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Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra
A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.
Make Right to Health a fundamental right: Oxfam India’s report on unequal healthcare
A detailed and comprehensive analysis, uses data since 2015-16 to understand the persisting issues of health inequalities in India
Guj gov’t faces heat for submitting report on fire safety in hospitals to SC in sealed cover
Pressure has been mounting to ensure higher safety standards since the tragic Shrey Hospital fire of August 2020
Why are Indians denied ex gratia compensation for Covid-19?
The Supreme Court considered this issue while dealing with two petitions seeking ex gratia compensation for families of those who succumbed to Covid-19 and other related relief
Beyond Pride Month: Where is the commitment to Equal Rights?
LGBTQIA+ community in India suffers even more in wake of Covid-19, and doesn’t have any real support system to protect the vulnerable
Do Baba Ramdev’s statements attract criminal liability?
The Yoga Guru has been infamously in the news for dissing modern science and anti-Covid vaccines
Save the Saviours! IMA’s theme for National Doctors’ Day 2021
The medical association honours all healthcare and frontline workers for their dedication during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Childhood vaccination rate declines worldwide for the first time in 28 years!
New research by Collateral Global shows Coronavirus pandemic restrictions significantly decreased global childhood vaccination rates
Unmaintained Toilets ‘hotbeds’ of Corona spread in India: Pragya Akhilesh
Interview with a sanitation crusader, often hailed as the “Toilet woman of India”; she found 46,000 active ‘dry latrines’ in India
Protect people’s health and life: JSA to gov’ts
Public health campaigner demands healthcare, vaccination for all
92 percent of India’s workforce faces historic and unprecedented crisis: SWAN report
The report relays the struggles of workers in their own words, the limited action taken by the central and state governments to arrest the continuing and alarming level of distress
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