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Gene-edited rice sparks alarms: Scientists back activists, warn of hidden dangers

Growing apprehensions over the safety and regulation of genome editing in agriculture have reportedly received "validation" from peer-reviewed scientific studies, backed by  civil society advocacy efforts. The Union Government’s...

Don’t hide behind fig leaf of financial constraints: Telangana HC to state gov’t

The court’s order fell short of completely reprimanding the government for submitting an inadequate affidavit and effectively asked the government to not be complacent and to continue testing

SC takes suo motu cognisance of migrant crisis

Apex court directs that migrants be provided food, shelter and transport free of cost

Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the National Capital Region’s unpreparedness

Flights, trains, buses are operating, so how will sealing borders with Delhi help contain Coronavirus? The Delhi Government on its part continues to claim that the situation is under control, and “there is no need to panic.”

Over 4,000 signatories petition to PMO to deploy central forces to help migrants return home

The petition was filed by Aajeevika Bureau and Working Peoples’ Charter

Ahmedabad BJP city chief tests Covid-19 positive

No respite as confirmed cases exceed 15,000 statewide, with over 11,000 just in Ahmedabad

Junagadh couple allegedly killed in caste-based murder amid national lockdown

The police said that the woman’s family members were being seen as suspects

Homes of migrant labourers burnt down my miscreants in Bengaluru

The migrants were residents of Kachakaranahalli and had valid ID to show they were residents of the area

Don’t let people instigate law and order issues: SC on communalisation of Covid-19

The court has combined 3 petitions and asked for NBA to be impleaded as well

Why are only trains carrying migrants being ‘diverted’ to take longer routes?

Operations, and conditions abroad the so called Shramik Specials, are a train wreck that has shamed Indian Railways like never before. When will the Rail Minister take note?

Covid-19 pandemic has cost one in six young people their jobs: ILO

Those still employed have seen 23 percent reduction in work hours

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