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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
NHRC questions UP Govt over 57 girls at a shelter home testing positive for Covid-19
The girls are between 10 – 18 years of age and seven of the infected were found to be pregnant
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
The status report filed by Delhi police alleges that Zargar is behind the ‘nefarious conspiracy’ that led to the Delhi riots and that pregnancy cannot become a consideration in such a heinous crime.
Kanwar Yatra cancelled, but will devotees stay home?
The Kanwar Yatra was to take place from July 6 – July 19 this year and witness a congregation of thousands in Uttarakhand
PUCL finds glaring discrepancies in Surat Covid-19 updates from Lockdown 1 – 4
The organization assessed the daily data provided by the Surat Municipal Corporation only to find it incomprehensible
Why higher number of Muslims booked for lockdown violations: Telangana HC
The court asked Hyderabad police to file a fresh report, while observing loopholes in its counter affidavit
Covid-19: Over 27,000 cases in Guj, 580 new cases in one day!
The death toll surged to 1664 and 655 patients recovered on Sunday
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
Migrant Diaries: The story of Abul Hasan Mirza
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