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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
Kumbh Mela: Over 25,000 devotees and 1,000 seers participate in Shahi Snan
Covid-19 rules were also washed away, and even though the numbers of participants were said to have been restricted, the crowds were packed thick
Nothing remarkable achieved in public health care: Allahabad HC
The court issued several specific directions while refusing to accept the government’s stand that everything was under control
Delhi HC asks govt to “pull up its socks”, points out black marketing and hoarding of oxygen
The court reprimanded the government for passing orders which are out of sync with ground reality
Bengaluru braces for lockdown as BBMP struggles to maintain Covid data
Multiple reports in the state capital call for a more thorough check on data regarding hospital beds and other facilities
Delhi HC takes suo moto notice of Ashoka Hotel rooms assigned for judges and staff
The court stated that no such request was made by the court to the government
Allahabad HC asks SEC to explain deaths of 135 persons on election duty due to Covid
The court has issued a show cause notice to the State Election Commission to explain why it failed in checking non compliance of Covid guidelines
Covid-19: Guj HC does not accept the ‘rosy picture’ painted by state
The Bench, treating the state's affidavit with skepticism, has asked if they have a plan to deal with rising infections
Delhi: Angry mob vandalizes Apollo Hospital after Covid patient dies
Images and videos emerge on social media showing blood spilled on the hospital floor
Cannot be a mute spectator during crisis: SC on Covid-19 suo motu matter
SC has also asked the Centre to clarify the basis for vaccine pricing and consider invoking the Patent Act to regulate it
Are obituaries in Gujarat newspapers a better indicator of real Covid-deaths?
As crematorium workers refuse to talk in exact figures, local reporters reveal severe underreporting of Covid-deaths in urban and rural areas as well as crematorium conditions
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