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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
K’taka HC seeks govt’s plan of procuring oxygen and vaccines
The Court also questioned the state government on maintenance of buffer stock of oxygen which was directed by the apex court in its April 30 order
Prisoners have right to access medical records under Article 21: Bom HC
The vacation bench was hearing a petition filed by Sudha Bharadwaj’s daughter for medical attention and interim bail
UP govt asks SEC to consider wider compensation for dependents of deceased polling officials
Claiming that SEC guidelines need revision in light of Covid-19, the UP government said it will ask more people to be included in the list of officials who died during election duty and are eligible for compensation.
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
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
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