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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
‘Sleeping with the Enemy?’
25 years ago, the authors shared their personal story with us; now they revisit the India and south Asia of 2021
Assam: Brave daughter took charge as father languished in a detention camp
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CJP helps Joykrishna Paul secure bail and reunite with family; daughter Monalisa had been providing for the family while he was behind bars
White Fungus more common, but not as dangerous as Black Fungus
White Fungus or Candidiasis is the most common fungal infection that is easily treatable, while Black Fungus or Mucormycosis remains life-threatening
Eminent environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna succumbs to Covid-19
He died at noon at Rishikesh’s AIIMS hospital where he was undergoing treatment
Scientist and activist Prof. Dinesh Mohan passes away
The 75-year-old dedicated life to both science and human rights
TN’s IVC facility is lying dormant, use it for Covid vaccine production: Experts to CM
Civic organisation People First gathered signatures of over 50 experts in Tamil Nadu to suggest the use of the IVC facility at Chengalpattu, lying dormant since 2017
India records fewer new cases, recoveries rise too
National Recovery Rate is 86.74%, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala account for 75.11% of this
MHA relaxes validity of FCRA registration certificates, deadline for opening bank accounts
Measures taken in wake of Covid-19, even as Delhi HC hears plea for exemption for organisations engaged in relief work
Is the right to health a forgotten constitutional mandate?
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How Indian governments have systematically violated the constitutional mandate, the right to health and what needs to be urgently done given the harsh lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Activist moves SC to include PM CARES Fund as respondent in Covid case
SC is hearing a suo motu petition related to Covid, covering medical facilities including hospital beds, oxygen, life-saving drugs and vaccination
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP
A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions
Minorities
Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30
Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30
India
UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts
At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills
Minorities
As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly
While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack
Gender and Sexuality
Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor
Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework