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SRFTI Under Siege: ALIFA Demands VC’s Removal, Independent Inquiry into Campus Violence

13th Nov, 2026: All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) expresses immense concern at the disturbing developments on the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI-Kolkata) campus since late September. We note...

Assam: Brave daughter took charge as father languished in a detention camp

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?

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

Never exported vaccines at the cost of Indians: SII

Covid-19 vaccine manufacturer sets the record straight about obligations under COVAX, even as domestic manufacturing of vaccines remains impeded by IPR laws and lack of government investment in R&D

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