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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
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820 ASI monuments including of places of worship set to reopen today
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“I saw a man carry his mother on his back, I saw his bleeding feet”
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Migrant Diaries: The story of Tinku Sheikh
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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!
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