传媒 Marathi's Anagha Pathak, and Kirti Dubey and Piyush Nagpal of 大象传媒 Hindi.

Trade by barter
Nkechi Ogbonna of 大象传媒 Lagos describes a market in Cross River State in Nigeria, which works on a trade by barter system. She tells us how it works and who benefits.

Ramadan in Nablus
Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, is famous for its sweet makers, and Ramadan is when they鈥檙e busiest. 大象传媒 Arabic鈥檚 Alaa Daraghme takes us to his home town to share some mouth-watering treats.

大象传媒 Xtra: Ramadan-themed cooking and dialects
Karima Kouah from 大象传媒 Arabic's radio show 大象传媒 Xtra tells us about some of their Ramadan topics, like favourite recipes shared by social media influencers, and the misunderstandings that can arise when two people speaking different Arabic dialects get together to chat.

Image: Two Delhi residents wearing PPE mourn their relative who died from Covid-19 in April 2021
Credit: Adnan Abidi / Reuters

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Sat 1 May 2021 02:06GMT

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  • Fri 30 Apr 2021 11:06GMT
  • Fri 30 Apr 2021 17:06GMT
  • Sat 1 May 2021 02:06GMT