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Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?
The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires
UP blunder: 20 jabbed with Covaxin after getting Covishield as first dose
While this is being reported as an “apparent oversight” by officials, experts warned against such mix ups since the vaccines first rolled out
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
Guj HC slams state gov’t for lax attitude to fire safety
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Covid-19 management and scientific temper
Why we can't let people without a background in science or medicine take charge of the battle against the Coronavirus
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
113 faulty ventilators provided under PM CARES fund: Bom HC questions Centre
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K’taka HC raps Commissioner for not registering FIR against people in Amit Shah’s rally
The court had, in one of its earlier hearings, held that prima facie, Covid related regulations were violated
SC stays Allahabad HC order granting bail on apprehension of death due to Covid
The vacation bench of the apex court emphasised that courts should decide such cases on merits of each case, and not grant bail on ground of possibility of contracting Covid alone
Madras HC raises concern over shortage of Covid vaccine, Black Fungus drugs
The court observed that Tamil Nadu and Puducherry had managed the second surge and the cases were now on the decline
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