Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
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
State did not pay heed to Covid second wave warnings: Uttarakhand HC
The court expressed its displeasure at the government’s vague affidavit and lack of planning
UP: Covid-19 norms flouted as hundreds turn up for Islamic leader’s funeral
An FIR has been registered against unidentified people under the Indian Penal Code and Epidemic Act
Covid-19: Over 40 bodies wash up on Ganga banks in Bihar!
Local administration tells media the corpses may be of Covid patients, and may floated down the river from Uttar Pradesh
Covid lockdown: Over 150 academicians voice migrant workers’ demands
Observing the condition of India’s working class in 2020, a group of academicians reiterated in a list the various needs of migrant workers that need to be addressed in the face of an impending lockdown
Kerala gov’t reserves 50% beds in hospitals for Covid patients, caps price for treatment
High Court lauds the move; Bench says that it is a ‘fantastic order’, and to an extent, reduces the burden on it
Covid-19: UP’s local representatives present only in photos not district offices!
Kasganj residents condemn local politicians for ignoring the suffering of people in villages owing to Covid-19
Bodies, believed to be of Covid patients, found floating in Yamuna
The locals and government officials have claimed that fear of cremation is leading to bodies being immersed in rivers
Drastic surge in Covid-19 cases, Himachal Pradesh HC issues directions
The court took note of the grim situation in the state with no medical facilities and resources to combat the rising cases
Pvt Hospital allegedly charges Rs. 1 lakh per day for Covid treatment: Madras HC seeks response from gov’t
The court stringently observed that some private hospitals are taking advantage of this crisis and charging exorbitant prices
Unused ambulances found in Bihar: Pappu Yadav accuses BJP MP of foul play!
The surplus of vehicles but death of drivers indicates the worsening situation of coronavirus in the state
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
India
Who controls access to voter records? ECINet audit raises fresh questions
An audit of ECINet reports Bengal-specific restrictions and controls that can switch access on or off across States, renewing questions about electoral officers’ authority, central oversight and accountability after earlier objections to the platform and changes to voter registration procedures
Rule of Law
Punjab & Haryana HC: Users must be given blocking notices immediately; sets aside Facebook page takedown
The Court held that blocking intimations issued by the police must comply with the rank requirements under the IT Rules, 2021, and that withholding the notice from affected users violates the principles of natural justice
India
UN experts condemn India’s crackdown on youth-led protests, flag 7,000 detentions and alleged sexual abuse
In a strong rebuke of the Modi-led government’s handling of dissent, 24 UN human rights experts have called for an end to excessive force, blanket assembly bans and arbitrary detentions
India
Who will collect India’s data? Modi-led government opens census to private individuals
The Centre’s amended Census Rules allow private teachers, members of societies and trusts, and other government-approved individuals to collect household information, without the notification setting out clear safeguards against political interference
India
Manipur SIR: Sabar Institute’s report records 1.59 lakh removals, two-thirds in hill constituencies
Using official ASD lists, this preliminary report examines 158,677 names removed from Manipur’s electoral rolls during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision across all 60 Assembly constituencies and 3,014 polling booths, analysing geography, gender, age and recorded reasons for these removals
Education
JNU revokes rustication of five students after hunger strike, agrees to withdraw FIRs and review CPO manual
The 13-point charter also called for the restoration of GSCASH, the return of JNUEE and action on wider concerns over campus infrastructure and governance
India
India’s Electoral Crisis is fast becoming a civil-liberties crisis
The resistance to any form of democratic questioning, dissent or protest marks the Indian government’s response to widespread protests around #VoteChori
Rights
Jamia’s Missing Students’ Union: Two decades without elections, and a protest met with rustication
Students on Hunger-striking students allege physical assault and punitive disciplinary action; a seven-member committee has been formed, but the administration yet to commit to restoring elected representation