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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
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PIL in Delhi HC for release of prisoners on Covid bail
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No lockdown or curfew in Bengal, but serious steps to tackle Covid, says Mamata
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Article 21 casts duty on state to provide life saving means such as oxygen and drugs: MP High Court
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Delhi HC directs state gov’t to provide meals to daily wage workers
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Unregistered hospitals allowed to function as Covid hospitals, Patna HC questions move
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It’s a shame govt did not plan things in advance: Allahabad HC
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State courts revert to virtual hearings amid Covid-19 surge
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Declare a national health emergency: Kapil Sibal to PM Modi
India recorded a highest single-day spike of over 2 lakh cases on Sunday; the former Union Minister also asked the Election Commission to delay election rallies and courts to protect citizen lives.
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