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COVID-infected people handling fruits and vegetables may spread the virus to healthy people on contact. Here we examined if SARS-CoV-2 was detectable on the fruits, vegetables, hand gloves and packaging materials collected from the open markets and pack houses in India. During the study (2021-22), swabs from 748 samples representing the majorly traded items were tested using RT-LAMP assay. The sensitivity and specificity of the kit were found to be equivalent to the RT-PCR assay. All test samples were found negative for SARS-CoV-2. Thus, it can be concluded that the virus is unlikely to spread to foods and packaging materials through human contact. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Current Science (00113891) is the property of Indian Academy of Sciences and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted on every aspect of mankind. Education sector is not left behind. Many education organizations around the world are closed now. The whole education system specially teaching-learning, knowledge sharing, evaluation methods etc. have been shifted from offline to online platform. Teachers are forced to work from home and they persistently trying to adopt new modes of virtual teaching. The new normal working process is challenging for them in keeping their motivation to work. Lack of physical face to face communication with students, colleagues, the Principals is affecting in teachers' motivation to work. This research study is an explorative case study and the sample was selected by using purposive sampling technique. For this study 9 female teachers of a Kolkata based college, West Bengal were chosen. They were interviewed on telephone to collect data. In-depth interview derived findings are divided into themes and discussed. This study will be beneficial for the higher education authority to concentrate on the role of virtual interpersonal communication in respect of teachers' motivation.
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This paper deals with the economic impact of COVID-19 which shattered the lives and livelihoods of people throughout the world causing unimaginable and unexplainable plights and miseries to the humankind specially the millions of people of lower-income group and people working in the unorganised sector. All the 188 countries of the world have been affected and the global economies have been slowed down to almost standstill situation. Impact will be felt by India's most vulnerable in terms of job loss, poverty increase and reduced percapita income which in turn will result in a steep decline in gross domestic product, sales, revenues of the companies. Incomes of the common men have been dented by the 'lockdown', the resultant of this deadly disease. The common policy decisions of lockdown have been taken by all the countries because of the non-availability of medicines and treatments of the pandemic. Fiscal and monetary policy measures based on each countries' financial conditions and parameters have been taken by the respective governments to ease out the problems of the people expecting that the science would be able to discover vaccines and treatment within 6 to 8 month till then a new world order would emerge where everyone would have to follow the health and medical guidelines for keeping themselves away from the tentacles of COVID-19.