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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
Maharashtra: Thane Standing Committee request vaccine centres inside residential societies
On the same day that BKC centres suffered a stampede, Thane Municipal Corporation’s (TMC) Standing Committee asked the municipal body to set up vaccine centres inside housing societies to avoid crowding at a single centre.
Biden-Harris administration backs IPR flexibility for Covid vaccine
Move will help production of the vaccine in developing nations thereby enabling their availability to a larger number of people
Siddique Kappan “secretly” discharged from AIIMS, taken to Mathura jail
The journalist, who was diagnosed as Covid-19 positive was receiving treatment at the Delhi hospital, but was reportedly discharged without informing his family or lawyer, alleges wife
Centre moves SC against K’taka HC order to increase State’s oxygen quota
While the Centre had increased the quota to 965MT, the court directed that it be increased to 1200MT on an ad hoc basis until Centre reconsiders
Covid-19: Scientists say a third wave is inevitable; is India prepared?
Government seems busy with ‘effective communications’ when an emergency response is needed
Covid-19: Assam struggles as 90 Tea Garden workers test positive
Eight wards in Guwahati declared hotspots, state records highest single day death toll this year; new restrictions announced
What is the purpose of Tejasvi Surya’s communal tilt to BBMP “bed blocking scam”?
The MP gets filmed reading out only muslim names, claiming an 'expose' of Covid bed scam, controversy is now taking attention away from Covid-19 surge in the state
65 Congress MLAs, Jignesh Mevani move Gujarat HC to utilise MPLAD funds for medical facilities
The MLAs have sought the amount of around 99 crores be used for providing necessary health and medical facilities
Hauling up officers won’t bring oxygen: SC stays Delhi HC’s contempt notice to Centre
The Supreme Court noted that Delhi is in a critical situation, but the Centre has not supplied 700 MT of oxygen as directed
Uttar Pradesh: CM Adityanath gives special attention to cows, as citizens battle Covid-19
State government plans to set up help desks for protection of cows in every district; gaushalas, to follow Covid-19 protocols, get oximeters and thermal scanners for cows
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