It’s fair to say that 2020 has been a really crazy year for us. With the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on our lives and locking us indoors while the deadly novel coronavirus infected and claimed lives of millions doesn’t really sound like a good year. And this lockdown also impacted several businesses, many of which shut down.
However, amidst all the chaos, people got a lot more connected to their smartphones — whether it is to work from home, or attend classes or watch movies, or even randomly search about stuff and these were the most Googled questions in India in 2020.
#1. How to make paneer? – When lockdown began and people couldn’t buy stuff, of course everyone in India wanted to know how to make paneer — the most comfy veg food there is — at home. Can you blame them?#2. How to increase immunity? – Coronavirus had people searching for ways to increase their immunity and overall health at home in India.#3. How to make dalgona coffee? – The online fad finally became one of the most defining trends of this year, when simple coffee just didn’t cut it — so we made dalgona coffee.#3. What is plasma therapy? – As medical fraternity tried to find ways to cure COVID-19 infected patients, plasma therapy emerged as an early possible treatment.#4. How to link PAN card with Aadhaar card? – Of course, tax time meant people in India scrambling to find ways and step-by-step instructions on linking their PAN card with their Aadhaar card.#4. What is COVID-19? – Is it Coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19? What’s the disease and what’s the virus? People finally realized that COVID-19 is the disease, but not without a few Google searches, of course.#5. How to make sanitizer at home? – As the rush to clean supermarket shelves off all the sanitizers continued, people started Googling for information on how to make effective sanitizers at home amidst COVID-19 scare.#6. How to recharge Fastag? – Fastag was supposed to make it easier for paying at tolls across India. Instead it created an early confusion, which led to a lot of queries like this one on Google India.#7. How to prevent coronavirus? – As coronavirus gripped and slowed down the entire world’s engine, people genuinely started looking for ways to preventing catching the virus and keeping themselves safe.#8. How to apply e-pass? – During COVID-19 lockdown in India, vehicle movement from different zones was controlled with the introduction of an e-pass. Obviously, queries on how to get e-pass surged on Google in India.