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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.

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

Conflict and Covid-19: A double whammy

Any kind of conflict situation has adverse effects on the health care provision and delivery

Assam: 25 hutments demolished by Sonitpur district administration amidst Covid’s deadly second surge

These hutments belonged to settlers who had allegedly encroached upon government land and the administration carries out such eviction drives from time to time

Uttarakhand: Nepali citizens deprived of vaccination, HC takes cognisance

In a letter addressed to the court, a law student had highlighted that there were Nepali citizens residing in the state unable to register for the vaccine due to lack of Aadhaar number

Companies expected to use CSR funds for Covid-19 relief work: Bombay HC

The court recorded its unhappiness as companies in the Vidarbha region have not adequately utilised funds for Covid-19

Uttarakhand HC pulls up Centre for “callous attitude” on oxygen allocation

The Central Government’s officer failed to appear for hearing on the Covid-19 suo motu matter

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

Lucknow: Right to Public Health activists called anti-Modi-Yogi, beaten by mob

Cops however detain the activists for hours; the three were pasting posters on right to free masks, sanitisers, talking about shortage of oxygen in UP

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