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BIG STORY JANUARY 01, 2021 | The Indian Eye 4

gOOdBye, 2020
lOngest

year ever!

the Indian eye takes a look at some of the most important new stories from

India in 2020, which will make impact in 2021 and beyond

Our Bureau

New Delhi
t was a gloomy year. The
world seemed to come to
Ia standstill. But, in India,
there was no shortage of ac-
tion. Of course, there was pan-
demic, but India also had pro-
tests and political face-offs. It
was a series of unforeseeable
events. 2020 may go down as
a year of infamy, headlined by
the COVID-19 pandemic. But
many other important events
took place. These events may
play a crucial role in the years
to come.

CovId-19 ravages the
soCIety
The first case of the coro-
navirus in India was located in
Kerala on January 30 through
a medical student who had re-
turned from Wuhan. This was
followed by the second and
third cases in February. By
March, the virus had spread to
Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru two children return home on the last day of 2020
and other cities. Then it was
a havoc. India overtook other neighboring districts to their trains that were launched by the this lockdown period, while
nations to become the nation hometowns in Gujarat and Government. Not all reached many more have died of hun-
with the second-highest cases Rajasthan slowly grew into the their destinations, though. ger, heatstroke and exhaustion.
in the world. largest mass exodus since the While the Government has
As the virus spread, India Partition, in March. since said they do not have bJP’s temPLe dream
saw a humanitarian crisis, with Many travelled thousands any data on the number of mi- Comes true
the lockdown impacting near- of kilometers on foot to reach grants who died, according to On August 5, Prime Minister
ly 40 million migrants. What their villages in Uttar Pradesh data compiled by road safety Narendra Modi laid the foun-
started as groups of migrants and Bihar, while others trav- NGO, 198 migrants lost their dation brick for the Supreme
walking from Mumbai and elled by the special Shramik lives in road accidents during Continued on next page... >>

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