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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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Migrant Diaries: The story of Laxman Prasad
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“I am glad that I have reached my village, and we do not need to beg in front of anyone for food,” says the Mumbai loving auto driver who hails from Jharkhand
Delhi Health Minister, AAP MLA Atishi test positive for coronavirus
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SC dismisses PIL seeking direction to Centre to approach ICJ against China
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Baghjan oil well continues to spew fire; affected families yet to receive compensation
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“A very sorry state of affairs,” says Bombay HC on health status of prison inmates in the state
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28 migrant labourers injured in separate road incidents in Lucknow
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Migrant Diaries: The story of Munna Sheikh
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Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation falls to 3.21 percent during lockdown month of May
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28 die of Covid-19 in one day in Gujarat, death toll crosses 1,500
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