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Thingsai, Oct 15 (EFE/EPA).- Tian Chin is a Myanmar refugee in India who, like many others, is forced to secretly cross the border to save rice crops in his homeland, risking being caught by the army that has unleashed a reign of terror after ousting a civilian government.“If we do not harvest our rice, we have nothing for the future. We will have to scavenge for wild vegetables or beg," Chin's wife Dawt Hnem, 40, told EFE.Her husband and many of the menfolk, who have taken refuge in Thingsai village of the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram, had gone to Fungkah village in Myanmar. (Camera: SANGZUALA HMAR). SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH DAWT HNEM, A 40-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM CHIN STATE, MYANMAR, IN THINGSAI, INDIA.SOUND BITES: DAWT HNEM, A 40-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM CHIN STATE, MYANMAR.- After the army dropped bombs on Sep. 9, we were very scared. We left our village in a hurry, we did not have time to grab our valuables, we hid in the forest and arrived at Thingsai village on Sep. 13.If we don't harvest our rice, we have nothing for the future. We will have to look for wild vegetables or beg elsewhere.Before my husband left, he told me that he would collect the rice and hide it in makeshift warehouses in the forest since there is no one in our village to stand guard. If you store our grains in our house, the army could come back. They will burn them or destroy them.
Mumbai (India), Oct 4 (EFE/EPA).-(Camera: Divyakant Solanki) Teachers and education workers welcomed students back to class on Monday for the first time since the begining of the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF TEACHERS WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK IN A SCHOOL IN MUMBAI.
Mumbai (India), Jun 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Divyakant Solanki) Train and railway services began operating on Monday in Mumbai with the minimum essential services as part of the easing of restrictions due to coronavirus in India, which has so far recorded more than 330,000 infections and 9,500 deaths from COVID-19.FOOTAGE OF TRAIN STATION IN MUMBAI.
Kolkata/New Delhi, Apr 30 (EFE/EPA).- Volunteers in India on Thursday gave away free food to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. In the capital, New Delhi, ISKCON Delhi has set up an emergency kitchen amid nationwide lockdown to feed the needy people supported by Delhi Government, in which they prepare food for around 500,000 people everyday to distribute in 350 centres in Delhi. The food in the kitchen is prepared with immunity boosting herbs and following all the standards set by Indian Ministry of Health & AYUSH.According to media reports, Prime Minister Modi announced that India's initial 21-day lockdown will be extended until May 3 in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY/RAJAT GUPTA).SHOT LIST: MUNICIPALITY WORKERS DISTRIBUTE HAND SANITIZER TO THE PUBLIC NEAR A MARKET AREA IN KOLKATA, DURING A LOCKDOWN AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN THE ISKCON DELHI'S EMERGENCY KITCHEN SETUP TO FEED POOR PEOPLE IN ISKCON TEMPLE AMID THE NATIONWIDE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.