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Two decades on, hunger still haunts Gujarat: Survey exposes stark gap behind poverty claims
A Niti Aayog report, released about two years ago, estimated that in Gujarat — which our powers-that-be have long considered a model state — 11.66% of people are "multidimensionally...
Transfer Hany Babu to Breach Candy hospital by tomorrow: Bombay High Court
Court speaks to Hany Babu on phone, asks about treatment, says his family be permitted to communicate with him, doctors
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
Kerala: How are local bodies helping control Covid?
The state’s local self-governing bodies are working in cooperation with youth organisations to set up assistance centres for patients
J&K: HPC directs provision of legal aid to inmates eligible for temporary bail, parole
The HPC has decided to release convicts who were released last year, for a period of 90 days
UP govt challenges HC order granting bail on apprehension of contracting Covid-19
The Allahabad High Court had granted bail to an accused in a cheating case while observing that it was important to protect an accused from suffering consequences of being infected in prison
Father Stan Swamy finally gets first Covid shot, health continues to deteriorate in jail
His medical note filed before the Bombay High Court on poor facilities states that Taloja houses 3,251 inmates instead of its capacity of 2,124, with only three Ayurvedic doctors on duty
Medical system in rural Uttar Pradesh is ‘Ram Bharose’: Allahabad HC
The court took exception to the fact that a dead body of one of the patients, who had collapsed in the bathroom and died, was disposed of as unidentified body
A team that never was a hope provider for the poor
Mohan Bhagwat, Jaggi Vasudev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to “create hope” amidst Coronavirus pandemic
New virus variant a formidable enemy, we enabled its spread: Dr Shahid Jameel
The virologist who recently quit as the head of INSACOG had warned about negligence and apathy allowed the virus to spread and also raised concerns about undercounting of Covid deaths
Nearly 500 districts record soaring Covid positivity rate, Centre draws up three tier structure
As many as 479 out of 718 districts have reported a positivity rate above 10 percent, with Madhya Pradesh in the lead
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