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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
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal may undergo Covid-19 test
Just a day ago, the CM had announced that hospitals run by the Delhi Government, as well as some private hospitals, will now only treat 'residents' of Delhi
820 ASI monuments including of places of worship set to reopen today
In Maharashtra, places of worship remain closed while in Kerala the decision of re-opening religious places has received mixed reactions
“I saw a man carry his mother on his back, I saw his bleeding feet”
Meet Shivam, the young artist who forgot his own abject poverty, to illustrate the pain of migrant workers escaping the hostile city that had locked them out
Where are the Hospital Beds?
As the number of people requiring hospitalization multiply steadily, where are the hospital beds? The confusion, gate-keeping, and mismanagement of health facilities signals worsening of the pandemic crisis.
Migrant Diaries: The story of Tinku Sheikh
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“If not for obhab (want), why would we leave our birthplace,” asks the migrant worker from West Bengal
Will Maharashtra Covid-19 testing prices in private labs go down soon?
Civic officials say prices could reduce to Rs. 2,000 – Rs. 2,300
LG Polymers India has Absolute Liability: NGT on Vizag Gas Leak
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Migrant workers’ journey home remains a challenge, shame on the gov’t!
Shramik Special trains have been stopped by Gujarat, and hundreds wait in Gurgaon for government to send more buses
Muslim villagers in Bihar offer food to migrants on Mizoram-bound train in humanitarian gesture
Bihar was caught in a controversy after goons had attacked two north-east bound trains there last week
Unlock 1: Centre and States list lockdown exit strategy
The lockdown is in effect in containment zones till June 30, 2020
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