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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.

Vrindavan’s ISKCON temple sealed as priests, and many others test Covid-19 positive 

With 22 new Covid-19 cases coming to light, sealing done on the eve of Janmashtami, a major festival in Uttar Pradesh 

Is Tirumala Tirupati still a Covid-19 hotspot?

Media reported a Covid-19 ‘scare’ in Tirupati, after 743 Tirumala temple staff test positive since July reopening

Over 50 percent exposed to Coronavirus in Mumbai slums: Sero survey

Survey by BMC, TIFR and Niti Ayog also says that women have marginally higher immunity

Ayesha Tirmizi was recovering when her life was cut short

The 51-year-old died in the fire that broke out in the ICU of Shrey Hospital in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning

Covid-19 in Assam: AASU demands relief package

With over 14,000 active cases the state is struggling as it faces the twin blows of the pandemic and floods

Remembering Usaa: The greatest revolutionary barber after Upali

The anti-caste activist succumbed to Covid-19 recently

Unmindful mining will bring permanent pandemic

A closer look at the allocation of the country’s natural resources to crony corporates during the Covid-19 lockdown

Not fair to label those with mental illness as ‘weak’

Filmmaker and journalist Rukmini Sen revisits her mother's Bipolar Disorder in wake of the controversy surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput

No Eid-ul-Adha prayers at AMU, other states list Dos and Dont’s

Some allow 50 worshipers in mosques, others ban animal sacrifice in public, some others want ‘drone surveillance’

14 cops, priest test Covid-19 positive in Ayodhya

A ‘bhoomi-poojan’ is scheduled to take place at the site of the Ram Temple on August 5

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