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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.
Tamil Nadu’s NGOs respond to Covid anxiety, bury abandoned bodies in state
SabrangIndia talks to NGOs carrying out funeral rituals for abandoned bodies during India’s Covid-crisis.
Maharashtra: HPC directs re-release of prisoners amid Covid-19
There are 12,571 interim bail pleas pending before courts, that need to be decided within the next one week
Covid-19: Shortage of vaccines begins to pinch
Meanwhile, Union Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan says Central Government is extending all possible support to the companies making the vaccines
Death due to lack of timely medical aid is a violation of right to life: Patna HC
The court has sought more information about rural Bihar and response from DCs about the bodies floating in Ganga
Around 140 bodies found in river Ganga, officials yet to confirm them as Covid deaths
Residents of Purvanchal and Ghazipur districts were shocked to find more than a hundred bodies along the bank of River Ganga
Cow dung, urine don’t prevent Covid-19, can cause infections: Doctors
A dangerous myth has taken root in Gujarat where many are going to a gaushala to smear themselves with cow excreta mix to ‘protect’ themselves from Coronavirus
EC, courts and Government failed to see risk of polls during Covid-19: Allahabad HC
It remarked that the virus has now reached the villages, and that the State lacks preparation and resources to deal with the same
Hanay Babu could lose vision in an eye due to administrative apathy!
Earlier, the professor who is an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case contracted a severe eye infection that required immediate attention, but officials are yet to arrange for proper medical assistance
26 deaths in Goa hospital, Health Minister says CM ‘misguided’
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane called for a High Court probe into the deaths at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)
Rs. 1 cr compensation should be given to families of polling officials who died of Covid: Allahabad HC
The court deemed the amount decided by the government to be very low, and directed that the same be revised
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