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Gene-edited rice sparks alarms: Scientists back activists, warn of hidden dangers

Growing apprehensions over the safety and regulation of genome editing in agriculture have reportedly received "validation" from peer-reviewed scientific studies, backed by  civil society advocacy efforts. The Union Government’s...

Varavara Rao tests Covid-19 positive!

The 79-year-old has been in jail since 2018, in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case. Family calls it criminal negligence of the State.

Gov’t justifies higher GST on sanitisers!

Finance Ministry fails to allay fears about price increase, instead says lower GST puts domestic manufacturers at disadvantage by making imports cheaper

Webinar on rise in Human Rights violations in UP during lockdown

Activists, journalists and human rights defenders talk about what ails the people of UP and how they must be helped

Is bad politics overshadowing science in COVID-19 vaccine research?

While all Indians want a vaccine at the earliest,ensuring scientific protocol and safeguards is a must to rule our exploitation in human clinical trials

Covid-19 a death sentence for Prof. Saibaba: Wife demands release

In an interview to SabrangIndia's Karuna John, A.S. Vasantha Kumari asks, “Pragya [Thakur] got bail on medical grounds… but why not GN Saibaba?”

18 per cent GST on alcohol-based hand sanitisers!

In March, the government had capped prices of hand sanitizers at Rs. 100/ 200 ml, but GST law has a separate list of exempted goods

Covid-19 deaths being under-reported in Surat?

Yet another NGO alleges that actual figures are being fudged in the city

Does India uphold Prisoners’ Right to Health?

In this in-depth analysis, we look at prison manuals, international standards and court precedents related to ensuring good health of prisoners

Gauhati Central jail turns Covid-19 hotspot!

Inmate alleges 95 percent of prisoners are infected

PUCL lauds Rajasthan CM for announcing that no manual scavengers will enter sewers

On July 6, 2020, Ashok Gehlot had asked district authorities to make sure that all sewer cleaning work be done by machines

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