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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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Prison Quarantine means 350 inmates in 6 rooms, sharing 3 toilets, 7 urinals
From behind quarantine bars, arrested activist Gautam Navlakha expresses concern about fellow inmates' health in overcrowded jails
No exception for pregnancy: Delhi police on Safoora Zargar’s bail plea
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Kanwar Yatra cancelled, but will devotees stay home?
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PUCL finds glaring discrepancies in Surat Covid-19 updates from Lockdown 1 – 4
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Why higher number of Muslims booked for lockdown violations: Telangana HC
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Covid-19: Over 27,000 cases in Guj, 580 new cases in one day!
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Atheism in times of Corona
It's high time the option "None" was available against "Religion" on an Indian census form. It's our constitutional right. Javed Akhtar's award and activism just made atheism cool and sexy! It's time to come out.
Will the Jagannath Rath Yatra be held this year?
The Supreme Court disallowed the yatra on June 18 but further developments in the case point at probable modification of the order
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