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Sit Where We Stand: The segregated back rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces

The absence of dignified break rooms for sanitation staff in urban spaces is a visible residue of caste-exclusionary practices that have become normalised. Women who work here—whether in universities or elsewhere—are often left with no option but to rest on bathroom floors.

Lockdown benefits! SHGs involved in MFP collection: Chhattisgarh

Self-help groups aid in minor forest produce collection in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh

Gujarat Covid-19 cases cross 3.5k, local scientists blame L-type strain for the rise

The L-type strain is said to have a higher transmission rate, but international scientists debunk the claim

Bihar migrants stranded in Rajasthan, collective of organizations write to Bihar CM for help

The organizations have asked the Bihar CM to make free arrangements for the migrant workers to return to their homes in Bihar

Covid-19: JNU sanitation workers denied pay, protective gear

Plight of workers worsens even as administration and contractors play the blame game

A sacrifice most unfair

Migrant workers and the disproportionate burden of the lockdown

Rajasthan makes arrangements for safe passage of migrants

Ashok Gehlot plans to carry this out in a phased manner with proper protocols in place

No More Lockdown: Right to Food Campaign activists

They have asked the government for support for both NFSA and non-NFSA beneficiaries

Can harsher punitive measures as per ordinance amending Epidemic Disease Act be misused?

Also are these new punishments in line with existing criminal laws?

Positive Covid-19 case in Chennai slum poses difficulty for Chennai authorities

The area has been declared a containment zone and is said to have 1,500 residents

35 Bru refugees crossover to Tripura from Mizoram amid lockdown booked

They are now under in quarantine at a hostel in Kanchanpur

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