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Karnataka’s new PRC rules are people-friendly, but will the ECI accept them?
While a sustained and rigorous campaign by anti-SIR activists across Karnataka has pushed the opposition Congress government to issue a fresh set of simplified guidelines for the issuance of Permanent Residency Certificates; the experience of West Bengal however shows that no amount of pro-activeness by any state government influences an ECI functioning under a non-transparent and non-accountable diktat
GoI claims 577 Covid-orphans, but numbers may far exceed official data: Outreach workers
Considering the number of Covid-death underreporting and rising number of children losing one parent, the situation may be worse than what the figure suggests, says NGO Save The Children.
Covid-19 has spawned more quacks than a duck pond
A group of doctors and alternative healing therapy practitioners have now written to the PM, asking him to ‘stop Covid-19 vaccination’, while peddling unscientific ‘cures’; thankfully authorities are ignoring them
Covid-19: IMA slaps Rs 1,000 crore notice on Patanjali boss Ramdev
Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) Uttarakhand branch slaps defamation notice of Rs 1,000 crore on Patanjali boss Ramdev, for derogatory remarks against allopathy
Covid-19 management and scientific temper
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Punjab-based Youtuber arrested for “racist and anti-India” video
Paras Singh has been booked by Arunachal police under IPC Sections 124A (Sedition),153A , and 505(2) (promoting enmity)
Whatsapp moves Delhi HC challenging GoI’s traceability clause
The clause requires the messaging platform to identify the originator of a message forwarded multiple times, and Whatsapp sees this as an invasion of privacy, and a form of surveillance
Covid-19: Less than 2 lakh new cases reported for the first time in 40 days
India recorded 1.96 lakh new Covid-19 cases, current Daily Positivity Rate is 9.54% and 3,26,850 recoveries registered
Facebook, Twitter could face legal action in India
Action could be initiated for non-compliance with a February 25 notification that mandated for appointment of certain officials
Vaccine indemnity: GoI, Pfizer at an impasse
Pfizer’s anti-Covid vaccine is awaiting approval, but the pharma major says that it wants legal protection from claims linked to use of its vaccine
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Karnataka’s new PRC rules are people-friendly, but will the ECI accept them?
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