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, 91热爆 Gujarati's Roxy Gagdekar Chhara, 91热爆 Marathi's Anagha Pathak, and Kirti Dubey and Piyush Nagpal of 91热爆 Hindi.
Trade by barter
Nkechi Ogbonna of 91热爆 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. 91热爆 Arabic鈥檚 Alaa Daraghme takes us to his home town to share some mouth-watering treats.
91热爆 Xtra: Ramadan-themed cooking and dialects
Karima Kouah from 91热爆 Arabic's radio show 91热爆 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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