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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.
Covid continues to claim more lives, as many state gov’ts find themselves overwhelmed
Here is what has been happening across the country in just one day, from devotees testing positive for Covid-19 at Kumbh Mela, to overcrowded crematoria and burial grounds
West Bengal has highest number of hospital beds in government hospitals: CDDEP
Although the state did not score highest in terms of overall hospital beds, West Bengal offered more beds to the common people of India
Uttar Pradesh is reeling under Covid-19 crisis, who is in charge?
Ambulances not reaching patients in time, CMO is taking two days to give referral slips; Adityanath Cabinet minister's letter on poor handling of COVID-19 pandemic in Lucknow goes viral
Covid-19: Centre fast tracks emergency approvals for foreign produced vaccines
Russian-made Covid vaccine Sputnik V cleared for emergency use by the DCGI on a day that India’s reported over 1,61,736 new cases
SC judges to work from home after half the court’s staff tests Covid positive
Hearings to be held online as courtrooms get sanitised
Bar on Covid-19 vaccine for those under 45 arbitrary, unreasonable: Plea before SC
Tehseen Poonawalla moves Supreme Court seeking directions to allow vaccinations for all, including those under the age of 45
Don’t compare Kumbh Mela to Markaz event: Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat
Covid-19 surge continues with 1,68,912 Covid-19 infections reported on Monday across India, even as lakhs of pilgrims congregating at the Kumbh Mela 2021
MACCIA threatens to keep shops open despite Maha govt’s Covid rules
While the apex body of state traders challenges state government’s Covid norms, other trade associations say they will wait for the state government’s response until April 14
Covid-19: Gujarat HC says state heading towards a “health emergency”, Gov’t stays silent
Chief Justice Vikram Nath, directed the high court registry to register a fresh suo motu PIL titled "In Re : Uncontrolled upsurge and serious management issues in COVID control"; on Sunday Gujarat reported 5,469 new cases
Covid-19: Over 1,45,384 new infections reported in India on Saturday
Weekend lockdowns, night curfews begin in Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Noida, Ghaziabad, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha
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